imPreZzdis*sti*

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I'm kinda stuck, not necessarily with the installation portion, but removal of the front struts. I cannot, for the life of me, remove the bottom 19mm bolts on both sides of the car. I've soaked the entire area with PB Blaster and have been using a breaker bar and they still won't budge. I had no problems removing the other six (four rear and two top in the front) and the rear coils went in smoothly. Any help I can get will be much appreciated. TIA.

mine_s2k

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use air tools...make sure the tank size is big enough to get some impact on it.

03_Impreza_Al

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I had this problem. I wasn't able to remove them with my airtools. So I made a breaker bar that was a good 4-5 feet long. I broke 2 craftsman wrenches =\

mprezd

yea with the breaker bar....remember this....looooooonger is better! more leverage! give it a try!

imPreZzdis*sti*

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Thanks, I'll give these a shot today.

Egan

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Leverage is your friend.

I use a breaker bar with a piece of conduit slipped over it for extra length. I forgot to use my PB spray when I swapped back to stock Monday, but I had no problems with the bolts.

mistaanime

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i used a a breaker bar and a the pipe of the jack as an extension.

NW OBS

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I use a 9" nail ~ is yours any bigger?

imPreZzdis*sti*

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^^^I needed that after stressing over this installation

I will go to home depot today and pick up an extension for my 18" breaker bar...I guess mine is bigger....

darkonion

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I didn't have any trouble removing mine. Good luck.

Ivegotthenuts

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Oh I had the same problem last Monday. I also used the bar from my jack, helped a ton.

Also, I used a cresent wrench on the other side to hold the nut still.

imPreZzdis*sti*

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Thanks for all the suggestions, I ended up getting a pneumatic drill and it worked like a charm.

VRT MBasile

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yeah, I remember breaking my last wrench on that bolt. Ended up getting if off with a craftsman and a jack handle as a breaker bar

imPreZzdis*sti*

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Ended up getting a pneumatic drill, it worked great. Thanks for all the suggestions.

austinp02

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+1 for every single person who has ever had to take off those bolts and managed to do it by hand.