Welcome to the North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club Friday March 29, 2024
Home Forums Images WikiNASIOC Products Store Modifications Upgrade Garage
Click here to visit TireRack
Brakes & Suspension Forum sponsored by The Tire Rack

Losing traction? Need new tires?
Click here to visit the NASIOC Upgrade Garage...
Go Back   NASIOC > NASIOC Technical > Brakes, Steering & Suspension

Welcome to NASIOC - The world's largest online community for Subaru enthusiasts!
Welcome to the NASIOC.com Subaru forum.

You are currently viewing our forum as a guest, which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our community, free of charge, you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is free, fast and simple, so please join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.







* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. 
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads. 
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-20-2021, 04:46 PM   #1
jokem
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 504281
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Seattle, WA
Vehicle:
2005 Impreza WRX STI
Silver

Default '05 STI | Front Strut Sprint Seat Alignment

I forgot to compare my old strut/spring with my new assembly I'm putting together so I've been following the FSM.

In it, it states that the three holes in the front strut seat spring should be aligned (pointed towards) "outside of body".

Does "outside of body" mean away from the centerline (long ways) of the car?

When I align the sprint seat like that, the three holes would be pointed towards the bracket that attaches the strut to the front knuckle. In this position, the sprint seat doesn't align with the spring cushion.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/5HCCXXJKM8y1s5zW9
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZCSNXXCSSbYYvysd6

If I align the spring seat to point TOWARDS the body of the car (towards the center of the car long ways), the spring seat lines up well with the spring cushion. But this seems to be the opposite of what the FSM is telling me.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/aVxUWASqQtEKTQdk7
https://photos.app.goo.gl/AinVoFgeSXPoPDgx5

The struts I'm using are the the Feal fixed struts: https://fealsuspensionstore.com/feal...ubaru-wrx-sti/

Can anyone provide any input into which way is the correct way?
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
jokem is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
Old 04-21-2021, 02:30 AM   #2
jokem
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 504281
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Seattle, WA
Vehicle:
2005 Impreza WRX STI
Silver

Default Solved!

Took some time but eventually figured this one out. The FSM is correct to align the holes in the upper spring seat with the outside of the body. To make this work, I had to use one spring compressor on the side of the spring facing the outside of the body. Once that compressed down, the sprint seat aligns well. Then, I add the other spring compressor and evenly compress both sides down.

At that point, I can take the top mount nut and, with an impact wrench, catch enough threads to hold everything in place.
jokem is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:57 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Powered by Searchlight © 2024 Axivo Inc.
Copyright ©1999 - 2019, North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club, Inc.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission
Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.