Alright, so now I'm at a bit of a loss. I have assembled the fronts and everything is perfect. On the fronts the top mounts just slid right off once everything was loose. On the rears, I can't get the top mounts to move at all. Is it possible they are threaded? I doubt it but you never know. I would expect the fronts to seize before the rears.

Hopefully somebody can help, I'm itching to get these on the car.

 

The fronts and rears are identical. Spray 'em down with some PB blaster and start hitting on them with a BFH.

 

Thats what I figured. I've sprayed them with some industrial strength stuff and used heat to get the spherical top off of one with the upper perch (?) still seized. Weird thing is there are no signs of corrosion but damn are they on there.

 

Well, finally got the rear tops disassembled. Hopefully I can get a single top spring mount at a reasonable price, a casualty of disassembly. I'm amazed how seized these pieces were for such quality metals and I'm certain antiseize was not involved in the original assembly.

Now that that is out of the way we discovered the piston rods were moving quite a bit differently. Turns out one has 124 psi and the other just 70 psi. Hopefully I can find a local source for nitrogen.

 

pics or ban Jeff. I want to see those things.

 

When I was looking for local nitrogen:
Tire shop pumps often only go to 80psi or so.
Look for truck / RV / trailer stores. They often use nitrogen to keep pressure in their vehicles that sit around for a long while.
Also call up local race shops or post in your local sccaforum.

 

Or find someone with a mod car. They'll probably have one.

 

Awesome,thanks! I was able to get ahold of a local cycle shop that can do it for me. I read that I should have them presurized to 200 then bleed off til 185, then adjust from there. From my understanding 185 is recommended but, I also read that SOS sends out their kits at 175.

Steve, I'll put some pics up soon.

 

Alright, so I just had them charged. Now my next question, the pressure its all the same and they're set to the same settings; one I can move by hand and the other I can't. The one I can move doesn't return to full up, seems like that is a problem, yes/no?

 

No signs of leakage either.