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Black BettySlight problem here installing my coilovers. The nut that is stamped for 15mm on the endlink stripped on me, and I have no clue what to do. Never had a nut strip behind a nut and piece of steel like that...any suggestions?
Slight problem here installing my coilovers. The nut that is stamped for 15mm on the endlink stripped on me, and I have no clue what to do. Never had a nut strip behind a nut and piece of steel like that...any suggestions?
what part is stripped the part you hold with a wrench or the threads?
are these the bolts nuts i supplied? did you put the washers on first? if not you went part the treads and onto the shank of the bolt.
you will probably need to cut the bolt head off and pull it back though..
The factory endlink stripped, not yours. the part you hold with the wrench is what stripped. Its gonna be a bitch to try and cut it off
Im thinking I should just say **** it and cut the factory endlink right in half...Im not gonna need it, and if i ever revert to stock, ill simply get a new one
factory endlink is junk.. not sure what tools you have available, but vise grips, impact? pop the ball out of the joint and hold it.. but the nut off the other side so you can pull it through..
how would i pop the ball out of the joint? ive got just about everything, vise grips and impact i do have
and one more problem...I cant get the nut off the top of the rear strut. Ive been hitting it with an impact for about 30 min now, no luck. the other one took quite a while as well. the whole shaft of the strut spins
well, your not reusing the strut put vise grips on it?
to pop the joint you need to pry the endlink away from the sway bar, its in a plastic cup so it should break "fairly" easy.. if not you will need to cut the cup open to let it rip out when you pry..
I put it in a bench vise and 150psi of impact didnt help. Just blew air. had to grind that top nut off. got it all figure out thoughOriginally Posted by petrified.rabbit
Ok, one last question. How does the coil bolt up to the strut tower? The piece that fits on top of the front coils has a big pointy thing that sits super high above the strut tower, and there is about 1" of play up& down with the top nut + rubber/metal washer thing installed
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