adamh
30-09-2007, 18:38
today i got under neath the second love of my life to see if she was still tight after a few months of giving it some :) , answer, of course not. i found both sides the rear strut arms the retaining nuts on the back were loose, and on the front strut rods to suspension mounts!. this is probably due to the fact there was no locking device on the strut rod nut & dish washer (there wasn't on mine, i cannot recall a locking washer) can somebody confirm this please?.
i could unscrew the f*ckers with my fingers!. so i used some loctite thread locker as you do and re-tightened them, it shouldnt affect the suspension geometry as i was doing up both that nut and the one infront of the the lower arm equally. for the fronts i just did up the very front nut, which could possibly give me a steeper castor by a smidge. few other things i found ever so slightly loose were the drop link nuts, part from, that alls well, i had the disks and calipers off up front still looking good, and everything else was good. check your nuts are in good shape !
http://www.adamhutchison.co.uk/graphics/loose1.jpg
i could unscrew the f*ckers with my fingers!. so i used some loctite thread locker as you do and re-tightened them, it shouldnt affect the suspension geometry as i was doing up both that nut and the one infront of the the lower arm equally. for the fronts i just did up the very front nut, which could possibly give me a steeper castor by a smidge. few other things i found ever so slightly loose were the drop link nuts, part from, that alls well, i had the disks and calipers off up front still looking good, and everything else was good. check your nuts are in good shape !
http://www.adamhutchison.co.uk/graphics/loose1.jpg