Civic-EG.com Forum 3.3.1

- Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:34 pm #153161 i bought a set of d2's second hand off a guy who had them in his EK and he gave me a set of EG adapters for the rear ones because they were fork types. The only thing is i cant get the EK ones off so im driving with d2's up front and my old coilovers at the back.

Anyone have any experience changing the bottom of these? thanks in advance

- Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:25 am #153259 They just screw off... My EG is a fork type just like the ek, but its a wider fork.

I dont see how you cant spin them off.

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- Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:43 am #153306 mines a jap import though so its the eye type i need. Its really wedged on there unfortunately, i've heard of them getting pretty stuck so i might just take them to a garage and see if they can unscrew it

- Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:57 pm #153325 you could use some PB blaster to loosen it.

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- Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:15 pm #153378 Put it in a vice, get a large plain screwdriver and a hammer then batter the locking ring till its free, then get a large pole or something and put it between the fork and lever it out

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- Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:57 pm #153420

Put it in a vice, get a large plain screwdriver and a hammer then batter the locking ring till its free, then get a large pole or something and put it between the fork and lever it out

i was kind of thinking that route alright, ive got the d2 key for loosening the locking ring, would the fork be able to take that kind of pressure from the sides? i know its strong enough as it takes a lot of weight but thats coming from the top

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- Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:32 am #153514 better then just hammering away at it, heat it up with a torch, just heat it evenly for a min or two, alows the metal to expand a bit and breaks the rust loose.

- Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:16 pm #153610

i was kind of thinking that route alright, ive got the d2 key for loosening the locking ring, would the fork be able to take that kind of pressure from the sides? i know its strong enough as it takes a lot of weight but thats coming from the top

Sorry i thought you meant the locking ring was siezed too. Yeah the fork will be strong enough, did you not say you're changing it anyway though...?

better then just hammering away at it, heat it up with a torch, just heat it evenly for a min or two, alows the metal to expand a bit and breaks the rust loose.

I wouldnt recommend heating a shock - they have warnings about not heating them for a reason

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- Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:40 pm #153619 sorry yeah the locking ring is seized as well. I just thought if i broke the fork and still didnt get it off i wouldnt even be able to sell them on

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- Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:51 am #153676

i was kind of thinking that route alright, ive got the d2 key for loosening the locking ring, would the fork be able to take that kind of pressure from the sides? i know its strong enough as it takes a lot of weight but thats coming from the top

Sorry i thought you meant the locking ring was siezed too. Yeah the fork will be strong enough, did you not say you're changing it anyway though...?

better then just hammering away at it, heat it up with a torch, just heat it evenly for a min or two, alows the metal to expand a bit and breaks the rust loose.

I wouldnt recommend heating a shock - they have warnings about not heating them for a reason

heating the fork for only a min just to break it free shouldnt hurt any thing.

- Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:39 pm #153986

sorry yeah the locking ring is seized as well. I just thought if i broke the fork and still didnt get it off i wouldnt even be able to sell them on

You wont get much if anything for the forks anyway, but they'll be strong enough im sure

My 1st eg build up -> http://civic-eg.com/viewtopic.php?t=802

- Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:41 pm #153989

sorry yeah the locking ring is seized as well. I just thought if i broke the fork and still didnt get it off i wouldnt even be able to sell them on

You wont get much if anything for the forks anyway, but they'll be strong enough im sure

i meant like if i couldnt get them to budge i could sell the whole set and buy some that were already on an eg. Gonna try putting it in a vice during the week

- Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:39 pm #154630 got it off with the vice and a big bar, thanks for the replies lads!
it was very tight