well i went to lower my car today and i couldnt get the ******* top nut off. i just kept twisting my allen wrenches. used pb blaster, and wd40. any other suggestions? i dont have air tools at home so is there any way out of the clouds and back to the road with my tegs height?

 

look jus put in the allen key and spin the nut with the wrench, much easier...once it budges spray some rust remover and the rest will be a pieace of cake

When u get 2 tha back tell me if getting the bolt that connects the strut to the axle was easy to get off bcuz i got fuked there....good luck

 

My top nuts were rusted solid. No matter how much pb we used, they still wouldnt come apart. There are two options from here. If you have a nut cutting tool, then try that. Or you can just grind off the top of the shocks, nuts and all like i did.

 

Wow....I really hope your nut is rusted on or something because you talk alot of **** to not know that you have to use a wrench and an allen key.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DC4noMore &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Wow....I really hope your nut is rusted on or something because you talk alot of **** to not know that you have to use a wrench and an allen key.</TD></TR></TABLE> umm READ my post you ******* idiot, i said my allen keys were twisting. so i WAS using a wrench and a allenkey. holy **** the n00bs stupidity is overwhelming

 

torch it!

 

You sure you're using the right size allen key? Put the whole assembly on the floor and put the allen key in it, and have a friend stand on the assembly so that the allen key will hit the floor and can't go anymore, while you loosen with a wrench.

If it still won't budge, I would put it all back in the car and go somewhere that has air tools (if you don't have any) and get them to break those top nuts loose (not remove completely, just break them loose) then go back home and continue w/ the installation.

 

thats what i think im going to have to do

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
If it still won't budge, I would put it all back in the car and go somewhere that has air tools (if you don't have any) and get them to break those top nuts loose (not remove completely, just break them loose) then go back home and continue w/ the installation.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats what I did.. I remove all 4 complete strut, and brought it to ANY mechanic shop, and just let them blast out the center nut with an AIR gun. They did it for free too..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IntEGNYC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">torch it! </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You sure you're using the right size allen key? Put the whole assembly on the floor and put the allen key in it, and have a friend stand on the assembly so that the allen key will hit the floor and can't go anymore, while you loosen with a wrench.

If it still won't budge, I would put it all back in the car and go somewhere that has air tools (if you don't have any) and get them to break those top nuts loose (not remove completely, just break them loose) then go back home and continue w/ the installation.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dohc VTEC eaaater &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> umm READ my post you ******* idiot, i said my allen keys were twisting. so i WAS using a wrench and a allenkey. holy **** the n00bs stupidity is overwhelming</TD></TR></TABLE>

You said nothing about using a wrench also, so you could have just had an allen key and were twisting the whole thing. And you're right I'm the noob here, you've only been a member for like 2 and a half months yet you have over 650 posts. Can you say post *****?

 

ha your right, i am a post *****...my posts give tech info 99% of the time. dumbass

*edit* your just worthless, please dont post in my threads again


Modified by dohc VTEC eaaater at 3:40 PM 5/2/2004

 

now now ladies... we wont have a fight here unless its with pillows.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IntEGNYC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">now now ladies... we wont have a fight here unless its with pillows. </TD></TR></TABLE>

hahahaha

dohc wannabee coolboy : Yeah lots of tech info there buddy. Why don't you do a search on the stuff you post about and you'll change your mind there. What about the random alicia keys is hot post?, or the "take pictures of a porsche in a showroom and say hey guys i just bought a porsche" post. Those are just what i can remember off the top of my head, if I put any effort into it I know I could find more. Hahah shut up man your an idiot.

 

alright alright, I have more posts and have been on here longer than anybody else in this whole thread, so let's just lay off and let him follow the advice I gave above.