installing shocks, it keep popping out!?!?

[gxiang]

helping my friend installing some oem shocks, and basically we have everything hooked up, once we lower the car or give it some pressure and push it down, the shock would pop right through the upper mounts in the engine bay.....

can anyone explain?? or how i fix this..

we pulled apart and reinstalled it, same shit happened. its all fine on all other 3 sides of the car

he has camber LCA and pretty much stock everything else. Oh and its running lowering springs on stock oem shocks, and we dont have a spring compressor, so basically we just pushing the springs down with force and bolting the top bolt on the upper mount tight with air gun

[misteR_bilzz]

how can the shock pop through the strut towers unless the pillow mount gets warped or the thread on the shock is shot.

this is the tut i followed props to siReal :D
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45435

[gxiang]

well personally i duno? ihave tried with 2 different shocks and 2 different upper mounts :(

oh and its the the strut that comes through. the rubber pops out from the upper mounts as well

could it be too much pressure pushing underneth ? and the problem is not in the upper mounts?

[dsp26]

pics?

i get this feeling you forgot the washers that go on both sides of the pillow ball that go above the upper mount?

i did it once too, the shock shaft goes straight through...

[gxiang]

here is a picture,

this is when the car is jacked up, if i lowered it, that rubber underneth the washer would pop right out along with the bolts n washers....

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5605/shoot066pg8.jpg

[gxiang]

pics?

i get this feeling you forgot the washers that go on both sides of the pillow ball that go above the upper mount?

i did it once too, the shock shaft goes straight through...

what washer? there is one under the nut in the picture above, where is the other one?

EDIT: Ok i just had a look in the work manual, are you talking about the Bump Stop Plate onto of the oragane Bump Stop ?? or the Dust Cover Plate above the Dust Cover

[dudeling7]

you7 have forgotten to put in the black cup. did you dis-assemble the whole shock? because there should be a black cup that sits inside to prevent the shock from doing this. happened to a friend of us when we were doing his, just chucked it back in and its all good.

[TODA AU]

what washer? there is one under the nut in the picture above, where is the other one?

EDIT: Ok i just had a look in the work manual, are you talking about the Bump Stop Plate onto of the oragane Bump Stop ?? or the Dust Cover Plate above the Dust Cover
dsp26 is right,
There is a flat washer that sits above the bump stop, on the shaft below the top mount rubber.
The hole is large enough for the threaded part of the shaft to fit, but prevents the body of the shaft moving up at the shoulder.
Without it, you'll get the exact problem you're having.

[gxiang]

by black cup you mean the dust cover? it sits over the while orange bump stop,

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/9651/sussysv7.jpg

[gxiang]

dsp26 is right,
There is a flat washer that sits above the bump stop, on the shaft below the top mount rubber.
The hole is large enough for the threaded part of the shaft to fit, but prevents the body of the shaft moving up at the shoulder.
Without it, you'll get the exact problem you're having.

so you all talking bout the bumper stop plate right in the picture above

[TODA AU]

so you all talking bout the bumper stop plate right in the picture above
Correct...
If it's assembled per above picture, you should have no issue.

[gxiang]

cool thx. rep it up for all the help boys.

i got it done. and so far so good. will take it for a test drive tmrw with my friend.

[dudeling7]

haha sorry it wasnt a cup but thats what i mean that little plate that prevents the shaft going up. my friends car was an evo, but yeh that should fix it right up good luck.