bought a 2nd hand set of avo coilovers on here ages ago and only getting round to fitting them now.

have them on now and theres a bad clunking noise when you turn the wheels both stationary and moving.

i was looking at them as i was putting them on and thinking there should be a locking ring and an adjustment ring. you can see the set up in these pictures





i fitted new top mounts, bearings, droplinks, track rod ends, and ball joints. everything is tight and thats why i think its something to do with the coilovers themselves.

there is a grubscrew in the bottom adjustment ring, but its plastic and doesnt seem to do much.

as fas as i can see the spring and adjustment ring are turning with the wheels and making the noise.

anyone shed any light? any advice appreciated.

also one of the rear shocks is missing a bush one end, is it possible to get these? you can see it in this pic



thanks again for any help

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anyone have these or similar and know, well any more than i do really lol,

as i turn the wheel the spring is turning too which im pretty sure shouldnt be happening, its making a terrible noise.

thanks again

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My weitecs do this sometimes, clunk and clang always after ive had it jacked up and have been messing around with them.

I find playing around with (rotating) the top hat that couples the springs or in your case coilovers to the bearing in the top mount sorts out the problem.

Im my case if I rotate it as far around as possible clockwise the wider part of it will contact the chassis and stop it travelling any further - now rotate it as far possible the other way (anti-clockwise) and the same thing will happen.

The turn on mine is about 330 degrees from turned fully clockwise to turned fully anti-clockwise.

You can then find the widest point of the top hat and move it to its furthest point facing away from the chassis (towards you).

Obviously you wanna do this with your steering wheel straight ahead.

This stops the top hat from fouling the chassis when turning left and right and getting stuck causing the coils to move about instead.

I also notice on mine when I rotate the top hat you can see the coils tilt slightly left and right over the damper when turning from left to right.

After ive done this on mine it tends to settle down and not make any more irritating clunks or clangs.

Hope this helps

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