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Old 02-06-2011, 09:14 AM
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so i wanted to loosin the locking collars on my coilovers to clean and lube all the thread out and make sure everything is tight. since its 42 degrees in jersey today. i did the passanger side no problem. i used the spanners and they broke apart from one another pretty easy. lubed cleaned put tire back on. went to driver side and i cant ge the 2 collars to budge for the life of me. i used lube a hammer and flathead. all i accomplished was chewing up the teeth on the collar. am i tighting the fuckin thing the whole time. if im looking directly at the threaded body am i spinning it to the rear of the car to loosin correct? shit wont budge
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Righty tighty lefty loosey
Old 02-06-2011, 10:52 AM
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well i gave up then i got borred 30 mins later and tried again after watchn a youtube vid. i was trying to loosin it the wrong freakn way. chewed the shit outta the collars but least i got it off cleaned threads good and lubed up. now i know for next time. ugg. least i lubed up all the bushings on the sway bars and stuff since i was in there so long
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