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Height adjustment on coilovers - AaronR33 - 05-08-2020
So I just tried to adjust my coilovers to lower it down a touch and the two bolts that you have to rotate are completely locked in place and wont budge (even when removed and put into a vice using a bit wrench!).
Anyone got any suggestions on what I can do to free these up?
Height adjustment on coilovers - Rolex - 05-08-2020
soak them in wd40, or if there rusted try coca cola.
Leave them to soak then try again. you can try heating them but be careful you damage the shock inside the coilover.
Height adjustment on coilovers - el_bandido - 05-08-2020
give them a good spray, I tapped my c-spanners with a rubber mallet to break the initial lock. Just make sure you do it in the right direction!
Height adjustment on coilovers - Sparkystav - 05-08-2020
Heating them wont help as their aluminium rings with steel shaft.
Speak to posty I gave him a set of monster water pump pliers, for adjusting the tte ones. Theyre the best way to adjust them as the c spanners can be lethal as they slip off.
Height adjustment on coilovers - AaronR33 - 05-08-2020
Thanks for the advice folks, i'll give that a go when i get chance to take them off. Could do with stripping them and cleaning them + regreasing them properly.
Height adjustment on coilovers - ormi - 26-08-2020
hope your not adjusting the spring platforms????thats not how you adjusty the hight...what your messing with is spring preload...you adjust the whole body ie unbolt where it bolts on to the hub and move that part which windes up the body.
Height adjustment on coilovers - Sparkystav - 26-08-2020
Ormi it depends on the Coilovers. The tte ones I had, that posty now has, we're adjusted via the spring platform as the body was one piece.
Height adjustment on coilovers - AaronR33 - 26-08-2020
I don't even know where the spring preload bit is, they look different to other ones I've seen. I'll stick a picture up of them so you can see for yourself
Height adjustment on coilovers - Lerch - 26-08-2020
what make of coilovers are they mate? ive heard that FK coilovers are an absolute rust magnet and just seize solid after no time at all
Height adjustment on coilovers - AaronR33 - 26-08-2020
They're D2 ones mate