 Shock insert removal gone bad., Am I stuck on stupid or screwed? |
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| Mueller |
 Jan 2 2019, 01:11 AM
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914 Freak!  Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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Trying to take inserts out so I can clean and paint these 3.5 inch spaced 911 struts.
The internals came out but the outside tube of the insert did not. Am I missing something... any chance the struts "are" the shock body?  |
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| jcd914 |
Jan 2 2019, 01:18 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
Yes, the original struts didn't have inserts. The stut housing was the shock body and to install an insert you would remove all the pieces and the oil.
We usually left a few ounces of oil in the strut to help carry heat from the insert to the strut body to be dissipated to the air. The original shock oil is foul smelling stuff. Jim |
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| mepstein |
Jan 2 2019, 07:00 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,270 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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You got the insert out. Nowadays, Billstein says no oil in strut housing.
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| Mueller |
Jan 2 2019, 01:21 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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Thanks, I figured out that I have the Boge struts.
I was expecting self contained inserts like my other 914s in the past. Will Bilsteins fit in these? |
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| mepstein |
Jan 2 2019, 01:44 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,270 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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QUOTE(Mueller @ Jan 2 2019, 02:21 PM)  Thanks, I figured out that I have the Boge struts. I was expecting self contained inserts like my other 914s in the past. Will Bilsteins fit in these? Yes. Billstein makes inserts to fit Boge 3 1/2. They work great. They come with a new threaded top pieces. Both inner and outer threads. You use the ones that fit your struts and drop the set you don’t need in a drawer. |
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| Mueller |
Jan 2 2019, 02:02 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(mepstein @ Jan 2 2019, 11:44 AM) QUOTE(Mueller @ Jan 2 2019, 02:21 PM) Thanks, I figured out that I have the Boge struts. I was expecting self contained inserts like my other 914s in the past. Will Bilsteins fit in these? Yes. Billstein makes inserts to fit Boge 3 1/2. They work great. They come with a new threaded top pieces. Both inner and outer threads. You use the ones that fit your struts and drop the set you don’t need in a drawer. Thanks, now spend some of the money I got from selling my 1.8 motor (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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