B - Open with Pipe Cutter
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WARNING:
Wear protective eyewear when drilling or sawing.
-- Drill a 3 mm hole through the shock absorber outer tube or saw through the tube wall.
NOTE:
Gas escapes when drilling or sawing.
-- Attach a pipe cutter (for example, 150/3 Stahlwille Express) as shown in illustration, and cut through outer shock absorber tube.
-- Pull the piston rod upward, hold the inner shock absorber tube in place with pliers and push it downward so that it remains in the outer shock absorber tube when the piston rod is slowly raised.
-- Remove the piston rod from the shock absorber inner tube
-- Empty the shock absorber tube.