kickit Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 so i got my slef some s13 coilovers with ae86 camber tops i put them together but when i drop the car on its wheels the big bolt on the camber plate pushes up about 10mm and when i jack the car up it goes back back down it doenst seem normal also knocks when driving is this a failure of shocks or just simply needs proper adjusting cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towe001 Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 I'd be going over everything and making sure all the bolts and nuts are tight. And while the front end is up i'd be also grabbing hold of the strut and give the thing a few good quick push/pulls. That big bolt that you said about, should be hard up against the camber plate and there shouldn't be any movement up nor down. Its the shock absorber which is possible the knocking sound your hearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerhead Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 The only way to do up a shocky nut properly is with a rattle gun and heaps of small pulses of the trigger. It'll pull home. Sometimes with the weight on the car you can get them up tight with a breaker bar and some vice grips up high on the shock so not to damage the part of the shaft that runs through the shocky seal (not recommended - use a rattle gun). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickit Posted March 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 ive been sort of thinking about it maybe the camber plates are different thicknesses will check them i reckon its most deffinatly the bolt moving up and down (which i maight have not screwed all the way down) making the noise which sort of makes sence since it does slide up and down when car is lifted also the big bolt do i tighten it till it wont turn anymore or just tighten it enough to hold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Can you get pics of the setup to see if you have left anything out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickit Posted March 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 went over the setup today all sorted there is a sleeve about 10mm long that sits between the top spring plate and the camber plate itself thats what i had to make without that the spring top plate pushes right up to camber plate which also limits the movement of the pillow ball thats why the big bolt/nut was being pushed up when the car was dropped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke70dave Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 good work! thats exactly what i was thinking as i was reading down the thread. i had the exact same issue when i used s13 camber tops with my 86 coilovers (sw20 shocks with some coilover kit, otomoto i think). had to get the local machinist to machine up a small sleeve to take up the slack between the spring top and the camber plate, and allow the camber plate to properly pivot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickit Posted March 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 yeah i spent half the day goin to fab shops and engineers to see if they had anything like it not realising i had what i needed at home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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