There may be two possibilities. One would be to use an air tool such as an impact wrench, spins the nut faster than the rod can spin. Alternatively, there may be some flats for a wrench at the end of the rod allowing it to be held, while the nut is turned with another wrench. I recently installed Koni's in a friend's 325i, and there were recesses in the rods for an allen wrench. You may see these also. Best of luck- Tom Giffen ________________________________
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:25:40 -0400 (EDT) From: [email protected] Subject: [alfa] Any one with experience installing Bilsteins on GTV-6? I am replacing my Konis with Bilsteins. The Konis had a double nut means of attachment. The Bilsteins have a lock nut. To attach the Konis, you screw on the first nut, then hold it in place while you tighten the second nut. On the Bilsteins, there is a single lock nut. How is it supposed to be tightened? It turns the piston rod once it engages the nylon lock. There is nothing to grab onto to keep the rod from turning? Also, the instructions don't cover that step. Help. bruce Sharer Raleigh, NC ------------------------------ End of alfa-digest V10 #2578 **************************** -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
