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Alistair Moorby
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Sunday, May 27, 2012 - 04:59 pm, by:  Alistair Moorby (Aldmo87) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

There was not really any real guides on how to change the boot struts, just respones buried in other threads of people asking how to do it. So here is a guide.

I bought these struts from the
http://www.gasstrutguys.com.au struts for the Soarer are not listed on their web page buy you can get them from the same seller on eBay, the struts say www.gasstrutguys.com.au on them.


OK so start by opening the boot, removing the rear trim (just give it a tug there are some clips around the top that just slide off.

Have a look at the struts, there is a ball joint at the top and a ball joint at the bottom.



Step 1
Make sure you have someone to help you at the stage as the boot will fall with only one strut.

Using a 12mm spanner undo the bolt closest to you, it is done up using glue so you will need a 12mm spanner, not a 13mm or a shifter as you will just round the nut.

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Start to undo it, mine was tight but easy to undo.

Once you have it off the boot will no longer be able to keep itself up so prop it up with either a friend or improvise like I did.


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Step 2
Next using a small screw driver you need to pry open a clip on the ball joint that is attached to the chassis.

Just pry both sides of the clip open and the strut should just pull off VERY easily, it will almost fall off.


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Step 3
New get the new strut and screw the ball joint onto the hole that you undid with a spanner in step 1


Step 4
Insert the strut with the clip end onto the post/ball that you took the original strut off in Step 2.

It only goes on one way, so make sure the end with the full circle bit slides over the post/ball first, it should click on with no trouble,

Step 5

Insert the clip on the remaining end onto the ball joint you installed in Step 3.


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Repeat the process on the other side, keep in mind the boot lid will still not support itself with one strut even a brand new one, so keep your friend/prop up tool handy and make sure the boot doesn't drop on you when you take the other side off.

If all goes well your boot will hold it's self up from this point onwards (See photo)


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Shane Haverkamp
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Monday, May 28, 2012 - 05:23 pm, by:  Shane Haverkamp (Havabeer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i'm so doing this next week, this thread has inspired me to get off my arse and do it. sick of being hit in the back every time i open and lean into the boot

+1 beer for you good sir
Alistair Moorby
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 11:28 am, by:  Alistair Moorby (Aldmo87) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Just a note, you might want to put a bit of glue on the end clip (that connects to the chassis)

When I closed my boot yesterday the clip fell off causing the strut to fall off.

I got in contact with the seller and they are sending me another clip, so just make sure it's on nice and tight.
Trevor Marsh
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Friday, June 15, 2012 - 11:47 am, by:  Trevor Marsh (Tma7) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I tried doing mine today but found a 12mm spanner was too big. I then tried an 11mm spanner which was too small!
So I now need to find a spanner that's just right.

Does anyone know of what size this could be? It's obviously not metric (well mine isn't) so, Whitworth, BSF? ASF?

Help!

I've got a fair few spanners but nothing fits and I'm worried about rounding this nut off.

It does puzzle me why it's apparently glued though.
Ian Rigby
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Friday, June 15, 2012 - 12:33 pm, by:  Ian Rigby (Hiro) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Trevor Marsh wrote on Friday, June 15, 2012 - 11:47 am:

I tried doing mine today but found a 12mm spanner was too big. I then tried an 11mm spanner which was too small!
So I now need to find a spanner that's just right.




7/16" perhaps? 7/16" = 11.1mm, would have thought a 11mm would have had enough clearance to fit though.
Alistair David
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Friday, June 15, 2012 - 02:20 pm, by:  Alistair David (Aldmo87) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hmm a 12mm fit perfectly for me. Perhaps yours have been.changed before or a different year perhaps.
Shane Haverkamp
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Friday, June 15, 2012 - 07:25 pm, by:  Shane Haverkamp (Havabeer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

trevor... it can't be whitworth or bsf. you'll most likely find its a UNC which is still a stupid system based off the inch its got a bit to do with the thread pitch angle.

just get a small shifter onto it?
Trevor Marsh
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Saturday, June 16, 2012 - 02:33 pm, by:  Trevor Marsh (Tma7) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks Shane. Nah- a shifter only made the rounding worse. I'll have to dig out all my old spanners and try them.

I reckon mine have never been changed so it could be that the glue used is just too strong for my feeble muscles.
Enzo Seidl
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Sunday, June 17, 2012 - 11:46 am, by:  Enzo Seidl (Enzoisamazing) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Mine had never been changed, i broke two 12mm spanners trying to get one of them off, took it into work, and one of the mechanics with a decent spanner set got it off easy as pie.. haha. Should be recieving my new struts this week :-)
Tom Richards
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Sunday, June 17, 2012 - 11:57 am, by:  Tom Richards (Tomr) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

that is the secret, a good quality 12mm
Matt Petersen
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Sunday, June 17, 2012 - 01:22 pm, by:  Matt Petersen (Mattmannz) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have found using vice grips to clamp the open ended parts of the spanner against the nut works very well when the spanner wants to slip off and round the nut or bolt.

Matt.
Nathan Stringer
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Wednesday, April 03, 2013 - 08:55 pm, by:  Nathan Stringer (Stringer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Great tutorial, just changed my struts.
5 mins work, problem solved
Peter Nitschke
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 04:04 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The new struts I got don't have the ball/bolt fitted.

How can I pop them out of the old and press into the new struts?
Jan van Berendonk
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 05:04 pm, by:  Jan van Berendonk (Janjen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

On most struts there is a small spring clip in the cup, either lever the clip out or just pull the bolt out. This can be quite hard to do.
Peter Nitschke
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 10:27 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Nothing like that on the old ones. I contacted the seller, got an "Oops!" they will forward the new ball joints.

Mild bummer, wanted the job done before Friday, don't like my chances now.
Allan Langford
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 07:42 am, by:  Allan Langford (Allan) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Nothing worse than someone forgetting your balls!
Peter Nitschke
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 11:00 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Peter Nitschke
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Friday, December 20, 2013 - 07:18 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Got the ball joint studs, but the next problem is the clip on the other end partially blocks the hole so it won't fit onto the stud.


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The seller is grantt005 and the struts come from gasstrutrecharge.com.au also known as
Strut & actuator shop and Nitrogen Lift Company

Not impressed!
Lee Taylor
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Wednesday, January 01, 2014 - 10:17 pm, by:  Lee Taylor (Captainredline) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I bought the same struts and was wondering why the hell the lower end has that stupid clip, I can't figure out how its supposed to work.

I ended up sliding this clip up so it clears the hole to allow it to slide on the stud, then jiggled it and slid the metal clip back down to how your photo shows, it slightly sits in the groove on the stud. Still not right but enough to stop it sliding off

Will have a better go at it if it ever falls off. Hasn't yet *touch wood*
Peter Nitschke
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Thursday, January 02, 2014 - 05:36 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The answer to my problem was to file down the end of the shaft to allow the clip to sit a bit further down.

Since then, the seller has provided me with new ends that fit properly.
Peter Nitschke
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Thursday, January 02, 2014 - 06:36 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The hole side should fit over the stud. On the other side is a tail that clips onto the stud to stop it falling off.
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Friday, February 28, 2014 - 09:47 pm, by:  Chris Lock (Sledge) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

So overall, are these worth getting?
Maybe someone should do a group buy? :-)
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Friday, February 28, 2014 - 11:17 pm, by:  Tom Richards (Tomr) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i purchased a great set on ebay (from Melb) 3-4 yrs ago. Still going strong on a boot with spoiler.

From memory ~$45

not sure who supplied them , but have purchased from below for a commodore wagon and they are great.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TOYOTA-LEXUS-SOARER-BOOT-GAS-STRUTS-new-pair-/201032764994?pt=AU_Car_Part s_Accessories&hash=item2ece7c8e42
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Saturday, March 01, 2014 - 03:51 pm, by:  Chris Lock (Sledge) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ok.. giving them a go..
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Saturday, March 01, 2014 - 09:50 pm, by:  Robert Faggian (Tanooki_suit) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I got the same eBay struts and they are still fine 5 years on.
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Saturday, March 15, 2014 - 10:06 am, by:  Chris Lock (Sledge) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

BTW.. you may not need to undo the ball joint at all..
Just take the black round clip off the other side with a small screw driver, then a larger screw driver to take it off completely..
Then you should be able to just pull the strut off the ball joint....

At least that's how mine was..
Tai Johnsen
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Sunday, May 11, 2014 - 11:54 am, by:  Tai Johnsen (Privatejohnsen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I just did this and ran into the same problem as Pen with the ball joint. None came with my struts either! dowp!

Anyone had any luck separating the stock ones?
Grant Richey
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 - 04:31 am, by:  Grant Richey (Flowerssoondie) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Soarer boot struts now listed on gas strut guys. $22 for the pair.

http://www.gasstrutguys.com.au/p-59-gas-strut-pair-toyota-soarer-lexus-sc400-sc300-sc25gt-boot-1991- to-1996.aspx
Roland Elliott
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 - 09:09 pm, by:  Roland Elliott (Aussie2013) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Grant Richey wrote on Saturday, November 22, 2014 - 04:31 am:



Thats a good price, thanks Grant.

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