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Originally Posted by WxMan Yes you can rotate the strut. How can you rotate the strut once it is assembled with the spring & top hat nut in place? Mine

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Old 05-06-2012, 12:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Yes you can rotate the strut.
How can you rotate the strut once it is assembled with the spring & top hat nut in place? Mine won't budge and the shock isnt lining up correctly on the lower control arm
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How can you rotate the strut once it is assembled with the spring & top hat nut in place? Mine won't budge and the shock isnt lining up correctly on the lower control arm
you have to compress it. I took a pic of it before so I could align it properly.
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you have to compress it. I took a pic of it before so I could align it properly.
I know that, thought you mean't you could rotate the strut once it's already assembled without the compressor, then I got confused
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If the spring isn't aligned with the top it's a PAIN to fix. You'll have to compress it and loosen it.
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If the spring isn't aligned with the top it's a PAIN to fix. You'll have to compress it and loosen it.
^This lol

I placed the spring and top hat in the position where the stock spring met the top hat, bad idea. I had to use a crowbar to twist the strut to make the bolt fit in. Haven't had any issues whatsoever and I play hard. I would highly suggest compressing the spring again and aligning the top hat so that the bolts fit properly. My strut was off by probably 30deg or so... Crowbar fixed that.
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