Gc coilover sleeves stuck,help?

[JDMchristian991]

So,my ground controls seem to be stuck at the height adjustment that they're at.They still have more then half of the threads left to go down,but they just wont budge.Does anyone have any little tips or tricks to make them break loose?

[nine_deuce]

Spray em with some WD-40 or something?? maybe the threads are dirty?

[JDMchristian991]

Spray em with some WD-40 or something?? maybe the threads are dirty?

Tried that,and let them sit overnight.Still no budge.

[JoshM]

Are the lower threads damaged?

[rum_n_coke]

maybe if you slightly heat the nut or hit the nut with a hammer and a piece of aluminium

[JDMchristian991]

Are the lower threads damaged?

No,they look like the adjust has never even been down that far.

Also for the rears,the adjust is hitting the cup of the struts.Can't i just pop the adjuster out of the cup,adjust them lower,and just sit the adjuster back in the cup?

[wannarhdaccd]

ur best bet is to take them out so you can really look at them , and take it apart if you havnt already...instead of wd-40 try this stuff called pb penetrant or somethin like that it comes in a white n yellow can..its for exaust bolts alot stronger than wd 40..hope i helped goodluck

[Losiracer2]

try calling up GC and see if they have replacement sleeves. I wouldn't mess w/ those threads if they're already effed up. If those fail, then your shock will slam down. So I wouldn't risk it if I were in that situation.

[Darkcloud]

Mine gets stuck from time to time as well,what I did was bought some stuff called PB blaster it works wonders trust me, WD-40 don't work. Just let the PB blaster sit for a few minutes then try to adjust. It casn be found at any autoparts store or Wal-Mart

[deevergote]

PB Blaster is amazing stuff.




And this is another reason why I don't like adjustable stuff.

[Shadow1]

PB Blaster is amazing stuff.

yes indeed it is. take it to a junk yard and if your careful, no scraped or bruised knuckles. lol.


but do you have the wrenches that goes with the sleeves? normally if those 2 adjusters are put together tightly, your not gonna be able to turn them by hand.

[deevergote]

They should always be tight. You should NEVER be able to do it by hand.

[OldMan'92Accord]

have you tried to loosen up the set screw for the height adjuster?? there is a allen head set screw in the height adjuster that needs to be loosened before the adjuster ring can be turned.

[deevergote]

Sweet. I didn't know that about GCs. Nice. Cheapies don't have that.

[ilovemycb7]

have you tried to loosen up the set screw for the height adjuster?? there is a allen head set screw in the height adjuster that needs to be loosened before the adjuster ring can be turned.

Yup! This is what I can was going to say.

If not there is a GC "wrench" that you can use to adjust. Personally I'd put a rag over a screw drive and wiggle the screw driver into one of the grooves and try to tap it loose.


Make sure that the perch is loosened as mentioned above though!