The title should be "Replaced"...my fingers still hurt from all the work I've done this weekend...
It was actually easier than I thought. Sure, I had to use a ladder to get in the trunk to get everything dis/reconnected, but it was worth it to have plenty of room underneath.
I can say, while I thought I had only one bad strut, in reality, both were toast, only the right one was leaking more. The top nuts are 13mm, the bottom bolt is, um, 13/16" or probably 20mm.
Pro Tip: If you do this yourself, be VERY careful removing the electrical clip on top of the strut, the metal wire part. If you drop it, it'll go forward, likely to somewhere under the rear seat, never to be seen again.
I was fortunate in that I managed to fish mine out with a telescoping wand with a magnet on the end.
One of the best things is, re-alignment is not at all required after doing this. The strut mounts to 'hard' locations.
The ride is, well...like it should be, though never really has been. They've been toast since about 100K miles, I'm at 110,500, today.
It was actually easier than I thought. Sure, I had to use a ladder to get in the trunk to get everything dis/reconnected, but it was worth it to have plenty of room underneath.
I can say, while I thought I had only one bad strut, in reality, both were toast, only the right one was leaking more. The top nuts are 13mm, the bottom bolt is, um, 13/16" or probably 20mm.
Pro Tip: If you do this yourself, be VERY careful removing the electrical clip on top of the strut, the metal wire part. If you drop it, it'll go forward, likely to somewhere under the rear seat, never to be seen again.
I was fortunate in that I managed to fish mine out with a telescoping wand with a magnet on the end.
One of the best things is, re-alignment is not at all required after doing this. The strut mounts to 'hard' locations.
The ride is, well...like it should be, though never really has been. They've been toast since about 100K miles, I'm at 110,500, today.