coilovers
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:56 pm
well i have gone out to ajust the coilies today as the rear is a tad low when i have people in the back and as i have a 100mile journey to see the prodigy with a full car i need the height.
when i put them on 4 months ago i lubed them up with chain wax as thats all i had at the time thinking when i go to put my new wheels on i will use some copper grease to full on protect them.
so i goto raise them las night and the bottom collar moves to relase the top one but the top collar is stuck so after some fighting and baout half a can of WD40 it shifts it will only wind down lower not higher so i undo the ring all the way to find that the last two turns of thread are damaged hence it wont screw up only down. now im stuck with a permanlty low rear end.
i cant put the locking collar on as the top collar is stuck so i need to get a new set of collars and cut the old ones off now there are no prices on the FK website and there are no collars for the coilovers i have so im pretty much stuck.
the other side wont budge what so ever even after a liberal coating penetrating lube i compressed the hopeing that it will take some tention off the collars but they seem stuck. is there anyone with the tools to help me around either worcester or solihull. i have no access to heat tools or any big hammers that might aid in turning them.
im about to write to FK and see what they say about it.
one last thing that seems odd. is i cant actually see an anti roll bar on the front of my car. now im not sure if there was one when i got my car or if they never refitted it when they repaired my car after my crash if its the latter what can i do to rectify it. i am right in saying that the anti roll bar mounts to the wishbone in the hole thats towards the back of the car ill go and take a picture if neccacerry.
when i put them on 4 months ago i lubed them up with chain wax as thats all i had at the time thinking when i go to put my new wheels on i will use some copper grease to full on protect them.
so i goto raise them las night and the bottom collar moves to relase the top one but the top collar is stuck so after some fighting and baout half a can of WD40 it shifts it will only wind down lower not higher so i undo the ring all the way to find that the last two turns of thread are damaged hence it wont screw up only down. now im stuck with a permanlty low rear end.
i cant put the locking collar on as the top collar is stuck so i need to get a new set of collars and cut the old ones off now there are no prices on the FK website and there are no collars for the coilovers i have so im pretty much stuck.
the other side wont budge what so ever even after a liberal coating penetrating lube i compressed the hopeing that it will take some tention off the collars but they seem stuck. is there anyone with the tools to help me around either worcester or solihull. i have no access to heat tools or any big hammers that might aid in turning them.
im about to write to FK and see what they say about it.
one last thing that seems odd. is i cant actually see an anti roll bar on the front of my car. now im not sure if there was one when i got my car or if they never refitted it when they repaired my car after my crash if its the latter what can i do to rectify it. i am right in saying that the anti roll bar mounts to the wishbone in the hole thats towards the back of the car ill go and take a picture if neccacerry.