I tried to adjust my neuspeed coilovers today and i got the passengers side done with little problem. But when i tried to do the drivers side i could not turn the top nut that is on the sleeve . i have put WD 40 on it, tried to hold the sleeve with a channellock, hammer the nut with someone holding the sleeve, and tried to use the wrenches that came with the coilovers to lossen the nut. the sleeve wants to turn because the nut is on so tight with all the dirt, stones and other crap in the threads. i don't have anything else to try besides to take the sleeve of the shock and put the sleeve in a vice and i'm worried with hurting the threads even with the sleeve wraped in a rag.should the sleeve part be able to turn or is there screws missing b/c both sides have been able to turn? please give me some options on how to break this nut free without harming the threads.

i had this in suspension but i got no help so that is why i'm posting it in here.

 

What I do to prevent this I'll explain below. But once the perch is siezed to the threads, you're probably screwed. The only other thing I could think of is to get it completely off the car, and try to carefully heat up the stuck nut.

For my street car what I do is, after I have the height set, I coat all of the exposed threads with a heavy grease out of my grease gun. That way all of the rocks, salt, and whatever sticks to the outside of the grease. Then before I adjust the height, I wipe all of the grease off of the threads before adjusting, then repeat when done. It's messy, but this keeps the threads like new.

 

spray some brake cleen in there to help remove the dirt.

 

i will try that hopefully tonight and get back with results. i hope i don't have to take it off the car.

 

anything else to try while i'm at it.

 

I've HEARD Tobasco Sauce?!
Don't know why, I think you can find much better solvents in other products, allmost sounds like an automotive urban legend.

Anyone care to dispell this so-called solution?

 

I feel your pain. I ended up using a buddy's vice to pop one of my perches up off the top of the threads and clean it. It took a pipe wrench to do and was an absolute pain. If it's the front, you'll have to figure out a way to not damage it if you decide to use a vice. A last resort would be to cut the perch off and buy a new one.

 

GOOD news i got the nut to move . i hit it with a hammer and some stones fell out and then the nut moved pretty easily.


Bad news: i found a nail in my tire when i had it off . it was on the tire ,close to the body, and the car was so low u could not see the nail on the part of the tire that it was on.

atleast the tire stayed inflatted the whole drive home when i bought the car. i have not driven the car besides home from the guys house that i bought the car off of b/c i have not gotten the title(should be at my house Wed) or my license(hope to get it sat.) yet.so i don't think that i picked the nail up unless it was on the way home from buying the car. not a big deal but now i have to get a tire patched