Posted: 07 Dec 2008, 00:08
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If you have the height lever on low/minimum setting the high pressuresuperloopy1 wrote:Am i ok to start the engine (as Andrew mentions) with suspension on low or is there no gain and lots of potential pain?
My main concern is the floor standing NSF wheel. When i jack it up i normally i place a jack under centre front subframe. Do i need to support elsewhere (under hub for example)?
The broken top of the strut head will be very loose now it's lost it's anchorsuperloopy1 wrote:The wheel presumably will not rise as the strut / hub is no longer attached to the wing?
You need to watch the driveshaft doesn't get pulled out of the seal on theWill this cause any damage (i've seen driveshaft mentioned on NSF?)?
When the pressure has been vented and run out of the system by runningNot starting the engine, system is still pressurised albeit standing for a couple of days idle, how much pressure (not of the dangerous sort i trust??) is there and is there any gain in just slackening, as you say Jim, the OSF sphere and then walking away for a couple of days?
Yes!In any event (engine on or off) i 'm assuming i should depressurise at the
12mm accumulator block, yes?
I 'cracked' the tension off the top nut first before removing the sphere.Oh, one last thing .... am i going to be able to undo top strut nut with the whole strut no longer attached to the car?
Why when it is a Nylock nut? Renew the nut yes but Loctite/threadlock is unnecessary, indeed I've checked on the tightness of this nut on all the Xantia's I've had (one or two including brand new ones ) as there can be a slight weep age from this area and in every instance no threadlock had been used.superloopy1 wrote:Someone mentioned that you must Loctite the top nut on re-assembly?
Very true Richard.DickieG wrote:Why when it is a Nylock nut? Renew the nut yes but Loctite/threadlock is unnecessary, indeed I've checked on the tightness of this nut on all the Xantia's I've had (one or two including brand new ones ) as there can be a slight weep age from this area and in every instance no threadlock had been used.superloopy1 wrote:Someone mentioned that you must Loctite the top nut on re-assembly?
I've reused the old nut in the past but for the sake of a few quid, you'll getsuperloopy1 wrote:So .... the concensus is to change the nuts at the very least instead
of going down the Loctite route, yes?
I'm not sure what this would be. The lip the bellows gaitor grips around issuperloopy1 wrote:I've been having a dig around PR_NET (as-was) and there is an item at
the top of each strut, the 'boot ring' which i assume takes the top end
of the gaitor. Do I need to renew any of these at all?