I was installing coilovers today, 3 of them went on fine with no problems. But my right rear is giving me hell. After I took out the lower control arm bolt and the top nuts it wouldnt budge. So I took my other jack and tried to raise up the control arm up a bit and wiggle it out but the bottom of the shock like slided forward and wedged itself into the bushing. And now it wont move at all, i tried to hammer, step on the rotor to push it down, took off the tie rod bolt but nothing i do seems to work. I'm thinking if I remove the sway bar bolt it'll give enough space to loosen it so its not stuck in there, but for some reason mine is a btch to remove.
Anyone can give me any advice? Or anyone in socal sgv area wanna come take a look and help me out? Dont wanna tow it to a shop and get it fixed. I'll treat you to lunch

They are tokiko shocks if that matters

 

Maybe pics would help, kind of hard to visualize. Id say just use the biggest forms of mechanical persuasion you can, do you have a huge pry bar? get something that will give you leverage. wish I could help ya but I live about 2k miles away.

 

Did you just jack up 1 corner or the entire rear? You will have the sway bar fighting you the entire time if they are not jacked up at the same time. So have the whole rear in the air first.

If you cannot remove your right rear's sway bar endlink, then remove the rear left's end link... since they are attached in a system, you may get more room.. if not then unbolt the sway bar in the rear... OR just cut the old endlink off and get a new one.

Also remove the lower control arm to subframe bolt and drop the LCA (but still have it in the hub). This may give you enough room.

There are plenty of things you havent even tired yet... So get cracking!!!

 

Yep, that should do it

 

Okay i'll give it a shot today, thanks for the advice

 

read through this write up

it helped me alot when i had to put my coilovers in

http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=177168

 

I'll help you if you still need help.. that happened to mine too pissed me off use a breaker bar to give you leverage and just try to pop it out. took me 4 hours for one side and 5 minutes for the other ridiculous!

i am also in the SGV area rosemead to be specific

 

this should do the trick for you. You wouldn't believe how much tension you are trying to fight with only one side up in the air. Once you raise the whole rear, life will be much easier for you

 

did you get them on?
pictures of your car slammed please.

 

still didnt get it on, been busy lately. I'm just going to tow it to a shop and get it fixed, i give up lol

 

don't do that, did you try doing it with the whole rear end up in the air? Where are you located, if you aren't too far I'd be willing to lend a hand.

 

im near pasadena. thatd be great if u could help

 

If you have just the right rear in the air then the sway bar is pushing it up. Lift the whole rear and see what you can get from there.

 

Just completed my installation 2 weeks ago ... have a look at my thread for some useful info ... I also aded a couple of pics form the workshop manual for various torque settings

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...tallation.html

 

lol i ended up just towing it to the shop to get it fixed, it was just the right rear corner