Installing rear suspension, have a couple of ?'s

[boat]

Removed the rear sensatraks/eibachs from my 94 today.

I installed koni's/eibachs to replace. One question I have is when I put the driver side rear strut assembly in it doesn't really hang straight once I tighten the bolts at the top, it is more at an angle, towards the front of the car. When I installed the passenger side, it hung straight like it should. It was something that came off another SHO that was already assembled and ready to put in, so I didn't mess with the mounts.

Is this normal? Doesn't seem right that the driver side was hanging at an angle, and the passenger side was not. Could it have rotated somehow?

My other question, I installed an h-brace and there was an 8mm bolt that holds the e-brake line going to the passenger side, in the cavity that holds the h-brace. Well the h-brace wouldn't go all the way in with that bolt in the way. Does the e-brake line need to be mounted or can it rest on the rear control arms? Or is there a way to make that h-brace fit with that bolt in there?

Getting back to it in the morning, the heat, humidity, and rusty bolts made for a long day.

 

[K-Dawg]

Make sure the spring is seated correctly in the strut.

 

[boat]

It came out of another SHO already assembled. All I did was take my old stuff out and put this in.

I will check that, but don't have a way to break down the strut and re-seat if it isn't seated correctly. Oh, we shall see what today brings. This has to be back together today.

Make sure the spring is seated correctly in the strut.

 

[93rev2sev]

There shouldn't be much tension in the spring. you might be able to wiggle it around by hand.

 

[boat]

The spring was seated correctly. I think it was that I was just so exhausted yesterday from 12 hours in the heat, that it just looked funny. Once I got the tension strut on the spindle, it straightened right out.

And, it is all back together. h-brace, 26mm rear bar w/new bushings, koni's/eibachs, and some rust free control arms with clean bolts.

Man, if I would not have had to deal with rusty bolts in the control arms, I would have been done yesterday. I had to saw off a LCA to spindle bolt on the driver side b/c it wouldn't move, with beating and beating on it never moved. Found another spindle in the garage, got all that installed. Whew! What a job. Thank goodness that no pinch bolts broke on me. Still need to replace the bushings where the tension strut rod goes into the body, didn't have any energy left, save for another day, and then it should be easier to get apart. Especially since that I put anti-seize on all the spindle bolts.

Just gotta get the front koni's/eibachs in, but not today.

 

[93rev2sev]

grab a handful of grease and lather up all the exposed parts of the bolts and nuts. Not caked on...just goobered a little.