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Colm
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Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:33 pm |
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Buying a new car over the next few weeks so I have to get my clio ready to sell/trade in.
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97 Clio 1.2(DIET) Rn with 100k on it.
Things to do:
-Seal the sunroof
-Raise the back of it
-Give it a good wash(Spend the last 2 months parked up getting shit on by birds)
-NCT it, if its worth doing.
No pictures yet but I'm gonna do a guide like thing for raising the torsion bar as its a common enough question asked. |
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Colm
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Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:45 pm |
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Colm
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Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:10 am |
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Before:
[IMG:512:640:eed3649276]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/colmaustin/SP_A0156.jpg[/img:eed3649276]
This is it lowered about 70mm I think, not quite sure exactly.
[IMG:1024:1280:eed3649276]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/colmaustin/SP_A0157.jpg[/img:eed3649276]
Loosening the lower damper bolt. 18mm socket iirc.
[IMG:512:640:eed3649276]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/colmaustin/SP_A0158.jpg[/img:eed3649276]
Jack up the car and get it on the axle stands.
[IMG:1024:1280:eed3649276]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/colmaustin/SP_A0159.jpg[/img:eed3649276]
Lower damper nut removed fully.
[IMG:1280:1024:eed3649276]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/colmaustin/SP_A0160.jpg[/img:eed3649276]
Dust cover off the torsion bar, splines are nice and clean and greased so it should pull out very easily.
[IMG:1280:1024:eed3649276]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/colmaustin/SP_A0161.jpg[/img:eed3649276]
My trusty 10mm bolt that has been used countless times for this.
[IMG:1280:1024:eed3649276]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/colmaustin/SP_A0162.jpg[/img:eed3649276]
Screw is in as far as possible to the end of the bar.
[IMG:512:640:eed3649276]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/colmaustin/SP_A0165.jpg[/img:eed3649276]
Now bouce the wheel/arm while pulling on the bult and the bar should slide out easily like above. Note this is the far side, I forgot to get a picture of the first side.
To lift the suspension push the wheel/arm down the required amount and slide the bar back in. Might need a jiggle to get it back in.
[IMG:512:640:eed3649276]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/colmaustin/SP_A0163.jpg[/img:eed3649276]
Now as I have 16v dampers on the back I had to jack up the arm to the right level to get the bolt back in.
[IMG:512:640:eed3649276]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/colmaustin/SP_A0164.jpg[/img:eed3649276]
Tighten up the bolts fully drop the car and hope you got either side the same height 
After:
[IMG:922:1152:eed3649276]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/colmaustin/SP_A0166.jpg[/img:eed3649276] |
Last edited by Colm on Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:03 am; edited 7 times in total |
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Chris H
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Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:13 am |
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pictures come up a hotlinking error has occured |
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Colm
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Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:14 am |
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Some pictures from yesterday raising the rear of it, if somebody wants to host them on decent webspace I'll write a guide for them. To view them click the link and then refresh the page that loads. |
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Colm
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Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:17 am |
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Ah crap, I'll try and find some better webspace. Anyone recommend somewhere? |
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bbracer16valver
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Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:21 am |
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Colm
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Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:25 am |
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uploading them there now  cheers |
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Colm
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Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:30 am |
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Sorted now, I'll add some text when I get a chance |
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