Well, my Ground Control colar/perches are hosed. The set screw has rusted itself into place, it ain't coming out! Tried soaking it in penetrant for weeks, tried a propane torch .. no luck.

So I need some new ones. Where's a good place to buy 4 threaded colars and and the threaded lower perch? Maybe Rishie can hook me up Just need 'em that will fit on Tokico Illuminas for standard 2.5" Eibach ERS springs.

 

Somebody had better answer me, or I'll ban all your asses!!!

 

Call up Ground Control. Ask them why the set screw was made from a metal that is able to rust. I mean, come on! The road salts and grime can easily get in contact w/ that area of the car...you would think they would have gotten something that wouldn't rust. Use that angle and see if they would be willing to replace it for you.

 

I will call up Ground Control and get you those parts at my cost. No worries. I hope you can wait til after Christmas.

Thanks, Rishie

 

Rishie comes through as always!

Dude, you know my car isn't going anywhere anytime soon .. so of course I can wait

Have a great Christmas Rishie!

 

Why not drill them out and rethread the hole with a new stop???

Oh, and use antiseize this time

PaulC

 

Well duh! Why didn't I think of that? I'll give it a shot

 

See if you can do that, cause my cost is $185.00 + shipping. Crazy man.

See ya, Rishie

 

What!?!? fuggin' ripoff ... I bet you could buy the same thing from TrueChoice for half that.

 

Boostd7,

It could be due to the collar being aluminum and the screw being steel. Electrolysis could cause the screw to sieze. I would encourage you to drill out the old screw and replace it with a helicoil which will allow you to use the same size set screw which is made of steel. Using anti-sieze is always a good thing!

Good luck!

dave

89 GTUs roadracer
89 GTU street car
87 Sport roadracer in progress

 

When your car finally becomes track ready, have your car corner-weighed while sitting in the driver's seat. If you can't find a good chassis tuning shop there in St. Louis, Shane and Paul MIGHT have scales at AIM next Spring. I say "might" because scales are EXPENSIVE. Despite the expense, Shane and Paul want to do things right! I mean if you're going to sell Ground Control Coilovers, you'd better be able to set them up properly by corner weighing--otherwise why sell coilovers??? You people aren't buying coilovers just to set ride height are you???

 

What's a helicoil? Sounds like a have a good project for the weekend This and get my Brembo rotors on ... and about 1 billion other things.

 

The dyno shop up the street has a set of scales ... I had planned on using them.

 

A helicoil is, in essence, replacement threads. It will look like a spring in the package. They are most often used to replace the threads in aluminum heads when a spark plug strips it.

The procedure is as follows: There is a drill, tap, insertion tool, and coils in a package. You should be able to get them at NAPA.

-Drill out the old set screw
-Drill the proper size hole with the drill in the kit
-tap the threads in the collar
-insert the coil with the tool.

You could use some thread locking compound on the coil as you put it in, but it isn't absolutely necessary.

Now you have a steel screw against steel threads. Use anti-sieze.

I have been racing cars and motorcycles with lots of aluminum parts in stressed areas for 30 years now, and have been saved on more that a few occasions by these
handy things. Each kit costs in the neighborhood of $25.00, which is a bunch cheaper than the cost of new collars and threaded perches.

I hope this helps in some way

dave

 

Cool! I'll give it a shot

 

The dyno shop up the street has a set of scales ... I had planned on using them. [/B][/QUOTE]

Excellent! :p