How To: Lowering Spring Install!
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Getting some goldlines hopefully by friday
Someone can buy mine when I get home...
I think that's my problem too. I put on my Teins STechs on some Tokico Blues last night and they rear sounds like the nut is loose on the strut shaft. I gotta pull everything apart and give it a gander later tonight. Here's crossing my fingers...
*edit* Yup, just slapped a washer under each strut shaft bolt and she's sitting pretty now with no rattle. I'll get an alignment tomorrow then I'll see what she can do.
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just ordered my tokico blues, and endlinks, got falken springs already. hopefully wont run into any trouble.
when do I tighten the center nut? when the strut is still off the car, or when the strut is put back onto the car and there is some compression on it?
when do I tighten the center nut? when the strut is still off the car, or when the strut is put back onto the car and there is some compression on it?
bumping an old thread....I know. Installed new struts and springs couple years ago with no problems. I forgot to reinstall the dust boots. So here recently, I decided to uninstall the strut to put back in the dust boots. I have all nuts as tite as they will go, but now everytime I go over bumps, the strut shaft will move up ever so slighty causing the bowl shaped washer and the regular washer(for the washer trick when using lowering springs)to become loose just for a sec and clunk against each other. Both sides are doing this. I uninstalled everything and installed it all back and it still clunks. I guess i've uninstalled everything too many times as now both bowl shaped washers on the flat side, have rounded off. I have new ones on order. Anyone have some insight here?
OEM nuts for the strut shaft. The aftermarket ones don't have enough "material" under the threaded portion of the nut and you have to use a washer(s) to get the entire assembly tightened up (or in your case ... not (lol2)). An OEM nut for each rear strut assembly will solve your issue.
The one on the left looks OEM - What struts are you running?
I am running Illuminas
I am having an issue with my rear passenger side strut. Every time I make a hard left turn, my tire scrapes the edge of the car's body. I changed the strut but it is still happening. Any insights on this? Are the pink stops inside the acordeon plastic over the strut absolutely necessary? Thanks.
red95_240sx
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its probly your camber or your fender. what size wheel/tire and suspension do you have??
bought the car used? it may have been hit. You smash into anything on that side before? are your wheels/tires the same size/width/offset?
bought the car used? it may have been hit. You smash into anything on that side before? are your wheels/tires the same size/width/offset?
My 4 wheels are 17" (exactly the same) and still have stock suspension except for the new strut. The car was working fine but I hit a hole hard with people in the rear seat and that did it, that's why I thought it was the strut. When I put in the new one I didn't replace the bump stop as it was torn apart. Is this absolutely necessary?
