D2 Coilover Bottom Collar Seized

[Kaaaty]

hello today i tried loering my coilovers but the bottom collar just would not budge at all.

The adjustment collar was not seized it went up very easily it was jus the bottom collar these coilys are about 18months old. anybody have any idea how to budge this flippin bottom collar?

cheers

Katy

[greggt]

Wd40, vaseline and a mahoosive hammer!!

[Kaaaty]

hammer is not an option my fella is 20 stone 6'6ft and he has belted it and all its done is damage the bottom collar it looks to be cheap shitty metal really quite disheartened. wanted her low tday

[Dean @RW-Developments]

pain in the arse there alliminium and weak usually leave to soak in oil for a few hours u got the right c spanners?

[greggt]

Lol I was joking about the hammer, normally helps with everything else

AS above, if you can, let it soak in a lubricant for a while, it may well unseize then

[Starlet__SR]

Heat them up

Damien

[Matt Glanza]

Don't heat them up as they are gas filled on could do some serious damage.vboi had a set of these on his glanza and were only a year old and he had the same problem and couldn't free them in the end he had to buy new ones.

[BenV]

^^ exactly the same problem i had and i did try everything! even heating them up, dispite the warning label lol

got a set of bc coilovers in the end as spare parts are readily available for reasonable money

[Sparky]

I had the same problem with one of my rears

[andy.i]

take it off and use a stilson?

[Raz]

It's like the tyre valves, once they have seized on... you will be lucky to get them moving, thats why you copper grease stuff

[Kaaaty]

GUtted i'll try soaking them next week or 2 over night and see what happens. i keep gettin told to just do away with the bottom collar as the euro boys dont bother, but i dont want it on its arse and i cant see them not adjusting themselves all over the shop if they dont have that retaining bottom collar

and i have the correct spanners dean