Coilover Preload collars keeps coming loose - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

BDotG · 11-21-2015, 09:37 PM

I am at a loss here folks. No results seem to show any good solutions so I am hoping someone here can chime in.

My coilovers preload collars keep coming loose after like 2 weeks of driving.

Whereas there was about 1/2 gap between the height and preload adjustment collars, there is none now.

I have torqued them to Teins recommended settings the 4 times I have reset the preload, and last time I had my friend hold one spanner while I hammered the other.

This is only happening on the fronts. What. the. $%*^.

babykwiss · 11-21-2015, 11:23 PM

Do not hammer. If you attach a ratchet where there is a square hole on the spanner, it will give you a ton of leverage to tighten it to a point where it wont move anymore. I had a similar problem when I had just installed my Tein coilovers. It was only the front that kept coming lose. After doing the method above, it has not moved at all for 6 months.

11-21-2015, 09:37 PM	#1
BDotG Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Drives: Asphalt 2013 FR-S Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 253 Thanks: 38 Thanked 126 Times in 73 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Coilover Preload collars keeps coming loose I am at a loss here folks. No results seem to show any good solutions so I am hoping someone here can chime in. My coilovers preload collars keep coming loose after like 2 weeks of driving. Whereas there was about 1/2 gap between the height and preload adjustment collars, there is none now. I have torqued them to Teins recommended settings the 4 times I have reset the preload, and last time I had my friend hold one spanner while I hammered the other. This is only happening on the fronts. What. the. $%*^.

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11-21-2015, 11:23 PM	#2
babykwiss Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Drives: Scion FRS Location: Toronto Posts: 102 Thanks: 3 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Do not hammer. If you attach a ratchet where there is a square hole on the spanner, it will give you a ton of leverage to tighten it to a point where it wont move anymore. I had a similar problem when I had just installed my Tein coilovers. It was only the front that kept coming lose. After doing the method above, it has not moved at all for 6 months.

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