Thanks Andrew - the problem is that the steel bush in the Beta topmount is so corroded onto the strut I can;t shift it without destroying something! The something is the strut shaft which will give me the chance to put the remains on a bench press with a couple of sockets and remove the remains from the top mounts saving them. The struts are 12 years old now and have seen better days and are almost impossible to get reconditioned now so I've bitten the bullet and ordered a new set from Gerry. the springs are fine and I'll be able to reuse them! Thanks for the offer though!

Guy