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I'm having a problem putting the pieces in ( see picture )
The part of the piece that holds the shock only goes through the first hole of the bottom on the A-arm.
I hit it gently with a rubber hammer, but, it doesn't help.
I can put the handle of a ratchet through, but the bolt part gets stuck.
The option would be to ream the hole out a little.
Dom
Check the d-flat hole for paint build up, sometimes when they are painted it will drip in. If the shock mount slides through the strut rod then it's probably paint that can be scraped out
May be the photo angle, but looks like you are not aligned straight with both holes. Mark the shock mount and take it out to see if it is not hitting the bottom and needs to be aligned better. If the rachet handle will go thru and is the same size, it has to be alignment.
Will the mount pass through the strut rod eye without interference? How about the two trailing arm ears without the strut rod in place? As GTR1999 mentioned, there is an internal D-shape in the trailing arm ears that will impede the mount if it's not lined up correctly.
You were right about the paint in the hole. Some painters are just sloppy. lolol
I scraped it out the paint and tapped the pieces in.
Unfortunately, since I didn't know there was a flat side, I must have much up the threads on 1 side a little, so the nut was hard to get on,
but I used the air ratchet and it's own tight now.
Both sides are good.
Tomorrow, the shocks and then the spring. Or, maybe the other way around.
Looks good Dom, I think the painters thinking is to leave the paint in place to protect the hole and then fit them as you did. Sometimes arms sit for a long time. Also many times castle or slotted nuts have burrs in them and cause a tight fit. I always chase new nuts and find them burred a lot. You didn't cross thread them correct?
I don't think I cross threaded it.
The chaser set I just bought from Summit doesn't have a chaser big enough. It stops one size smaller.
I was pretty careful. I started the nut by hand, and then used a ratchet and then the air gun.
If it's cross threaded, it's on tight. And the cotter pin will hold it on.
Stuck spindle.
