[Crackofdawn]

I had to re-bed my port strut this summer (another long story). The task went very quick and easy. I did not remove the shaft, I just dropped the strut and slid it off the shaft, but I checked alignment and shaft runout first to make sure when it went back together if was the same. If you have a bent strut you probably have a bent shaft and removal of the shaft can be very difficult due to removal of the coupler can put up a big fight. If some reason you only have a bent strut, I would do this work again without hesitation, but shaft and re-alignment are whole different issue and work. My 2 cents.