# Monroe "Quick Strut"-not so quick **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [November 4, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/monroe-quick-strut-not-so-quick/261181 "2011-11-04T16:44:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/monroe-quick-strut-not-so-quick/261181/1 "2011-11-04T16:44:07Z")
Knowing that I’d have at least an hour free tonight at work, I decided to change my shock/strut assy’s. Remove front RH side, start to install the new one, and I need to enlarge the holes in the tower. No big deal. I get a 13/32" drill and go to town. Install the strut, and the fucking nuts that they provided are the same size/pitch as the OEM (smaller ones):retardclap. Ended up having to find some nuts that were close in size, and tap them out. So I move on to the other side, remove strut, enlarge the holes, and the replacement for the LH side is the same size stud as OEM:retardclap. Whatever, both sides had already been enlarged once in the past. Just a heads up. I inventoried the parts before I did the job, but I didn’t go as far as to take the nuts out of the bag and check the sizes. Cliffs-Strut didn’t even wanna let da nuts on ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/monroe-quick-strut-not-so-quick/261181/2 "2011-11-04T17:39:19Z")
nuts on the struts dick in the spring compressor?? ---
**Author:** ![toomanycamaros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/monroe-quick-strut-not-so-quick/261181/3 "2011-11-04T17:48:52Z")
so you gonna replace the gangster door handle now that the corolla has some fresh struts. ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/monroe-quick-strut-not-so-quick/261181/4 "2011-11-04T18:01:57Z")
> [@Turnkey Drift Car anybody?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turnkey-drift-car-anybody/46375/17): > > so you gonna replace the gangster door handle now that the corolla has some fresh struts. Not only no…HELL NO! You got Paypal. ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/monroe-quick-strut-not-so-quick/261181/5 "2011-11-06T07:46:09Z")
First word in thread titled denoted the imminent failure that was to soon follow. Should have heeded that warning ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/monroe-quick-strut-not-so-quick/261181/6 "2011-11-06T08:06:51Z")
Permanent fix was drilling/tapping 3/8"x16 nuts to M11X1.5 (very uncommon size). BOGUS. ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/monroe-quick-strut-not-so-quick/261181/7 "2011-11-06T08:17:46Z")
LOL wow i had a hard enough time finding a nut for my strut a lil while ago with the right pitch. I woulda kicked babies into a well of water if i had the same issues as you trying to get them on ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/monroe-quick-strut-not-so-quick/261181/8 "2011-11-06T08:19:03Z")
> [@Audi A4?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audi-a4/46432/10): > > LOL wow i had a hard enough time finding a nut for my strut a lil while ago with the right pitch. > > I woulda kicked babies into a well of water if i had the same issues as you trying to get them on It’s bullshit. I did it at work and luckily we had a metric tap/die set, and some spare hardware lying around. ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/monroe-quick-strut-not-so-quick/261181/9 "2011-11-06T08:20:44Z")
yea lucky shit, where you work at these days? car shit or airplanes ? ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/monroe-quick-strut-not-so-quick/261181/10 "2011-11-06T08:22:15Z")
> [@How Many People On Nyspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-people-on-nyspeed/46330/146): > > yea lucky shit, where you work at these days? car shit or airplanes ? Customs and Border Protection in Plattsburgh. Reason for having the metric tap/die set is the french helicopters we have. Dude, we are so overdue to party it’s not funny. Are you going to GNR Nov 23? ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/monroe-quick-strut-not-so-quick/261181/11 "2011-11-06T08:29:04Z")
where at ? Yeah i havent partied in hella long time dude, getting old quick. ---
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/monroe-quick-strut-not-so-quick/261181/12 "2011-11-06T08:29:39Z")
> [@Audi A4?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/audi-a4/46432/15): > > where at ? Yeah i havent partied in hella long time dude, getting old quick. Times Union. Shit’s gonna be redic. I know Jammer has tickets. ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/monroe-quick-strut-not-so-quick/261181/13 "2011-11-06T09:01:35Z")
word ya ill prolly make it man