mickey513

Ok, so I went to replace my Master Cylinder today and everything was pretty straight forward. Pretty easy and fast. So my car has a Neuspeed 4pt. strut bar, which I removed, so that it will be easier to remove the master cylinder. So long story short, I went to bleed the brake lines but FORGOT to put the strut bar back on and as you know. The neuspeed strut bar goes on top of the upper control arm bolts which go through the engine bay.

So, I jacked the car up to bleed the lines and freaking missaligned the control arm bolts. The car is not driveable and i have tried to put them push the bolt back on and tried to even jack and lower them several times but to no avail.

Any help????????????

95 integra

iTrader: (2)

if you have a camber kit which i assume you do and the bolt dropped down in the uper control arm then you really need one of those magnets on a stick to get it out. There is also a little crack under the control arm that you can push it out a little with.

markdman

lol. sorry to read about you fucked car. good luck man.

jDMJeRk

take your tire off and undo either you stock camber thing or readjust your camber kit; i dont see why they wouldnt come up through the holes.....

good luck tho!

mickey513

No camber kit, car is stock except the neuspeed strut bar.

mickey513

Here are pics of what I am talking about:

This is how it should look with the neuspeed strut bar on:

This is a Civic but looks exactly like they way it would be setup on a Integra.

The control arms from the bottom going up into the engine bay, this is not my car but I am using it as a example:


The holes where the contor arms were suppose to go through but are not :
The hole is where the date on the picture is. There is one more on the other side.

Another one:


PLEASE HELP!

garados

iTrader: (3)

just go under there and push them back through. I don't see the problem If you're having a really hard time doing that, unbolt the upper a arm from the vertical piece so that you can move the a arm around and position it.

mickey513

I tried pushing them up but that didn't work. I guess I will go unbolt them and push them up.........and see how it goes.

mickey513

which part is the a-arm? can you circle them for me?

bboynekro

sorry to hear about that but props on the clean engine bay

mickey513

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That's not my engine bay LOL. It's from a Civic, mines is a Integra but I just found that pic online.

garados

iTrader: (3)

hahaha, the upper a arm is the upper part of the suspension that looks like an "A". In the picture you showed of the suspension sportin the skunk2 camber kit, the whole camber kit is the a arm, i.e. everything that's orange/red that's not a spring.

LoudLude

jack that corner up, pull the wheel off, and push those studs back up there. Dont be weak about it, they are mounted on rubber bushings, so they are essentially spring loaded.

Once you get them lined up, push them up through and start your nuts. Put your wheel back on, tighten the nuts, lower the car, then remove the nuts and replace your strut bar. put em back on, torque em off and you are done.


cliffs notes: you should be able to muscle them back to their rightful position.

mickey513

I fixed it.

Jacked up the car, put the front on jackstand, , remove wheel, losen the two upper control arm bolt from the the a arm, pushed the two bolts back up, and retighten the control arm bolts to the a arm.