viperbite
09-01-2007, 04:32 AM
i posted this on 240atlanta... no one is awake... my car is on jackstands and i dont know what to do right now... soo i hope someone here could help?
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okay i dont know what to think about my coilovers right now...
ill try to explain what happened
i lifted my car up in the air and decided okay im gonna check everything out and search for my oil leak. well i looked... and was like okay i cant find it blah blah i called tyler and dave and asked them what they thought... both told me the same thing... probably cuz they were in the same room... anyways.
after i stopped working on the oil leak... i was like okay im gonna raise my car up so that my rear camber is a little better and my front doesnt scrape on even the mildest speed bump...
so i take all 4 wheels off
adjust coilovers with meausreing tape.
tighten everything back up check everything...
tripple checked everything... no joke i checked it all multiple times.
so after i did that i went for a ride. http://240atlanta.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif
car handled okay... little soft cuz i removed my preload off the front springs. but it handled great.
well i came back in and i was gonna raise the front up a little more cuz it was sitting kinda weird leaning forward.
well i lift it up and take the fronts off.
i did pass side first. then drivers side.
when i got to the drivers side i was like huh http://240atlanta.com/forums/images/smilies/thinking.gif theres play in the spring... wtf m8
so i went back to the pass side and was like okay this one has play too... so i must have forgotton to put preload on the front.
the lock nuts were tight so i asumed this is what i did wrong
i then went to the drivers side and looked at it again. and my jaw dropped...
the spring had 3 inches of play.
so i immediatly asume the teeth on the coilvoers had stripped themselves smooth and the spring pushed them down... seemed logical to me...
*i had previously overtorqued the lock nuts... and recently fixed that over torquing. i was also running a good bit of preload. thought that all that added up could have made the teeth go bad. then when i ran the spring somewhat loose the spring poped the lock nut and broke it*
HOWEVER
this was not the case.
after taking the front coilovers off and inspecting them. the lock nuts are fine. not great. but fine. they didnt strip out. and thats not hte problem.
I DONT KNOW WHY THE COILOVER HAD THAT MUCH PLAY!
so i took the coilovers apart. and sat them next to eachother. with just the core shock part of the coil over....
they are the SAME.
omfg please someone shed some light on this i have no freaking clue.
i need my car by wednesday at the latest. preferably tomorrow i had plans..... and at the worst i can track some stock springs and struts down and use those. but i dont have my stocks anymore. i sold the rears cuz the struts werent blown. and the fronts i tried cutting the springs then trashed.
i relaly dont know what the problem is / was... it was definatly NOT RIGHT ...
ehhh
i relaly hope the strut isnt broken... http://240atlanta.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif
i think the strut could have been pulled outward too far for some reason... i dont know how this could have happened though.
im so confused... http://240atlanta.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif
SOMEONE PLEEEEASE shed some light on this
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okay i dont know what to think about my coilovers right now...
ill try to explain what happened
i lifted my car up in the air and decided okay im gonna check everything out and search for my oil leak. well i looked... and was like okay i cant find it blah blah i called tyler and dave and asked them what they thought... both told me the same thing... probably cuz they were in the same room... anyways.
after i stopped working on the oil leak... i was like okay im gonna raise my car up so that my rear camber is a little better and my front doesnt scrape on even the mildest speed bump...
so i take all 4 wheels off
adjust coilovers with meausreing tape.
tighten everything back up check everything...
tripple checked everything... no joke i checked it all multiple times.
so after i did that i went for a ride. http://240atlanta.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif
car handled okay... little soft cuz i removed my preload off the front springs. but it handled great.
well i came back in and i was gonna raise the front up a little more cuz it was sitting kinda weird leaning forward.
well i lift it up and take the fronts off.
i did pass side first. then drivers side.
when i got to the drivers side i was like huh http://240atlanta.com/forums/images/smilies/thinking.gif theres play in the spring... wtf m8
so i went back to the pass side and was like okay this one has play too... so i must have forgotton to put preload on the front.
the lock nuts were tight so i asumed this is what i did wrong
i then went to the drivers side and looked at it again. and my jaw dropped...
the spring had 3 inches of play.
so i immediatly asume the teeth on the coilvoers had stripped themselves smooth and the spring pushed them down... seemed logical to me...
*i had previously overtorqued the lock nuts... and recently fixed that over torquing. i was also running a good bit of preload. thought that all that added up could have made the teeth go bad. then when i ran the spring somewhat loose the spring poped the lock nut and broke it*
HOWEVER
this was not the case.
after taking the front coilovers off and inspecting them. the lock nuts are fine. not great. but fine. they didnt strip out. and thats not hte problem.
I DONT KNOW WHY THE COILOVER HAD THAT MUCH PLAY!
so i took the coilovers apart. and sat them next to eachother. with just the core shock part of the coil over....
they are the SAME.
omfg please someone shed some light on this i have no freaking clue.
i need my car by wednesday at the latest. preferably tomorrow i had plans..... and at the worst i can track some stock springs and struts down and use those. but i dont have my stocks anymore. i sold the rears cuz the struts werent blown. and the fronts i tried cutting the springs then trashed.
i relaly dont know what the problem is / was... it was definatly NOT RIGHT ...
ehhh
i relaly hope the strut isnt broken... http://240atlanta.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif
i think the strut could have been pulled outward too far for some reason... i dont know how this could have happened though.
im so confused... http://240atlanta.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif
SOMEONE PLEEEEASE shed some light on this