ZCAT3

Sean - how many collars do you need? I believe I have an extra set in my garage from a set of Bilstein RSR coil overs that went on my 930.

maurice97C2S

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Silver Bullet:
<strong>Hmmm...I have seperate locking rings for the spring perch and sway bar mount as it came from Gert. Although, the spring perch had 2 locking rings, the sway bar mount had only one. I thought it should have two like the spring perch.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Surprised one of our gurus hasn't chipped in here, so I'll try to lay out what should be there (certainly reinforced by the PSS9 complement).

The rear setup should have an adjustable spring perch with a locking collar, both C-spanner type adjustable. The sway bar mount is itself threaded, therefore needs only a locking collar. Anything less than that is NOT kosher (excuse the expression, but you know what I mean), and will cause problems. I am sure there is a supplier short shipping here, and I bet its not Gert!

HTH, cheers, Maurice

911-TOUR

I think we need pictures, people. If anyone else can get under their car and snap some - I think it'd help out the discussion...

sean

4X4SCHE

If you go back to the original post and look at the picture, you will see what the problem is. Depending on the particular drop link in use and the angle of the link to the bracket, the force on the drop link is acting to loosen the bracket away from the lock ring on one side of the car and acting to tighten it against the lock ring on the other side.

Although you can reduce the rotating force by positioning the mount so the drop link is more in-line with the shock body, the only real solution is to put the lock ring under the mount on the appropriate side of the car. Which side depends on the sway bar and drop link combination you are using. There is not a lot of clearance for the ring on some types of mount so you may need to grind down the ring.

4X4SCHE

Further, in a set up where the spring perch serves as the lock ring, you will need an extra ring to put below the mount on the critical side. Or just "moose" them down really hard!

Shant Ohannessian

here is a picture right before it got installed. Do i have the locking collars upside down as well?

<img src="http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Mar/20033185321943371950209.jpg" alt=" - " /> <a href="http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Mar/20033185321943371950209.jpg" target="_blank">http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Mar/20033185321943371950209.jpg</a>

Shant Ohannessian

Sean,
Robin is right! You do have the locking collar upside down. I just looked at mine. I bet that's whats causing it to spin.

Viken

Sorry, I didn't get to read this thread until now. But, I see that the bottom spring perch is installed upside down on Sean's car. The drop link bracket is supposed to act as a locking nut when the perch is installed correctly. Here's how mine is installed and I've had no problems whatsoever.

<img src="http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/RearInstalled_02.jpg" alt=" - " />

911-TOUR

Oh man...I'm gonna get burned for this but here goes...

I actually installed the FRONT spring perch upside down ON PURPOSE. Why? Well for one thing it has no chance of binding on a locking collar groove & it also provides a more stable platform for the spring. If you think about the way these things are engineered, upside down, right side up shouldn't matter. They're all threaded to rotate the same direction.

Viken, your picture is what I was after. Thank you. It appears that I'm indeed not missing any parts. However, in my case, the threads aren't binding well enough keep the collar from rotating under load. I think that I'm going to have to get another collar either on top or below the drop link mount to get it secure for sure.

sean