How do you put the front shock absorber back in?
Tried putting in the new shock and spring with the hub still in place. Ofcourse that didn't work.
Then removed the hubcarrier, attached the new strut to the hubcarrier, placed this assembly in its place, inside the fender. But now the lower ball joint is too high:
What in tar-nation am I doing wrong? the top nut is tightened as much as I could.
I think maybe the top ruber mount isin't exactly in its place since it poped out when removing, but hasn't poped in yet. However, I have no mightier means to force it. Even if I jack the dangling hubcarrier, I end up jacking the whole corner of the car (damn light puma parked on a slope..)
Please help, I'm at a dead end here, spent the whole morning on one corner.
Tried putting in the new shock and spring with the hub still in place. Ofcourse that didn't work.
Then removed the hubcarrier, attached the new strut to the hubcarrier, placed this assembly in its place, inside the fender. But now the lower ball joint is too high:
What in tar-nation am I doing wrong? the top nut is tightened as much as I could.
I think maybe the top ruber mount isin't exactly in its place since it poped out when removing, but hasn't poped in yet. However, I have no mightier means to force it. Even if I jack the dangling hubcarrier, I end up jacking the whole corner of the car (damn light puma parked on a slope..)
Please help, I'm at a dead end here, spent the whole morning on one corner.