Thanks to the lovely weather in Ohio and the liberal use of road salt my recently removed Tein SS Coilovers have seized up (Lower Spring Seat/Seat Lock). Any ideas for looseing up the grit and salt that has the threads locked? Is there possible something I can soak it in. I am at first going to try just soaking them in some hot water or something, but is there something else I could try?

Thanks.

 

send them back and get a new one, they are guaranteed so they should send you a new one, not sure tho

 

Well the issue is not with the overall operation of the unit, it is due to dirt and crap sitting on the threads. So I would be shocked if any coverage would be provided for this.

 

Well I soaked them in some hot water and that helped to dissolve some of the grit, but it really didn't penetrate the dirt as much as I had hoped. Any products that are meant for loosening frozen threads or something that can eat away dirt and grime?

 

bathroom and tile cleaners?

 

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My friend and I went through this with his skunk2 sleeves.

We did them on the car; sprayed liquid wrench and wiped down with a rag and brush. This cleaned most of the crap out of the threads, and allowed us to move the perch a little. We would then clean the portion of the exposed thread, and continue to move the perch in this manner.

Used about 1 can of liquid wrench per side.

It was an enormous pain in the ***; a couple of hours of smelly, dirty work.

But it beats buying new suspension bits

 

Thanks to all for input. Looks like Saturday will be the marathon cleaning day.