suspension install help! picture included
08-10-07, 10:27 AM
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suspension install help! picture included
Trying to put in front coilvers but it seems I can't fit the bottom of the shock into the control arm. Referring to the picture, is it possible to press that piece in a little so I can put this in? or this is a design defect on the coilovers?
08-10-07, 12:32 PM
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08-10-07, 12:42 PM
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I agree with the jack. I just did this last night and I'm getting pretty good at it.
Get a pry bar and a jack. Position the shock mount over the top of the mount point in the control arm with a bias toward the center of the car. This way you can use the pry bar to line it up once you get it in there. It's gonna be tight but once you get it where you want it, put the jack on the rotor and slowly start jacking it up until the shock mount starts to slide in. If you go too far... you're gonna have to start over. Once you get it close... put the bolt in there and beat it into submission with a hammer. It's gotta be close though or you'll f up the threads and you don't want that.
It should go, you're just gonna have to work with it. Oh yeah and loosten the bolts at the top so you can swing the strut back and forth an inch or two. It'll make things easier.
Get a pry bar and a jack. Position the shock mount over the top of the mount point in the control arm with a bias toward the center of the car. This way you can use the pry bar to line it up once you get it in there. It's gonna be tight but once you get it where you want it, put the jack on the rotor and slowly start jacking it up until the shock mount starts to slide in. If you go too far... you're gonna have to start over. Once you get it close... put the bolt in there and beat it into submission with a hammer. It's gotta be close though or you'll f up the threads and you don't want that.
It should go, you're just gonna have to work with it. Oh yeah and loosten the bolts at the top so you can swing the strut back and forth an inch or two. It'll make things easier.
08-10-07, 03:19 PM
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Whatever you do, do NOT force it! You will damage the coilover or the control arm.
Take a threaded rod or a big screw, two washers and two nuts and widen it a millimeter o two. I made a little drawing
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EDIT: And oh... You have to loosen the sway bar a little! That might be all you need to do if you havent.
Take a threaded rod or a big screw, two washers and two nuts and widen it a millimeter o two. I made a little drawing
lolEDIT: And oh... You have to loosen the sway bar a little! That might be all you need to do if you havent.
08-10-07, 06:12 PM
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That part that's interfering is a steel sleeve that's pressed into the control arm. It can move, and it's designed to slide inwards for a snug fit as you tighten the bolt up.
Some creative use of a socket, bolt, and nut can push it back outwards, or a brass drift and a hammer works too. No biggie.
Dale
Some creative use of a socket, bolt, and nut can push it back outwards, or a brass drift and a hammer works too. No biggie.
Dale
08-10-07, 10:14 PM
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Just slip the bolt back in thru the hole, then put the nut on it and press it against the sliding spacer. Tap with hammer on the bolt head lightly to push the spacer back for clearance. Then you'll be able to fit the shock eye in place.
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