Have you ever done a set before. If not it can be a little difficult. First what you need to do is compress the spring, then take a wrench and a socket that fits that stud on top and hold while using the wrench to remove nut.Hi guy's,
My rear springs went in with no issues, but i'm stuck with the fronts. I'm all good except i can't get the top hat off the shock. The nut just spins around, it looks like i have to hold the main bolt still with one of those star shaped drivers, then turn the spanner?
From someone who's changed their springs would you mind giving me some advice?
Thanks
You can try compressing a little more but also have a friend help hold the other wrench while yu try and break the nut free.I've compressed the spring with 2 sets. I have the piece the fits in the end of the shaft (tourque set i think it's called, like a phillips head but twice as many tips) and a ring spanner on the but, but when i turn the nut it's turning the allen key in my other hand, i can't hold it in place. Do i maybe have to compress the springs a bit more to take tension off the top hat nut and shaft?
I had access to an impact and you still need to use hand tools when re assymbling the struts.If you have a cordless impact that works best, It will break it loose with no problem. Do you happen to have access to that?
Yea I had trouble with my box end wrench slipping off the nut I just held it at an angle and applied pressure.The tourqe screw i have just goes into the end of a small screw driver, so i can't get good grip on it the spanner always pulls it out of my hand.
My friend is coming over shortly he has a tourque screw set which is a T bar and has a long bar on the end so you can get leverage on it. Hopefully with that i can get the top hat off !!
Its a sway bar linkage it is important for bodyroll I would put it back on you just have to work it in there.All good now got all of them in. There's a little black plastic arm which bolts on to the shock, and then has a rubber ball which pops on and off a steel arm, well this popped off and i couldn't get it back into place. I figured since it was made from plastic and just swivelled around and that it wasn't stuctual, that it wasn't so important, so i left it out from the drivers side. Should i have put it back in, or is it useless? Car drives fine.
Yea you just have to work at itOk cool, should i be able to put it back on without removing anything else except the wheel?
