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Although there is a snap ring retaining the bearing, you will need to take the strut to a mechanic and have the bearing pressed out. If you take out the three bolts on the top of the strut tower, and disconnect the ball joint at the bottom, you won't have to worry about throwing the alignment out.
To replace the strut you have to jack up the car on the side you want to do and take off the wheel. Then, take it loose from the strut tower on the top. There are 3 or 4 nuts. Then take it loose from the steering knuckle on the bottom. The whole strut assembly lifts out. To replace the coil you have to have a strut compressor. It compresses the coil spring so the top of the strut can come off. Once the top of the strut is exposed the coil can be taken off the strut.
It is in the firewall over the passenger side strut tower.
Usually on top of the drier - if not then follow the line that connects to the drier
It is located under the hood on the passenger side. Look on the front side of strut tower, it is mounted on the strut tower.
pass side strut tower
First off, where did you get the 99 grand am strut bar?
It is under the hood, below the wiper cowl, over the passenger side strut tower, in the firewall.It is under the hood, below the wiper cowl, over the passenger side strut tower, in the firewall.
The relay in the engine compartment. It's on the passenger side mounted on the fenderwell just in front of the strut tower.
There is a diagram on the hood, to remove the belt look to the left behind the strut tower. There is a tentioner there and you release the tention by moving it with a wrench or socket.
THE ONE OF THE TWO ON THE STRUT TOWER CLOSET TO THE ENGINE. THE ONE OF THE TWO ON THE STRUT TOWER CLOSER TO THE ENGINE.
A strut brace, a.k.a. strut tower brace or strut bar, is a simple bar bolted to the top of two opposing strut towers. It ties them together to form a more rigid single unit. It is often found as standard equipment on higher-end vehicles. A car's strut towers normally flex during hard cornering or when hitting a bump, some say up to a quarter of an inch. This flexing can cause traction loss as well as some rattles. The strut tower brace distributes the pressure applied to one strut tower to both towers keeping the suspension settings the way the engineers designed them. This should improve handling, tire wear and metal fatigue is minimized in the strut tower portion. When asked about suspension modifications, Larry Nissen (a BMW Tech) said. "I would start with a good strut brace, it may help the handling a little now but where you will get your money back is three years down the road when your car is still as tight as it is now".