help..rear strut/spring install
 

hey everybody. I bought a set of H&R sports and tokico blues for my 89 crx si. we got the fronts in easily, but now in the back, we can't get the strut/spring assembly out of there. the hayne's manual said to just move the whole thing down and pop it out, but we couldn't move it down far enough, even when we jumped on top of the drum brake. there is a bolt holding the arm on there, but it was stripped and we could not get it off. any thoughts on what to do? my friend was no help, on his 89 civic he cut the arms off and bought new ones!

Re:help..rear strut/spring install
 

LOL, you need to remove the bottom control arm bolt 14mm, and the bottom strut mount bolt (obviously) and the side arm 14mm bolt. Or if thats fucked up you can take the 2 14mm bolts off the body.

Buy me dinner and I will come to your hose and get them out :P

Jeff

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heh. we kinda burned that bridge with the bolt at the bottom. it's totally stripped, and completely frozen in place. next time it's up on jackstands I'll try the one that connects to the body. my dad said he could show me how to use easy outs so maybe that will work.

no dinner for you! ;D

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If you can not get that fucker out, let me know, I can take it to my work and do everything on the lift... But that might cost you dinner and lunch :D

My 89 si was a complete ------- bastard, I had to use the air hammer for about 10 mins on it to get that little cock out! >:(


Jeff

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I'll take you up on that if I can't get it. Dinner at Jack in the box's 99 cent menu? sounds good 8)

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ahhh, :-[ atleast KFC or Taco Time..

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taco time? their tacos taste like what catfood smells like :-X

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Bullshit, Soft Taco with chicken is grub dude... you've been eating those Jack-in-the-box deep fried tacos too long.. ::)

Jeff

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the rear shocks in mine sucked too. but the came out easy, the nut on the top of the shock was fucked up/rusted/stuck..soo i went to pull-a-part snagged two 'hats' and worked great. it was a trick getting them back in, had to stand on the drum to get the control arm down far enough to put the shock threw. now the ------ shock is blown, need to do it again...

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ahh its so nice havin a 88 rear shock drops down then right out.

Beau

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haha yeah its cool. plus i can say my car has ITR shocks...but i cant say i have an ITR block :'(

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hahahahaha sounds like me when i installed my sway bars i had to dril ------ holes in my A frame for the rear brackets. At least you guys don't have to replace your frt cross member mine got all bent up and i still have to install the rest of my handling kit, much fun :P tacos sound pretty damn good right about now

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humm tacos...

im replacing my front crossmember, just cuz i want to though. im getting a custom made unit, no more wheel hop for me ;D

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lol, you have no idea...

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i gotta say i just put an extra jack/axle stand under there and pushed down on the drum while my dad waggled the shock out... im pretty sure i didnt have to undo that nut but then it was a while back now. By placing thick washers at the top of the strut (underneath the nut of course) could this help lower the car by another 5-10mm? or just knacker it? anyone got any comments?