I've been noticing since swapping to the SN95 stuff that when I go over a break in the asphalt or pot hole what sounds like metal to metal rattling from both sides. At first I thought it was the dust shields and moved them back and then thought maybe the pads were loose somehow. Today I was looking under there with the front suspension loaded and it looks and feels like the bottom of the strut is hitting the spindle where it attaches to the ball joint.
I swapped in SN95 ball joints when I swapped so no need for the spacer. When I put everything together I tightened the spindle to the BJ but because the Fox struts are shorter I couldn't line up the strut to spindle bolts. So I had to loosen the spindle/BJ and put the strut on and then tighten everything up. Now with the strut attached there was no way I could get a ratchet in there to tighten the spindle/BJ nut. When looking today it doesn't look like the spindle got pressed down on the BJ all the way because I couldn't get enough leverage with a wrench.
So basically what I'm asking is what are the steps you used to get the spindle to BJ nut tightened down and what did you use to tighten it?
PS don't post the link to Matt's site because that's where I got the original instructions
I swapped in SN95 ball joints when I swapped so no need for the spacer. When I put everything together I tightened the spindle to the BJ but because the Fox struts are shorter I couldn't line up the strut to spindle bolts. So I had to loosen the spindle/BJ and put the strut on and then tighten everything up. Now with the strut attached there was no way I could get a ratchet in there to tighten the spindle/BJ nut. When looking today it doesn't look like the spindle got pressed down on the BJ all the way because I couldn't get enough leverage with a wrench.
So basically what I'm asking is what are the steps you used to get the spindle to BJ nut tightened down and what did you use to tighten it?
PS don't post the link to Matt's site because that's where I got the original instructions