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Old 05-10-2012, 11:57 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am View Post
I've had no banging. Jeffblue had a banging as I recall and it was a piece that was too small or short. They gave him correct piece and it worked fine.
For him it was a rear spring that was too short for his height IIRC. He had BC ER coilovers though.

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Originally Posted by ResIpsa View Post
It turned out that the bolt holding the top of the shock was loose. Even though it seemed tight on my work bench, the weight of the car compresses the springs when installed resulting in a loose top nut and clunking.

Luckily for me, I was able to get a socket on the nut while in the car and it tightened up nicely. However, if you top nut is just spinning (and not tightening) you are going to need to pull them out to tighten them. And yes, it is very hard to tell how tight the top nut needs to be because you can’t use a standard torque wrench and hold the piston rod at the same time. You just need to proceed with a little trial and error.
I had the same problem with my BC ERs. The top nut wasn't tight. I put a wrench on it while still on the car and solved the problem.
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