Hi gang - I haven't posted on here for several years, but I still have my account. My wife has been driving our 2013 Pure 100 miles a day for work. We started Jan of 2017 with 20,000 miles and just last week she put it over 86,000 miles! I've done oil changes, brake maintenance, had new tires installed, replaced front wheel bearings, and just kept up on maintenance on the Smart. We do our grocery shopping with it and have absolutely enjoyed the little car. It's everything we ever wanted in a little car and love every little quirk about it.
On one of my maintenance sessions, I had to remove the strut from the cast iron housing that holds the wheel bearing. I did not have the tool for spreading the part that holds the strut and so I'm trying to find the tools that are featured on the evilution site. Particularly the spreader and strut clamp found here: Evilution - Smart Car Encyclopaedia - you may need to have a subscription to see the picture of the tools but I'll include them in this message. The clamp (tool1.jpg) I found in the UK Genuine Smart Car 450/451/452 Suspension Shocker Workshop Removal Tool NEW | eBay and am attempting to have a reshipper send it to me. The other tool I'm trying to find is (specialtool.jpg) with a MB part number of 451 589 00 31 00
The spreading tool is a rather complicated looking thing, but I'd love to have it. In lieu of being able to find it, I was wondering if anyone has used the spreading tool for VWs that is featured on the Samstag site (samstag.png)? The reason I ask is if I can get away with the socket, it's cheaper and obtainable, but my main concern is if the socket would tend to spread the clamp father than what is safe to thereby risking cracking the housing. I know I've seen someone who made a clamp out of a piece of oak to grab hold of the strut and that's fine - but I like a pro tool that can I can keep in the toolbox I carry with the car so that I always have my repair tools ready to go.
Thanks for reading my message and I'm hopeful I can get some help from someone.
silent
On one of my maintenance sessions, I had to remove the strut from the cast iron housing that holds the wheel bearing. I did not have the tool for spreading the part that holds the strut and so I'm trying to find the tools that are featured on the evilution site. Particularly the spreader and strut clamp found here: Evilution - Smart Car Encyclopaedia - you may need to have a subscription to see the picture of the tools but I'll include them in this message. The clamp (tool1.jpg) I found in the UK Genuine Smart Car 450/451/452 Suspension Shocker Workshop Removal Tool NEW | eBay and am attempting to have a reshipper send it to me. The other tool I'm trying to find is (specialtool.jpg) with a MB part number of 451 589 00 31 00
The spreading tool is a rather complicated looking thing, but I'd love to have it. In lieu of being able to find it, I was wondering if anyone has used the spreading tool for VWs that is featured on the Samstag site (samstag.png)? The reason I ask is if I can get away with the socket, it's cheaper and obtainable, but my main concern is if the socket would tend to spread the clamp father than what is safe to thereby risking cracking the housing. I know I've seen someone who made a clamp out of a piece of oak to grab hold of the strut and that's fine - but I like a pro tool that can I can keep in the toolbox I carry with the car so that I always have my repair tools ready to go.
Thanks for reading my message and I'm hopeful I can get some help from someone.
silent
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