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Sep 24th, 2019, 20:00 | #21 | |
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Could it be that the upper spring seat is about to completely collapse, causing the spring to become partly 'uncompressed' from the strut rod ? That would explain an 'extended' strut. Anyhow, if everything up there is still original, new spring seats are certainly on the menu as well - either Sachs or CRP/Rein
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Sep 25th, 2019, 16:35 | #22 | |
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When I did this, several years back, I think I followed this video. And the shot at 2:34 shows the control arm dangling downward enough to fit the bolt in without any straps or levers. In my case, it would be far more horizontal instead of dangling down by its own weight. No matter how far I loosened the bolts bolting it to the frame or levered it down, it would never get low enough to fit the bolt shown at 2:34 in the hole. So either the car from the vid has lowered shocks and springs, my control arms had the rubbers in the wrong angle or both. |
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Sep 25th, 2019, 22:37 | #23 |
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This may sound obvious, but I spent hours and hours trying to get the right control arm to fit on the left side. All the more embarrassing when I discovered they were marked L and R.
There is a slight swan neck to the arm - this has to go downwards.
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Sep 27th, 2019, 14:03 | #24 |
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That was one of the first things I checked for when I realised it wouldn't go!
Just awaiting a break in the rain ( probably next week looking at the forecast!) to put everything back together and find out what issues the drivers side can throw at me. Cheers John |
Sep 27th, 2019, 22:46 | #25 |
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I too preffer not working when it's raining/wet, even slightly. Installing a wet bolt, will have it rust and get stuck and be funny to undo in the future.
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Sep 28th, 2019, 10:54 | #26 |
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I learned this lesson the hard way too.
I now know it's much easier to remove the 2 lower strut bolts, gives you way more room and makes the job a doddle. The only downside is you will need an alignment after as these 2 bolts adjust the camber. Generally I'm really impressed with how nice the car is to work on, great engineering!
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