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Hi
I am replacing my rear struts with MacPherson quick struts. I was able to remove the struts without much hassle. While installing, I cannot get the hole in the shock to line up with the holes in the lower trailing arm. I followed the procedure in the service manual for jacking up the lower trailing arm but no luck. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
I already checked that the new quick struts match the old one.
To make matters worse, I can’t install the old one. I am obviously doing something wrong, I just don’t know what.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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It appears your jacking up the trailing arm but the strut is fully extended.
You need to either lower the arm or compress the strut so the mounting hole align.That’s a good point you make. I don’t know how to compress the strut. I tried lowering the trailing arm, but I fear I may break the rear axle.
It’s a bit tougher than you think.
You can also try fitting a bottle jack with a narrow piece of wood under the base of the strut and force it up till it aligns.Thanks for the advice. The trailing arm is stronger than I anticipated. I got the struts mounted but I could only get one bolt in each trailing arm. I can get the other bolt started but after 20 or so turns, the bolts don’t go up any farther. I have attached a photo of both bolts. The threads on one bolt look stripped.
I don’t have an impact wrench and I am using hand tools.
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