Urgent: how do you fit front shock absorber

[matt_brown_92]

I've got my car in at my local garage having the shock replaced, but the mechanic isn't sure how/if he can do it. Do you need specific Renault tools? If not, how do you do it? Cheers

 

[Foxspeed]

if he is a mechanic and having to ask........not right good that!!!

theres nothing special to them other than they dont swivel like normal "macpherson" struts!!

if your having to tell them how to do it...should they be doing the job :001_unsure:

there is a couple of "how to" on here for paid members

 

[matt_brown_92]

Cheers and I think you're right to be honest!! He's given up now anyway apparently some steel bolts have fused to some aluminium hubs or something makin it impossible to dismantle. Off to the stealers for me

 

[Chrisgti6]

Take it to a better garage, he sounds like a moron!

 

[newman90]

Just undo the brake pipe from the strut , loosen the locating bolt which runs behind the strut , now mock the hub down... Loosen the top of the strut and nock it up, keep repeating and it will eventually come out