Hello all,
Noob question. Have some Bilstein height adjustable circlip shock absorbers fitted in my car. At the time of fitting, i set the circlip at preferred height and tightened the tophat to create some pre-load on the spring.
Wanted to lower the car a bit more and hence adjusted the circlip a notch down. Upon doing so, I noticed that my spring was now fully extended with no preload when car was still jacked up. ie. the spring could move up/down the shock and turn.
Obviously with the car off the jack, the spring is compressed under the weight of the car.
I just wanted to know, should I pull out the shock and screw down the top hat (im assuming to the bottom of the thread to achieve any preload on the spring (if possible?)
Or is it okay to have the spring fully extended and able to move around when car is jacked up? Should the spring always be under some load regardless if on the car?
Would like to know whether I need to pull out the shocks or just adjust the circlip height regardles of any preload on the spring.
Thank you!