[bymechanic83]

I had a 95 chevy lumina that i was replacing the front shocks on. These cars have cartridges that can be replaced on the vehicle while on the ground, well i did it the way i supposed to except one thing…. I forgot to torque down the shock spindle nut it was on there finger tight! Needless to say the place i took it to to check the alignment wasnt happy when they lifted the vehicle and the shocks blow out through the bottom of the strut tower. Oppps , I blamed on my “mechanic” hahahaha. Cost me five hundred in the end

[bymechanic83]

I had a 95 chevy lumina that i was replacing the front shocks on. These cars have cartridges that can be replaced on the vehicle while on the ground, well i did it the way i supposed to except one thing…. I forgot to torque down the shock spindle nut it was on there finger tight! Needless to say the place i took it to to check the alignment wasnt happy when they lifted the vehicle and the shocks blow out through the bottom of the strut tower. Oppps , I blamed on my “mechanic” hahahaha. Cost me five hundred in the end

[bymechanic83]

Hello everybody, well u were right, they were way too tight! Took the drum off after a lil drive and the brakes were smoking under the drum!, hahahaha. O well, i will get them re- machined as for now it ok but very very soon since its my only ride to work in the D 🙂

[bymechanic83]

Thanks man. Im gonna readjust them. Thanks again to everybody who has helped

[bymechanic83]

I go to a place that supplies auto shops in my area. Its low key and they always have super low prices. I do go O’riely’s or Autozone too.

[bymechanic83]

I’m hoping to go. It would be great

[bymechanic83]

ok everybody here’s the update. The noise is gone, it happened to be the passenger side, not the side i had done the line and cylinder. I still get the smell, maybe from something on the drum idk. But anyway I was shown that the way to adjust the drums is the put the wheel back on and and adjust them until u get one wheel rotation. Is this the correct way or is that way to tight. Any suggestions for future refence would be much appreciated. Thanks to all who have helped

[bymechanic83]

It only the one side, the one where i did the line. And to answer your question no it didn’t do it before. I m wondering if I got a bad drum. I noticed today as i got home that i smell a burning smell on that side, even though it was throughly cleaned .

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