15-03-2004
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| Banned | Front strut bolt (30mm lowered pics too) right... got my -30mm lowering springs today for my cinq. I put the back on first cuase i knew i could do it and it would be easy heh... which it was. Took me about 10mins to do each. then i tried to do the front but didnt even get as far as the second point in haynes... I cant undo the bolt at the top of the strut no matter what i try. the top half of the strut just spins with the bolt. now, if this is anything like the Uno suspention, when I take the strut off I will need to undo this bolt to get the spring off, sooo... i didnt even bother to take it off as i wouldnt be able to undo the bolt. Anyway, I dunno what to do now. ive got the rear lowered 30mm (and looking good) but the front is still way up in the air and it looks daft and might affect the handling in strange ways. How can i get this bolt undone??? Anyone near london wanna have a go? :p  This is what the rear looks like lowered. little pic is before. I Have A Cinq Sporting... ...Click Here To Look At It
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15-03-2004
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| Banned | oh and ive gotta cut the bump stops... its not resting on them but bounces off them on heavy bumps. also with people in it rests on em... I Have A Cinq Sporting... ...Click Here To Look At It
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15-03-2004
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| Principality Retained :) | Oh so THATS what the cat dragged in!!!!!! Tom (AofB) Snapped exhaust flexipipe becoming GrpN ASAP!
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15-03-2004
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| mad bad and very very old  | Do not, under any circumastances, try to undo the big centre bolt with the strut still on the car. Remove strut, place in vice, and apply spring compressors. There will be, either, a squared off top to the damper rod to which a small, usually 6mm spanner can be attached, or an allan key end. If all else fails, mole grips with the jaws wrapped in rubber (oh kinky) can be carefully applied to the very top of the rod. Cheers D Grumpy old git going fast downhill rather than downhill fast!!
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15-03-2004
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| dont lower it any further leave room for the cat!!
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16-03-2004
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| Banned | says in hanyes to loosen the nut whilst the car is still on the ground. There is no squared off top or an allan key end. as for placing in a vice... where do you clamp the vice? if you clamp it around th main body of the strut then the top part will just spin when u try to turn the nut. you cant clamp it onto the top part because the spring is in the way and you cant compress th spring enough to allow room to clamp the top part. I Have A Cinq Sporting... ...Click Here To Look At It
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16-03-2004
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 | I used a pair of stillsons to grip the plate with the 2 notches in just under the nut, but ideally you should have a C spanner to grip it. Loosen it 1/2 turn or so on the car and no further. Only take it off when the spring is compressed with your spring compressor. Shafts on mine are D shaped, this plate locates on the flat and prevents the shaft turning. Pete. 1242cc cinq,turbo cinq,Cinqs&Seis Yahoo group,Clubcento
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16-03-2004
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| Banned | yeah the plate just seems to spin. I went to halfords and then B&q but found nothing that i could use to grip the plate. where can i get a pair of "Stillsons" or a C Spanner? I Have A Cinq Sporting... ...Click Here To Look At It
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16-03-2004
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| Banned | ,... Just looked up the Stillsons wrench and ive already got one and tried it... i couldnt manage to get it to work... :( I Have A Cinq Sporting... ...Click Here To Look At It
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16-03-2004
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| | Get the jaws holding onto the cutouts. You need (I think) at least a 12 incher (oh no, I've gone all Carry On!) Pete. 1242cc cinq,turbo cinq,Cinqs&Seis Yahoo group,Clubcento
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16-03-2004
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| Banned | yeah i tried but i just couldnt get it holding tight enough... anyway, im goin halfords tomorrow (the other one near me) to see if they got any C spanners as i know ive seen em somewhere and thought "hmmm... wonder what there for"... I Have A Cinq Sporting... ...Click Here To Look At It
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16-03-2004
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 | is that a new style of CATalytic converter? will it pass the mot?;) WHEN THIS BABY HIT'S 88...YOUR GONNA SEE SOME SERIOUS s**t!
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16-03-2004
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| Banned | nah its my new center exit.. full of fluffy goodness I Have A Cinq Sporting... ...Click Here To Look At It
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| Moderation in Moderation  |
Abarth Cinq Sporting in Broom Yellow, The best colour ;)
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16-03-2004
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| mad bad and very very old | Place the flats of the big disc in the vice, then loosen, but not remove the nut. Only remove the nut once the spring compressors are firmly in place. Cheers D Grumpy old git going fast downhill rather than downhill fast!!
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