V8Pete Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 I changed springs and srut mounts and bearings and now the top nut/cup thing doesn't stay seated when the car's on the ground. Springs aren't silly-low/short. What it used to look like/what it looks like now when jacked up: What it looks like when on the ground (actually looks a bit worse, but that was as hard as I could lift it with car jacked up): Rangi exploded view of the bits: I thought I'd put it together wrong, so pulled it apart and checked against a standard one, but it was all ok. The only difference is the new rubber mount hasn't compressed as much as the old ones. I've done about 1000 km on the new mounts/springs/bearings. I can't do the nut up any tighter. Any ideas? It makes really yuck sounding clunks going over bumps etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Pete Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 I had more of a look/think/play and the only thing I can think of is that the new mounts are too small when compressed Does that sound about right? I might try the old ones tomorrow and see if that makes a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requiemk Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Chuck something in there to space it out like a big washer or etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanners Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 im no help but i just wanna say the rangi exploded view is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Pete Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 Rofl. Yeah, kind of decided I cbf worrying about it after seeing a few more like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 you tightening it by hand? if so, try getting someone to use a rattle gun to tighten it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Rattle gun it? Are you serious?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Pete Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 So yeah... Apparently that pokey outyness is normal. But because the original washers didn't fit over the pistons, I used some that I thought were OK, but it looks like perhaps that and maybe the combination of porridge Mountshop top mount rubbers meant the nut was bottoming out on the thread and not clamping everything together properly. So this afternoon the passenger side nut came off on a fang. Looks like nothing got damaged thankfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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