Hey guys,

I was removing my rear sway bar and I was really stupid as i forgot to put the bushing and nut back onto the strut top. I went for a small 2 min test drive as I was taking something out of the car and wanted to test it. Now the car was feeling abit wonky as i didn't put the nuts in. However now i've come to realise that on the right rear strut top the cylindrical (Washer?) thing has come up.. i put a socket over it and lightly tapped it down and it seems to be working. I'm reasonably sure I can get it back into the same position. However i want to make sure that i'm doing the right thing and not damaging the car.

I've taken some pics, sorry about the bad quality it's dark outside ><.







And this is the strut top on the left side, hopefully i've put it all back correctly, going to tighten it abit more tmr morning.

 

im not sure wat you're saying but if all fails, just take both sides off again and re-install. Fit's a super easy to do especially the rears.

 

basically what happened was that i forgot to put the bushing and nut back in, when i did 3 right turns the pressure on the shock absorber pushed the cylindrical washer upwards as there was no bushing to stop it. now i was wondering if i could just slot the cylindrical washer back into position and tighten everything up again.

 

are you talking about the parts numbered '6'?

FYI, the parts boxed in as #2 go under the car, where the other three parts on top go on from the other side of the sheet metal (from inside the car).

I say, just do what kenchan said... pull the shock out and start over with the reinstall.

 

yes part number 6, i raised the car to check it out and it was just a washer, and i managed to return it to it's original position and tied everything back up. took it for a test drive and all seems well so far .