caesed adjuster ring on coilovers

[stephen chadwick]

iv tried everything i can think off, I have tried using penetrating spray, putting my C-spanner on a bar and heating up the ring with a blowtorch.

i haven't had any luck with any of these

is there anything else i can try before i finally give up and buy a new set of coil-overs?

any help most appreciated

thanks Steve

 

[dmallett]

With my old racelands, i put the rear adjusters in a vice and used a massive pair of stilsons to remove them! When they get ceased they are a b**ch

 

[stephen chadwick]

i think my next set will be covered with protectors. bought these 2nd hand but still very annoying. tried knocking them backwards and forward but there is absolutely no movement there

 

[Gorms]

I had this, take the coilover off the car, stick it in a drip tray full of coke over night, will be mega clean and work in the morning. Then sit back and think about what it does to your insides.

Dont buy cheap coke.

 

[Struggler]

sorry but ceased?!

there are places that will do a rebuild depending on the brand!

 

[stephen chadwick]

sorry but ceased?!

there are places that will do a rebuild depending on the brand!

seized sorry my grammar isn't brilliant.

 

[stephen chadwick]

I had this, take the coilover off the car, stick it in a drip tray full of coke over night, will be mega clean and work in the morning. Then sit back and think about what it does to your insides.

Dont buy cheap coke.

i suppose its worth a shot, id have thought coke would oxidize it tho ?

 

[Gorms]

What are the bodies of the coilovers made from. Do a little test and stick a simular piece of metal in a glass over night.

 

[marinemackay2003]

What brand?

 

[Daniel]

We unseized my mates by using plenty of (gradual!) heat and penetrating spray.

They had been siezed for over a year but 30 minutes of playing about sorted it.

Remove them from the car as well, makes life a lot easier.

 

[marinemackay2003]

try some loctite freeze and release too, good stuff

 

[Tony Hunter]

Have you tried that ice shock spray,usually works with most stuff.

LOL,beat me to it.

 

[Dan519]

try some loctite freeze and release too, good stuff

that stuff, and the Wurth equivalent is the mutts nuts

 

[Tony Hunter]

We use the Wurth stuff.

 

[Daniel]

We use the Wurth stuff.

My grandad liked wurthers original too tony.

 

[Tony Hunter]

Wanna sweety little boy.

 

[Daniel]

Not off you.

 

[marinemackay2003]

that stuff, and the Wurth equivalent is the mutts nuts

Get it free at work, saved me a few times and smells nice too

 

[Tony Hunter]

Good,looks like you been nicking them for years anyway.

Eat all my other food though.

 

[Daniel]

LOL!!!

 

[stephen chadwick]

thanks guys il give it a go hopefully they'll come free

 

[stephen chadwick]

What brand?

there H&R bit to soft tbh

 

[James28]

Weren't you selling these at some point mate?

 

[stephen chadwick]

Weren't you selling these at some point mate?

yep but at the moment moneys a bit tight and Fred still hasent sorted out the bilsteins for the cups yet

there just rubbing way to much on the front under hard driving and after seeing the other guy that has H&R's fail i thought id better raise them up, plus iv got my MOT