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Please help! I have set of teins saz coilovers that I am installing. This is my first time trying to install these. I have been following 2 different thread on how to remove the stocks and install the new ones. I finally able to install the rears it took me forever but I was able to get it done. Then I moved on the front ones. Everything was going good until when I was trying to move the lower fork to get the coilover out. It wouldn’t freaking move and I’m really pissed. I’m trying to get this install down before Saturday. So can some please give me some tips or tricks on how to move it out of the way so I can remove the stock coilovers?? Please helppppp!!
Is the assembly still bolted up top in the engine bay?
If you have the assembly unbolted from the engine bay mount hanging loose, it won't let that fork go free. You need to pop it back in up top, tighten it up to make room for the fork, and squeeze the fork out. If it is still bolted up there, put pressure on the hub/control arm to force it down a bit to make room as well. I remember having to wrestle with it a bit to get it free, and that was with someone helping me.
I use a long breaker bar wedged under the subframe area and on top of the lower control arm and sit on it. Works every single time.
Having a second person put their weight on the wheel studs works wonders too.
Originally Posted by BROlando
Put your body weight down on the rotor - lean on it using your chest.
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Last edited by guitarplayer16; 07-24-2018 at 01:43 AM.
Is the assembly still bolted up top in the engine bay?
If you have the assembly unbolted from the engine bay mount hanging loose, it won't let that fork go free. You need to pop it back in up top, tighten it up to make room for the fork, and squeeze the fork out. If it is still bolted up there, put pressure on the hub/control arm to force it down a bit to make room as well. I remember having to wrestle with it a bit to get it free, and that was with someone helping me.
I did have it unbolt then try to take it out but it didn’t work. So know I have it bolt back up. Only hand tighten, should I fully tighten the bolts and try to push the rotor downward like to get it fork loose?
Loosening the UCA and LCA bushings (that you need to loosen to re-clock anyway) will allow the arm to droop easily.
See the diy I was following say something about the UCA and LCA but it didn’t explain how to loosen it or anything. I don’t want to do it wrong and end up messing my whole entire suspension up.
See the diy I was following say something about the UCA and LCA but it didn’t explain how to loosen it or anything. I don’t want to do it wrong and end up messing my whole entire suspension up.
Left for loose. Right for tight. Just turn the bolts loose a bit.
But...DON'T tighten those bolts back up while the wheels are suspended in the air, with the car jacked up. Wait til the car is back on the ground.
If any of this sounds complex...don't do it (I'm not being mean).
You should re-clock all the bushings in the front/rear suspension in the same manner. And loosening those bolts makes it 100X easier to remove/install the shocks.
Left for loose. Right for tight. Just turn the bolts loose a bit.
But...DON'T tighten those bolts back up while the wheels are suspended in the air, with the car jacked up. Wait til the car is back on the ground.
If any of this sounds complex...don't do it (I'm not being mean).
You should re-clock all the bushings in the front/rear suspension in the same manner. And loosening those bolts makes it 100X easier to remove/install the shocks.
No offend taken man. But thats the diy forum I use to help me install the coilovers but when it show a pic of the UCA and LCA and say loosen it didn't really help. I do better when I see the actual pic and steps on doing it.
Yes. Always lift the whole axle -- both front wheels or both rear wheels.
Leaving one side on the ground will make the swaybar active. So everything will be compressed on the side you're working on.
Lift both fronts. You'll have a lot less frustration.
Oh wow I did not know that. Thanks for telling me!
Update! I was able to push the rotor down and wiggle it out of the fork. I got the coilover install everything but now I am having that pinch bolt problem with the lower fork. Fml
UPDATE** I finally was able to get everything fixed and install!! I pull out of my stupid steep driveway and it scrap like mofo but I love it!! Going to get a splitter for it very soon!! Thanks for the help BROlando!!
07-23-2018, 10:35 PM
