HELP oil/grease all over

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:38 pm

Looked at the front left wheel area today after washing the car and it was covered in grease. First thoughts was stuffed shocks, but they are 2 months old. Car was sitting properly so it couldnt be that. Closer inspection showed that the lowered end of the coilovers, the height adjustable part had busted into the CV joint plasticky thing.

What shoudl I do to fix this? And it wouldnt be a warranty/fitment problem. since I specified the height?

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:30 pm

Wow... thats an attack of dickhead. They shoulda seen that sh*t when putting them in... more to the point, the bloody coilovers shouldnt go down that far if they gonna hit! Did they adjust the pre-load on the springs correctly or just drop down the retaining locks to get that height?

Oh and 2 cases of beer to fix

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:32 pm

Actually...

On closer inspection, it seems that the locking plates are right down the bottom of the shock

Thats not right, somethings dropped... can you get some better pics?

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:53 pm

Yeh I'll get some better pics in the morning but are you free anytime soon ben? I got the next two days off work so yeh..I need my car eveyrday and i dont think i should be driving it much if its in that condition. Is it good to drive?

Oh and another point I should note. The inside wheel was covered in sh*t. Noooo my buddyclubs!!! Took three coats of degreaser to get it all off.

Post by **dstocks** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:09 pm

Dont drive it mate (except to where it is going to be repaired). If you do, youll cook the knuckle because there isnt grease in there anymore. At the moment you are looking at a $30 boot. If you drive it youll be looking at a new driveshaft, not to mention risking it catching on the bottom of that strut and possibly wrecking your shock among other things.

Post by **I8A4RE** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:52 pm

agree with both ben and dstocks, dont drive it, easy fix though as long as you havent done any damage to the cv joint. That black thing that has ripped the hole in your boot should be wound up, way higher than that so it has either collapsed (failed) or been fitted incorrectly. take some pics of the other side

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:57 am

some more pics

and the other side

Simon you havent such a problem with your G4s?

And what parts do i need to fix this?

Im going to head to pedders real soon so any suggestions before i go?

Post by **Bennoz** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:42 am

1 suggestion would be, not to go to Pedders for a start

Bunch of cowboys.

It looks to me - and I may be wrong as I've never played with G4's before - but that lower threaded section is more of an end cap as such - because all the adjustment of height is done above the mount to the hub.

Can you get hold of that section thats dropped down & try to wind it back up? Much like the other side? Does it have a small allen headed screw somewhere in the lock ring that actually locks the thing into place?

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:51 am

Umm its a pedders at the moment. f**king chrging me 350 bux for readjusting the whoe thing, refitting and some loctite.

I just got jipped majorly.

Post by **Bennoz** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:02 am

Did they say what happened?

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:17 am

Too many ways to adjust them then promptly sais how good their coilovers were because theyre only adjustable from the top.

Oh they did say that someting about how eveyrtime the car turns the strut turns and it loosened up. I asked how come it happened to one of them, and they said that they were racing coilovers not for the road and that it was the coilovers fault.

Post by **Bennoz** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:31 am

Cowboys

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:00 pm

lebo cowboys.

AMACHA · Post by **AMACHA** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:12 pm

bushido wrote:lebo cowboys.

im lebo i could of told you that never go to lebo mechanics you will find that most of the parts in your car isntead of being genuine mitsubishi are now some aftermarket brand and htey have the real stuff. You might also find that one bolt was loose or something quick 2dollar fix but instead they insist to change the whole thing and rip you off but really only tighten that one bolt.

I oculda told you all that

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:34 pm

lo farah yeh you could have. but i made a mistake. they were greek

Post by **I8A4RE** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:42 pm

Ben is right, the black adjuster down the bottom has unwound itself, The only way that would of happened, is if it wasnt done up tight in the first place and by them saying "theres two many places for adjustment" says to me lound and clear that they have fucked up. Im very surprised to hear you say that you took it to pedders after all the other people on here have bagged them out. I have never dealt with them and never will because of the stories ive heard on here.

No mate i hjavbe not had a single problem with mine, but in saying that i instaled them myself

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:40 am

Why did they cable tie your brake lines around the coil over instead of using the bracket thing ???

Also, unless yours is different to mine, I can't see your sway bar bolting into the suspension ... Unless yours is different and bolts up to the lower control arms...

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:35 pm

i dont know..

Post by **I8A4RE** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:49 pm

rock_it wrote:Also, unless yours is different to mine, I can't see your sway bar bolting into the suspension ... Unless yours is different and bolts up to the lower control arms...

Good spotting, do gpx's have a different sway bar setup to gr's???? Where does in connect to then??????/ BEN??????

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:03 pm

Its a Version R, it connects to the lower control arm