Can you help identify these Coilovers- and how to adjust@

chris blue

ClioSport Area Rep

  172 Ph1 2001

• Oct 22, 2016

• #1

Was ferreting around the brakes today and cleaned up the coilovers- can anyone tell what they are, and are they adjusted by unscrewing the little screws? (Which are all the way round)

Any help appreciated, only had coilovers with locking rings....

 

B

bloke

  dan's cast offs.

• Oct 22, 2016

• #2

ap?

 

Ads29

  Clio 172 Merc ML55

• Oct 22, 2016

• #3

I'd say so looking at these

As for adjusting, I believe there's one (or more??) grub screws to be slackened off and then adjust as necessary and tigthen said grub screw/s back up

 

chris blue

ClioSport Area Rep

  172 Ph1 2001

• Oct 23, 2016

• #4

thanks. havent seen the grub screw tightning myself, and some of them slightly awkward to get at
Still- so long as they work

 

welshname

ClioSport Club Member

  DSG Edition 30

• Oct 23, 2016

• #5

One of the holes has a grub screw in and then just rotate the collar like normal with a c spanner. Most people leave the grub screw facing forward so it's easy to find

 

chris blue

ClioSport Area Rep

  172 Ph1 2001

• Oct 23, 2016

• #6

Thanks- thought the grub screws were in all the holes. glad not.
Just waiting a month for my chinese C spanner to get here....

 

Chris_Beer

  Glacier White Cup

• Oct 23, 2016

• #7

Why would you need a C spanner?

 

chris blue

ClioSport Area Rep

  172 Ph1 2001

• Oct 24, 2016

• #8

Chris_Beer said:

Why would you need a C spanner?

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In case its tight?

And Welshname suggested in previous post....:grinning:

 

Chris_Beer

  Glacier White Cup

• Oct 24, 2016

• #9

I couldn't see a slot for the spanner to sit in thats all..

 

Jekyll

ClioSport Club Member

  Racing Blue 182

• Oct 24, 2016

• #10

Yeah, theres no grooves on the collar for a C spanner. It just uses man muscle.

I'd use cola to unsieze the threads on the collar if there seized, to make it easier to adjust the ring.

 

chris blue

ClioSport Area Rep

  172 Ph1 2001

• Oct 24, 2016

• #11

Ah right. Just assumed the C spanner would dig in to the grub screw hole

So you just use the trusy right hand then... or left if you get my drift

 

Jekyll

ClioSport Club Member

  Racing Blue 182

• Oct 24, 2016

• #12

Certainly looks that way.

 

cs_dave

West Midlands

ClioSport Area Rep

  Artic 182

• Oct 24, 2016

• #13

Good luck turning them lol.

 

Jekyll

ClioSport Club Member

  Racing Blue 182

• Oct 25, 2016

• #14

Honestly though, get some cola. Not the real stuff either, the cheap stuff and let it soak. Itll help and cost less than a £1 for a few 2ltr bottles.

 

welshname

ClioSport Club Member

  DSG Edition 30

• Oct 25, 2016

• #15

I had AP and the holes are for a c spanner. That's how you adjust them.

 

chris blue

ClioSport Area Rep

  172 Ph1 2001

• Oct 25, 2016

• #16

welshname said:

I had AP and the holes are for a c spanner. That's how you adjust them.

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Thought they might be- will try when i get the spanner
Sure you could put some sort of adjusting tool, like a pair of grip on, to break and seize to deal with
Will try the cola, altho have soaked them in WD40 for a few days, and will do again

 

welshname

ClioSport Club Member

  DSG Edition 30

• Oct 25, 2016

• #17

There are different sizes of c spanner though so make sure you've got the right one, or a few of them.

 

B

bloke

  dan's cast offs.

• Oct 25, 2016

• #18

soak them with 50/50 acetone and atf.

 

Chris_Beer

  Glacier White Cup

• Oct 27, 2016

• #19

 

Daz 172

  Clio 172 cup

• Oct 27, 2016

• #20

looks the same as the rear adjustment on spax rsx and all you get off them is a draper punch which does the job