rear coilover problem

[Bournemouth James 0]

The rear spring plattforms on my spax coilovers appear to be siezed on, they wont wind up or down

They were on the car when i bought it, so i've got no instructions, but they are supposed to able to wind up and down whilest on the car right?...or am i missing something?,

 

any ideas?

[dazzyvr6 0]

yeah they should,mine were pretty hard to turn,i would clean the threads as much as you can and soak them in oil

[Bournemouth James 0]

Need to get 2 new coilovers now...o dear

 

Coated them in loads of wd40, then tryed the coilover spanner on them, wouldnt budge, then put part of an old exhaust pipe over the spanner for more leverage, all that did was rip chunks out of the plattform, and bent the spanner,

So the only option i had left was to use some plumber stilsons (big ones) on them, and they are siezed on so much that ive atchully twisted the whole shock

 

£299 for 2 rear spax coilovers.....o dear

[Bournemouth James 0]

pictures

[VR6 0]

Can you not buy replacement collars?

 

Would be able to cut the old ones off, clean up the threads and then add the new collar.

 

That's probably too simple though and if they were available, the new collars would be £300 a piece.

[Bournemouth James 0]

When you say collars, do you mean the spring plattforms?

 

Dont think i can replace anything on them can i?, as the part ive twisted/bent is part of the whole damper?

[scruffydubbers 0]

had a simular problem with my avos, i ground the platform off and fitted some new ones, i was going to surgest this, then i saw your other pictures,

 

looks quite nasty :?