Jim, look what happened, and I dont know what to do. Im so fucked, hour and a half from home and no where to work on my car!! Whats the easiest way to fix this shit?
Nate.
Jim, look what happened, and I dont know what to do. Im so fucked, hour and a half from home and no where to work on my car!! Whats the easiest way to fix this shit?
Nate.
oh shit dude
ACT Stage 1, Short Ram Intake & 2.25 Dynomax custom catback w/4inch carbon fiber tip. Thats it for now.
Putting the paint back on after
SOMEONE STOLE MY PAINT!!!!!
Sorry to hear about the breakdown.
What tools do you have with you? Jack? Hammer (or large rock)?
Oh - welcome back. They said you'd come back.
Mike Clark
It looks like you bent or broke the bottom washer. The only way that the piston could come up that far is if the washer slid down the piston along with the bottom rubber bushing. It is an easy fix and can be done without even pulling the wheel off of the car as long as the bent washer isn't stuck on there. Just undo the bolt on the top of the piston and jack the car up. You will have to force the piston back into the strut but then you can slip off the rubber bushing and bent washer and slip the new one back on. The hard part will be finding another washer. Your stock struts will have one or your Tokicos if you still have that. Then you will only need a jack and a 14 or 17 mm wrench and an allen key possibly. Good luck Nate.
that happened to me when i got my springs put on, turned out i forgot to put the big black washer back in,
What big washer?!!!!!!
Am I missing something? OH fuck what to do.....im here at college, I have tools but have NO idea what to do. I cant even get a floor jack under my car it sits so low!
Nate.
yeah, that looks like a classic case of "WTF happened to the washer." Being that you've been driving the car since the new Koni's, I'm guessing that peardrop is right. It looks like the washer busted on you. If you can't get anywhere with it, or if you just do a temporary fix. Here's a link to that washer.
You want #10.
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...SHOCK+ABSORBER
Good luck man! Just remember, it's just a speed-bump in the road, don't lose hope with ur 3G just yet.
-Mark D.
to get under the car...
use ur little scissor jack to jack it up enough to get the floor jack under it. That's what me, and a lot of others have to do too.
...did it fuck up ur hood when it popped through?
-Mark D.
No, the hood is fine, but the problem is I am at school and have more or less no where to work on the car. No light and its dark as shit outside. Im debating driving home an hour and a half.
Nate.
best bet... If you can chill at school tonight, do it. Then just take care of it tomorrow morning when you've got sunlight, and a clear mind on ur side.
I would not suggest driving home like that. You risk f*king up ur shock, ur hood, and really ur whole car. At least I think you do. I've seen that happen in the past, but the damn thing popped right up through the hood, or destroyed the hood if it didn't go through it.
-Mark D.
Im thinking seriously of driving home this weekend, and returning the car to the stock height on stock springs. Im so sick and tired of this shit.
Nate.
damn... I wouldnt risk it nate.... try to improvise and get it as close to fixed as possible...
~Nathan~
"There's always something waiting at the end of the road. If you are not willing to see what it is, you probably shouldn't be out there in the first place."
~StOcK PiCs~
dont give up yet..... if everything else is fine then why go back to stock height just so you can realize that you want it lowered...
~Nathan~
"There's always something waiting at the end of the road. If you are not willing to see what it is, you probably shouldn't be out there in the first place."
~StOcK PiCs~
Either way, the car has to be back at my house. I cannot fix it here, period.
These are the moments when I want to sell my car.
Nate.
sometimes I'll be stuck in that situation and just when I think that Im totally screwed and that I cant fix it or get any closer to fixing it.. I'll give it one more try and get it a step closer to being fixed... go back out there and see what you can get done...
~Nathan~
"There's always something waiting at the end of the road. If you are not willing to see what it is, you probably shouldn't be out there in the first place."
~StOcK PiCs~
Actually, I think you may need washer 13 in that diagram. There are usually two, a big thick one and the black one. It is hard to tell from the diagram though.
This is really easy to do Nate. I could do it in five minutes if I were there. I used to take my bumpstops out and put them back in all the time without taking the strut out or even taking the wheels off.
good point pearl. I think ur right now that I look at it again, but I'm not 100% sure either way. How do you change the bumpstop, or add that washer without taking apart the whole assy.?
-Mark D.
Pearl, give me a step by step here on what to do, I need this hardcore. What diagram are you referring to?
Nate.
How do I get that bushing back underneath there without taking out the whole assembly? It should be UNDER there not above there. Theres no way im going to be able to push that bushing back down into the hole.
Nate.
FUCK, I KNOW for a fact I forgot that washer!! Oh man im so fucking stupid. I CANNOT believe that happened. God damnit!!!!!!!!
Im so pissed off right now I could kill something.
Nate.
1. Take off the nut at the top of the piston. (#18)
2. Take off the washer and rubber bushing under the nut. (#6 and 7)
3. Jack up the car.
4. Reach in and push the piston down into the strut. (This is a fight but don't give up)
5. Then you can pull off the bottom rubber bushing and the little metal piece that lines it. (#7 and 15)
6. Pull the washer out that is underneath the bushings (This is probably the bent or broken one.) (#13)
7. Replace in same order.
This is really easy. The hardest part will be fighting with the strut because once you push it in, it will try to keep extending. If you have a friend there have them stand up above and push the piston down with a phillips screwdriver. Then you just have them move the screwdriver really quick and slip the parts in and out before it extends again.
This can end up being a lot harder if you still have your dust shield on the struts. But if the dust shield was on there then that would be another washer and I don't think that could break through too.
Pearl, but will the bushing come out? I still dont think I am going to be able to push the bushing BACK through that hole. I didnt put a washer in there, and what size washer do I need 10mm? I am going to go buy some...this is how I did it last time. And where do the washers go? Im so pissed off right now its not even clicking where they even went?
Nate.
See that little perch on the piston? That is where the washer will sit. There might not be a perch on your piston but there will be a part where it flares out. Take the washer off the very top where the nut is and take it to a parts store to match it. Try and get one that is Grade 8 if possible.
That bushing won't be a problem. Once you pull out the piston it will just sit back down in the hole on top of the upper strut mount.
This really isn't a big deal so don't worry about it.
Im going to put 2 or 3 washers in there because of my drop. I think I am going for 3 on each side. Will that hurt anything?
Nate.
It won't hurt anything if you do that. I would still recommend trying to get the correct one. If nothing else just put two washers in there for now and fix it when you get back home and can put the right one in.
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