i have gc coilovers but when i loosen them up the don't turn down by hand do i need a special wrench?

what do you mean by loosen them? if you can loosen them by hand you should be able to move them up or down unless you havent cleaned the sleeve in a long time and there is dirt and crap all in the threads

did you lift the car to adjust?





98 Cavalier RS with a 2000 2.4 swap

i didn't lift the car and the threads are clean when i go to turn them by hand they want give

you need to lift that corner to take the weight off the sleeve

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Yeah. And the spring shouldn't be compressed. Should be able to move the spring up and down.




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Pat wrote:did you lift the car to adjust?

Yeah.. Completely off the ground.

You must have grime or dirt on the sleeve. Get the hose and wash the sleeve. It should do the trick. When I bought my GC they didnt come with the wrench to lower and raise the car. But you should be able to do it buy hand. Like stated above. Lift the car off the ground (the side you are working on) and you should be able to twist the spring. Make sure you have loosend up the Allen Key with the Allen wrench.





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First off, before adjusting anything, make sure everything is properly cleaned. I use brake cleaner on mine. You don't want any dirt in the tightening screw threads, in the allen socket, or in the sleeve threads. If you ignore this advice, you'll run into problems in the future when things start seizing up.

1. Lift car. If you lift both sides of the front or back together, the suspension will drop down further (load off the sway bars) making it easier to work.

2. Thoroughly clean the adjustable assembly, including sleeve, collar, and tightening screw.

3. Loosen the tightening screw with an allen key.

4. Turn the collar to where you want it. I generally start from the very top with the top of the collar flush with the top of the sleeve, and count full turns down from there.

5. Tighten the tightening screw with an allen key. BE CAREFUL HERE. Tighten the screw until you can't rotate the collar by hand anymore. From here, you now only need another 1/4 turn or so for it to be locked. DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN or next time you might just find yourself rounding out the hole with your allen key.

6. Put the car back on the ground.

Also, while the car is in the air, that's a great time to clean and lube the bearings on top of the front coilovers.