neiliosxi
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Registered: 17th Dec 02
Location: Teesside (NE)Drives: Megane R26
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How tight does the nylock nut have to be on my front coilovers??
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TOMAS
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Registered: 7th Aug 02
Location: Nottinghamshire
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Just do it as tight as you can with a spanner then get it down to a garage with a wizzy gun. It has a torque but I only think its about 50-70Nm, wheel bolts are around 110Nm
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neiliosxi
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Thanks, i popped the bearing coz i did it too tight first time, not i'm scared to tighten it incase i do it again!
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TOMAS
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You poped the bearing, are you sure as you cant pop the bearing as the top spring seat puts load onto it once its grounded? It doesnt need to be super tight cos its nylock it shouldnt shake loose. Does your top spring seat slide the full length of the piston rod i.e have a 20mm internal dia or is it sandwitched onto the top shoulder of the piston rod?
[Edited on 21-07-2004 by TOMAS]
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Siberia
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poped the baring? huh?
i just tightened these as tight as i could get them and they havnt been any trouble
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neiliosxi
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rubber bearing on top (corsa c) once i took the packaging bolt off it just squashed the bearing untill it went bang! i sh*t myself!
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Siberia
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i hate when things break unexpectedly.
really though FK should really included some simple instructions with there products
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neiliosxi
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even german instructoins would have been SOME help! It doesnt even tell u what parts of your std suspension u need or anything.
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TOMAS
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for coilovers you need everything bar the old damper itself and spring...
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drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
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90Nm for the top nuts i think
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