Adjustable shocks
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The 'bolt' is steel and the trumpet is aluminium. Hopefully the PO used anti-seize on the threads, otherwise the 'bolt' will be corroded in solid. You might be able to used vice-grips on the trumpet to break the bolt free or maybe you'll have to file flats on the trumpet for a big f'ing wrench.
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Cool, I'll post a pic when it is done. 10"X4.5 white steelies arrived today.
Thanks again!
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..And don't forget that the front will go up 3 times the length added to the HiLo (measure the threads so that you how much extra length you get from one complete rotation of the adjuster bolt).
If you have a similar fitting at the rear it will raise the abck 5 times the added length...
Cheers, Ian
PS To amplify Chuck's comment. Make sure the upper part (smooth tapered cone above the upper bolt) doesn't move as you turn the nut. They sometimes do if things are a bit gummed up. There should be a hole in the cone somwewhere that you can stick a screwdriver in to hold it steady.
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That is a hi-lo trumpet. The shock is on the far left of your photo.
The bottom "nut" is really the end of the large bolt that goes upwards into the body of the trumpet. Screwing the bolt into the body lowers that corner of the car. Screwing it out raises that corner of the car. The upper nut locks the bolt in place. Loosen before adjusting. Lock it in place when done. Make sure when you are making adjustments that the body is not rotating.
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