mounting problem after lowering spring, quick help :)
04-28-2012, 01:07 PM
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mounting problem after lowering spring, quick help :)
First time putting springs on a vehicle, I am doing the fronts right now and after I got everything out, and put back together with the new springs. I go to install it... and the top three bolts don't like up with the holes anymore.
The spring is sitting where I assume it is supposed to, there is a notch on the lower section and the spring starts there (on the lower end of notch). The top dust cover has a groove in it, and the spring end there. I mean it didn't seem like rocket science, but now it seems like I need to rotate the dust cover to line up with the holes, correct?
or does the whole spring need to rotate, and keep the correct upper mount, but the lower will move over some.
Is this normal?
Also I did HAVE to use spring compressors for my GF210 springs, weird how some people do and don't have to.
The spring is sitting where I assume it is supposed to, there is a notch on the lower section and the spring starts there (on the lower end of notch). The top dust cover has a groove in it, and the spring end there. I mean it didn't seem like rocket science, but now it seems like I need to rotate the dust cover to line up with the holes, correct?
or does the whole spring need to rotate, and keep the correct upper mount, but the lower will move over some.
Is this normal?
Also I did HAVE to use spring compressors for my GF210 springs, weird how some people do and don't have to.
Last edited by Ak48z; 04-28-2012 at 01:09 PM.
04-28-2012, 01:42 PM
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First time putting springs on a vehicle, I am doing the fronts right now and after I got everything out, and put back together with the new springs. I go to install it... and the top three bolts don't like up with the holes anymore.
The spring is sitting where I assume it is supposed to, there is a notch on the lower section and the spring starts there (on the lower end of notch). The top dust cover has a groove in it, and the spring end there. I mean it didn't seem like rocket science, but now it seems like I need to rotate the dust cover to line up with the holes, correct?
or does the whole spring need to rotate, and keep the correct upper mount, but the lower will move over some.
Is this normal?
Also I did HAVE to use spring compressors for my GF210 springs, weird how some people do and don't have to.
The spring is sitting where I assume it is supposed to, there is a notch on the lower section and the spring starts there (on the lower end of notch). The top dust cover has a groove in it, and the spring end there. I mean it didn't seem like rocket science, but now it seems like I need to rotate the dust cover to line up with the holes, correct?
or does the whole spring need to rotate, and keep the correct upper mount, but the lower will move over some.
Is this normal?
Also I did HAVE to use spring compressors for my GF210 springs, weird how some people do and don't have to.
I don't know..is there any possibility it's the shock for the other side?
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04-28-2012, 04:12 PM
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The shock is definitely on the right side, you can tell by where the brake cable attaches, I thought of that myself and it just wouldn't work if I swapped them.
I did however rotate the springs a tad and got it to all line up... hopefully everything is good lol, havn't driven on it yet. Everything bolted back up after I rotated it a tad. There is actually a notch in the bottom mount on the strut for the spring and I lined it up with that, not directly next to the slant.
Time will tell, hopefully it doesn't fall apart on me.
I did however rotate the springs a tad and got it to all line up... hopefully everything is good lol, havn't driven on it yet. Everything bolted back up after I rotated it a tad. There is actually a notch in the bottom mount on the strut for the spring and I lined it up with that, not directly next to the slant.
Time will tell, hopefully it doesn't fall apart on me.
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10-4 when you have the strut outside of the car, how are you supposed to align it properly?
If I would have just moved the top hat, the end of the spring would not align with grooves in the top hat.
I moved the whole top hat/spring over 1/2" to 3/4" ..... think I should take it all apart again? lol, just from looks it seems to be fine but I am no mechanic by any means.
Basically instead of the grooves on the top hat being off 1/2" I chose to make the bottom mount off 1/2".
If I would have just moved the top hat, the end of the spring would not align with grooves in the top hat.
I moved the whole top hat/spring over 1/2" to 3/4" ..... think I should take it all apart again? lol, just from looks it seems to be fine but I am no mechanic by any means.
Basically instead of the grooves on the top hat being off 1/2" I chose to make the bottom mount off 1/2".
Last edited by Ak48z; 04-28-2012 at 05:28 PM.
04-28-2012, 05:46 PM
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Refer to this post in the Spring install DIY. I used that technigue
You have to remember that most lowering springs are shorter than the OEM. What I usually do is, I will put every thing together. Press down on the upper mount so you can get the nut on there. screw the nut in a little, just enough to hold the upper mount but with enough play that you can rotate it so when you mount it in the car you can line up everything. Once every thing is mounted on the car, right before you put the strut bar on, you go ahead and tighten the nut on the upped mount via the shock tower.
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