sologt3

Anyone have any tips on how to get the studs out of the upper mounting plate of a 997.2 GT3? I am tapping on the studs with a rubber mallet while the car has weight on the front wheels (still on the ground). I unscrewed the nut so that it's sitting flush with the top of the stud for a larger area to hit and to protect the stud threads. I've given it some hard whacks but the studs haven't budged.

Any tips or better ways of doing this? I'm trying to avoid taking the upper mount off the shocks. I was able to remove the studs on a friends 997.1 GT3 the same way, but don't know why it's not working with my 997.2.

powdrhound

You have to press them out...

RAudi Driver

Besides hammering the F out fo the studs, with a rubber mallet nonetheless, how do you plan on rotating the plates with the shocks intact? I think you're looking for shortcuts that are going to take you the long way home.

sologt3

Sounds like you've never done this before. The top mount plate rotates freely on top of the shock. Once you get the studs out, you rotate the whole plate 180 degrees, feed the studs thru the holes and retighten.

Spyerx

Every shop i know uses a press on the studs. How are you getting them out while it’s in the car?

RAudi Driver

Hamering the F out of my studs trying to take a shortcut? You're right, have yet to do that.

Olemiss540

Thank goodness its friday and we can all get high on chill pills for the rest of the weekend.