Tein + GR-2 woes... Options

[phokur]

Ok, so I finally made the plunge and picked up some KYB GR-2s and Tein S-techs since my rears went out. The installation was pretty smooth until I lowered the car. (I should add in I got strut cartridges for the front that just replaced the shock, the rears were full strut assemblies.) The car made very odd rubber-on-rubber sounding grinds and pops. I put it on the lift and watched the springs, they torqued with the top half rigid and the bottom half turning. I figured it must be the upper bearings so I put a healthy amount of axle grease on them and reassembled the struts. Then popping is much less now, but still noticeable going into and coming out of left turns. I know my driver front axle is bad, so I will be replacing that next; but I think the sound is strut related. Any ideas?

[phokur]

That's what I thought you were talking about, hmm looks like I'll be washer shopping. Think I could take off that center nut without taking the strut back out of the car? Will be a few weeks till I can get it home and put it on the lift.

[Celicam8]

That's what I thought you were talking about, hmm looks like I'll be washer shopping. Think I could take off that center nut without taking the strut back out of the car? Will be a few weeks till I can get it home and put it on the lift.

well, if you didnt tighten the nut all the way down then yes, if you did tighten it down all the way, no... and it will be a bitc* to remove it... I had to melt the plastc slip a little take a towel and wrap it around the strut so the strut insirt stops turning and had to unscrew it... was a bitc* of a time... took about 20 min each... then use the old nuts from th e stock suspension, as the ones you pulled off will have the melted plastic... good luck man, it was a pain to do it...