31-08-2014, 08:29 PM
Hi any one that decides to read this.
Been back from oz two days and she is now on coilovers
Thought i would do a small write up on the fitting of the coilies and compbrake topmounts to hopefully assist someone else in the future..
So started off with this
[attachment=18734]
Firstly i just lashed them together to make sure everything fitted correctly.. guess what.. it didnt. so the topmount comes with a threaded nut thats sort of like a bush that you have to knock through the inner race of the top mount bearing and there was about three threads on it when i screwed it down onto the strut. obviously i wasnt happy with three threads holding my strut into my topmount so i took it apart and investigated...
Noticed that this top piece on the strut had a split round it, as if it was seperate to the main strut body. so i got the robogrips out and luckily... it split and unthreaded off the strut giving me those few extra threads for my topmount nut..
[attachment=18735]
Then i started building them back up. First of all fitted the spring top that is an additional purchase from compbrake that allows the movement and fitted the bush on the top of that that fits into the inner race of the topmount bearing and sits up to the threaded bush.
[attachment=18736]
Then fitted the top mount.. so this looks like it isnt hanging on by very much and i agree, but there is atleast 20mm worth of thread that the nut has sit into and i have also used abit of threadlocker on there.. just incase. Will let you know if it falls to bits
[attachment=18737]
both built up.
[attachment=18738]
went to fit them and then noticed..... origanal topmounts are held in place with three m8 bolts.. these topmounts on the top and bottom fixing do not have a threaded hole.. they have a clean hole with a diameter of about 6.5mm. i was not comftorable using an m6 nut and bolt so i tapped them out to m8 so i could use just a bolt with no need for messing about with nuts from underneath.
[attachment=18740]
And fitted. Now these fit pretty well, no gaps around the struts etc but... these are looking like a very standard camber setting to me.. seems to have slight more castor. but if i want to add more camber and castor/ (obviously camber and castor are proportional to each other on these mounts) i will have to drill my own top and bottom holes to be able to swing them around.. but this will then create a hole through my strut and topmount.
[attachment=18739]
All in all, these topmounts are fantastic.. if you want to pay expensively for a diffrent looking to standard topmount. to be honest i might aswll use them as a garden ornament as atleast then you can see them properly.
Morale of the story... buy baker bm.
Thanks for looking
Been back from oz two days and she is now on coilovers
Thought i would do a small write up on the fitting of the coilies and compbrake topmounts to hopefully assist someone else in the future..
So started off with this
[attachment=18734]
Firstly i just lashed them together to make sure everything fitted correctly.. guess what.. it didnt. so the topmount comes with a threaded nut thats sort of like a bush that you have to knock through the inner race of the top mount bearing and there was about three threads on it when i screwed it down onto the strut. obviously i wasnt happy with three threads holding my strut into my topmount so i took it apart and investigated...
Noticed that this top piece on the strut had a split round it, as if it was seperate to the main strut body. so i got the robogrips out and luckily... it split and unthreaded off the strut giving me those few extra threads for my topmount nut..
[attachment=18735]
Then i started building them back up. First of all fitted the spring top that is an additional purchase from compbrake that allows the movement and fitted the bush on the top of that that fits into the inner race of the topmount bearing and sits up to the threaded bush.
[attachment=18736]
Then fitted the top mount.. so this looks like it isnt hanging on by very much and i agree, but there is atleast 20mm worth of thread that the nut has sit into and i have also used abit of threadlocker on there.. just incase. Will let you know if it falls to bits
[attachment=18737]
both built up.
[attachment=18738]
went to fit them and then noticed..... origanal topmounts are held in place with three m8 bolts.. these topmounts on the top and bottom fixing do not have a threaded hole.. they have a clean hole with a diameter of about 6.5mm. i was not comftorable using an m6 nut and bolt so i tapped them out to m8 so i could use just a bolt with no need for messing about with nuts from underneath.
[attachment=18740]
And fitted. Now these fit pretty well, no gaps around the struts etc but... these are looking like a very standard camber setting to me.. seems to have slight more castor. but if i want to add more camber and castor/ (obviously camber and castor are proportional to each other on these mounts) i will have to drill my own top and bottom holes to be able to swing them around.. but this will then create a hole through my strut and topmount.
[attachment=18739]
All in all, these topmounts are fantastic.. if you want to pay expensively for a diffrent looking to standard topmount. to be honest i might aswll use them as a garden ornament as atleast then you can see them properly.
Morale of the story... buy baker bm.
Thanks for looking