New to working on cars in general. Help., Serious. Options

[David48]

Yup. What I would do to keep it even, is spin up the collar to where you think you'll want it, and measure how much it went up. Then spin up the bracket and when you do the other side, make sure it measures the same. Unless you wanna max it out and spin it all the way up against the spring's collar. For the rear you should be able to just spin the bracket all the way up and be at a comfortable lowness.

[Tedskiii]

^^Thanks !! I can't get too low right now because I have steelies on and the tires are pretty meaty.

[Tedskiii]

Ok so I got the front left side, and those bulls**t ass wrenches both bend, and are worn to the point where they can't be used anymore. WTF am I doing wrong? I'm turning the bottom nut to the right if facing it, and Im looking at the threads and it should be going up, but it's not loosening like it should. Now my cars on a gangster lean, and has to be left like that till Friday because l don't have time tomorrow .. But it's barley noticeable because it's like 1/2 difference.

Please help. Now I have no tools to use. Should I get a punch, and use my mallet? Because the flathead isn't working well.

[Tedskiii]

Sad I can't even handle a simple ass task like this.

[David48]

How old are they? The collars might be stuck on there. Soak it with PB blaster and other stuff.

[Tedskiii]

How old are they? The collars might be stuck on there. Soak it with PB blaster and other stuff.

They don't look old. But now that collar is beat up on some spots. :/
What should i use since I have no spammers now?

[Tedskiii]

And how am I supposed to break the torque on the nuts without damaging anything, or bending spanners?

[Ivan the Terribl...]

Hammer time

[Tedskiii]

Hammer time

That's what I've been using, a mallet and a flathead. But I'm scared to chew them
Up even more, or that I'm going to wrong way.

[Ivan the Terribl...]

Hit hard as fuck and use tri-flo, its way better for penetrations.

[Tedskiii]

Hit hard as fuck and use tri-flo, its way better for penetrations.

Am I even spinning it the right way? I'm hitting it to the right. I'm scared to damage it even more.

[David48]

Imagine you're viewing it from the top. Spin it counter clockwise. If you have a pneumatic hammer gun deal, hit it with that just to loosen it. It'll chew up the collar a little, but it's worth it if it's really stuck that bad.

[Tedskiii]

Imagine you're viewing it from the top. Spin it counter clockwise. If you have a pneumatic hammer gun deal, hit it with that just to loosen it. It'll chew up the collar a little, but it's worth it if it's really stuck that bad.

Wish I did, but I'll get something to loosen it up. I'm going to order a bunch of spanners just incase. I hope the rears aren't a pain ..

Also when I did the front left, I spun the collar all the way but the other two preload collars limited it. So do I have to put the preload up more if I want to go lower? Or will I still be able to thread the assembly more?

[David48]

You could add more preload, or you can remove the whole coilover and remove the one, or both of the locking collars and max the lower mount against the spring perch. But you should make sure all collars are moving freely before you do that.

[Tedskiii]

You could add more preload, or you can remove the whole coilover and remove the one, or both of the locking collars and max the lower mount against the spring perch. But you should make sure all collars are moving freely before you do that.

So how would I go about adding the preload? Do I need a spring compressor or anything? Or as long as the collars are loose, I can keep the threaded body spinning up?

[David48]

Well I when I went balls low I just kept spinning the perch as far up as I could and I got it far up enough without a spring compressor.

[steinkrunk]

Don't mess with your preload!!! You will damage your suspension and end up blowing your seals. To make the coilover it's lowest adjust in this order:

1. Adjust preload to spec, as I described earlier when I told you EXACTLY what to do.

2. Lock middle collar against the top collar by spinning it up until it won't budge anymore with your hand, then use the spanner and turn 1/2-3/4 turn to lock it.

3. Spin lower(3rd) collar up and lock it against middle collar using the same
technique.

4. Spin the lower mount up until it hits the 3rd collar. Just snug it up.

5. Bolt up the 2 17mm bolts that attach the spindle and reattach your brake line to the little bracket for it.

That's it, if a bolt/nut is stuck use pb blaster and don't be afraid to use a little force to free it. When you are adjusting everything, wipe anti-seize on he threads of the coilover to prevent this from happening again. You'll thank yourself next one you have to adjust your coilovers.

Take your time and read what I wrote, it was pretty obvious you probably breezed over my last post and didn't absorb the info well. Again as I said right of the bat, GOOGLE is your friend.