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sportgtr · 10-12-2003, 08:54 PM

I bought Tokico strut cartraiges for my 93 V6. Can someone please tell me if these struts will fit my car? I don't understand the differece between sealed and servicable. I have the Haynes manual and it says that the stock struts are not serviceable. I have Tokico's HZ3138 and HZ3139. Can someone help me out? Thanks.

wontonjohnny · 10-12-2003, 09:07 PM

yeah youll have to open your struts and pop the new ones in... every other step is the same

wontonjohnny · 10-12-2003, 09:08 PM

oh yeah and if you have a pipe wrench, it works great for opening the top of the sturt...

they will come with instructions

88 LE · 10-12-2003, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sportgtr
I don't understand the differece between sealed and servicable.

Pic of serviceable strut from my gen 2:

What your looking for is the nut that screws into the top of the strut housing.

sportgtr · 10-13-2003, 03:29 PM

I took it all apart and I saw something but it didn't look like a nut. It was welded on and it was round. How do you screw it off? It has something like 3 v grooves. What type of tool would I use? From the looks of it, it seems like I can't use the cartraige.

wontonjohnny · 10-13-2003, 04:06 PM

looks liek you have nonservicable sturts