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While taking apart my failed and rusted early-style front struts, the cartridge came apart leaving me with just the shock absorber cartridge outer skin stuck inside the strut body.
I've beat the ever loving snot out of the inner housing you see in the photo trying to get it out, and so far to no avail.
I'm open to, and pleading for, ideas on how to get it out of there. I see no means of retention, so I'm assuming it's just rusted in there like the top bushing was when I removed the threaded cap...
Definitely considering it, but wanted to consult the RennGurus before doing anything that drastic. I'm also a little concerned I'll just end up punching a hole through the bottom of the cartridge skin, given that I was able to stretch open the top of the cartridge without getting the skin loose.
Any other ideas (hare-brained or rational) I can add to the list of options?