# cleaning coil-overs
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [February 27, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675 "2006-02-27T19:53:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@MiniSRT4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MiniSRT4)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/1 "2006-02-27T19:53:11Z")
well intense98rt and myself went to install his new lower rate springs yesterday on his coil overs and noticed one of the front struts is actually lower than the other, but the perches wont move, im assuming to dirt and salt.
we cleaned the threads with engine degreaser and they still wont move…so now with his lower rate springs the front is about another inch lower and the car is bottoming out everywhere and comes damn close to hitting the fenders.
can someone chime in with maybe some cleaning ideas, or someway to break the perches free.
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### Author:  [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/2 "2006-02-27T19:54:26Z")
use a pentetrating lube…
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### Author:  [@MiniSRT4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MiniSRT4)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/3 "2006-02-27T19:54:39Z")
tried that
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### Author:  [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/4 "2006-02-27T19:56:06Z")
they might be rusted…u might have to spray a few times and really let them soak
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### Author:  [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/5 "2006-02-27T20:02:41Z")
Hydro Chloric acid
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### Author:  [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/6 "2006-02-27T20:04:26Z")
> [@The\_Russian](#):
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> Hydro Chloric acid
lol. y not gasoline and a lighter
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### Author:  [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/7 "2006-02-27T20:09:43Z")
heat wrench … torch them out then try and move them
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### Author:  [@intense98rt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/intense98rt)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/8 "2006-02-27T21:50:12Z")
i dont think heating up the coilovers is a good idea. wouldnt that be bad with the gases inside. here is a pic of what they look like new.
its the 2 perches that are holding the spring in place that are stuck.
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### Author:  [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/9 "2006-02-27T21:53:51Z")
InBeforeWeToldYouNotToDriveThemInWinterButYouDidn’tListenAndNowYou’veScrewedThePooch…
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/10 "2006-02-27T21:53:52Z")
looks like alloy shock body threaded into a steel perch… essentially, you are fucked. galvanic corrosion.
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### Author:  [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/11 "2006-02-28T04:52:59Z")
> [@neurokinetik](#):
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> InBeforeWeToldYouNotToDriveThemInWinterButYouDidn’tListenAndNowYou’veScrewedThePooch…
its a car. they are made to be driven.
use some seafoam deep creep. that will make the motor go round.
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### Author:  [@intense98rt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/intense98rt)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2006, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/12 "2006-02-28T07:40:39Z")
think they could be considered defective?
because they have a lifetime warrenty
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2006, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/13 "2006-02-28T07:42:33Z")
they aren’t defective, just seized as shit. get some penetrating oil on them. can you remove the actual cartidges from the adjustting assembly?
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### Author:  [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2006, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/14 "2006-02-28T07:47:54Z")
soak the shit outta them in penetrating oil and let them sit for like a day or something. buffalo salt\<\*
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### Author:  [@RobY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobY)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2006, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/15 "2006-02-28T08:20:31Z")
Get some penetrating oil like some PB blaster or somthing let it soak in.
Then get a steel rod, a dull chisel or screwdriver, the end of a wrench ect. Just somthing you can use to engage one of the notches on the collar.
Line it up with one of the notches on the collar so that when you whack it with a hammer it drives it loose.
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/16 "2006-02-28T08:37:33Z")
:word: , iwas gonna suggest to hit it the same way.
OT: intense98rt, be careful when u park in UB parking lot at Hoch. i was in my xterra looking for a spot yesterday and i almost stole ur spot till i recognized ur car from ur sig. i had it all planned out but i backed off cause i recognized ur car. i ended up in the last row ☹
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2006, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/17 "2006-02-28T08:41:42Z")
Cut it off and put a new ring on.
Done.
Edit: Are the 2 nuts stuck together?
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### Author:  [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2006, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/18 "2006-02-28T08:44:26Z")
^^actually you might have to do that, and i never thought of that. hope it doesnt come down to that.
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### Author:  [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2006, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/19 "2006-02-28T10:23:24Z")
U might end up cutting the adjust nuts off, otherwise like suggested, soak’m, let them sit, then try again.
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### Author:  [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2006, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-coil-overs/8675/20 "2006-02-28T10:40:57Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#):
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> :word: , iwas gonna suggest to hit it the same way.
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> OT: intense98rt, be careful when u park in UB parking lot at Hoch. i was in my xterra looking for a spot yesterday and i almost stole ur spot till i recognized ur car from ur sig. i had it all planned out but i backed off cause i recognized ur car. i ended up in the last row ☹
be careful how? like, don’t play chicken with SUVs over parking spots? :lol:
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