NEED STRUT GEAR HELP

ok my dash shock light was on so i ordered some new gears for the top of the struts. i started tonight with the rear 2 because they are easy to get to. the left one was cracked and i tapped out the old pin removed the gear and replaced the cracked gear with the new one.(Thinking wow this is easy) i then checked to see if the motor was working it was. then i checked the other side and all was good. hoping this was the problem i drove the car and the light was still on. so i decided to move on the the harder ones up front. i removed the trunk top and saw the strut under the brake res. i then some how managed reached in removed the cap and saw the gear was rounded and broken. i then managed to tap out the pin without losing it. (That was hard) but when i got the pin out the gear top only came out. the rest in stuck inside. this is where i need your help. how do i get the broken pieces out of the strut with such little working room. i thought about supergluing the gear together so maybe it would lift off but do not want to try this if there is a better way. what does the nut on top do? i might able to take that off. HELP.... it always has to be the hard side with no room on these cars.

thx
Mark

 

i really do not need a rebuild i just need to get the old piece out. 5 min fix if i can get it out. the other three i already did with no problem. thx anyway do you have a number maybe he can give advise on this.

 

the funny thing is i was in the clear. the hard part was over. (getting the pin out in such little working room.) maybe i can do the glue trick i will see. i just do not want to glue it in there. hehe.

 

Update. i got all the new gears fitted . I had to do a little megiver work. one actuator had a rattle noise and i was not sure if it was working. The funny thing is that captainz's is only 30 min from me( http://www.captainzcnc.com/index.html) and he tested it for free and all was good. My question is. Do they all cycle at the same time off the shock ? because the one that i was worried about i did not see move and because of the rattle i assumed it needed to be fixed. so far 2 of the 4 gears were bad. does the SUSPENSION ECU ever go bad? ps the rears worked fine when i keyed the car on and off. the front left one did not cycle but maybe it did and i missed it. Lynn from captains said it worked fine on the bench test. hmmm

 

ALL FIXED

thx this thread helped before i got started

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=199095&highlight=shock+malfunction+light

the actuator was fine and i used all the tricks plus 2 of my own to finish the job. it was just the bad gear up front.

it was a good feeling when the light went off.