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Draining power steering box > < A - Releasing gas by drilling
B - Opening shock absorber with pipe cutter
B - Opening shock absorber with pipe cutter
  Caution
Safety goggles must be worn while drilling and cutting.
   
–  Drill a 3 mm Ø hole -arrow- through outer tube of shock absorber, or saw through side of tube.
  Note!
Gas will escape when drilling or sawing.
–  Apply pipe cutter (e.g. Stahlwille Express 150/3) as shown in illustration and cut through outer tube.
–  Pull the piston rod upwards, at the same time holding the inner tube securely with pliers and pressing it downwards, so that it remains in the outer tube when the piston rod is slowly pulled upwards.
–  Pull piston rod off inner tube.
–  Drain shock absorber tube.
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Draining power steering box > < A - Releasing gas by drilling