Originally posted by btrautman:
I've had the same problem. I rigged a setup where I used a jack connected to the strut to jack the strut up into the tower. You have to rig something up to do this carefully but I did it and it worked fine.
I did this to get the strut out, and ended up crushing my hand between the strut and the breaker bar I used as an extension for the jack. I really thought I was going to lose fingers! OUCH!
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