looks like your fork wasnt torque down right thats all. yea move bracket back down and find torque specs and torque it down.
Strut help
Well for the past couple months I noticed the front driver side was lower than the passenger side, so thinking it was just a bum spring so I began working on it. When I got the tire off I immediately noticed the (not sure what its called) fork that the strut sits in had slid up the strut about 1.5in or so. I took the strut out and removed the fork but there is a bracket that sits directly above the fork on the strut that has 2 things coming off to hold the brake line from the car.
From here you can see the bracket that holds the brake line and below it you can see how much it and the fork slid up.
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I dont know if I need to get that bracket back down to where is was or not. My only concern is that if i dont move this bracket down the strut, the fork will not stay where I put it on the strut. Im not sure if this braket is suppose to double as support for the fork to not slid up the strut when i hit a bump.
I would like to know how to prevent this problem from happening again any help will be apreciated.
Side note: I don't know if this has anything to do with this problem but on the strut where the fork and all this was it looked like there was an explosion of grease.
From here you can see the bracket that holds the brake line and below it you can see how much it and the fork slid up.
I dont know if I need to get that bracket back down to where is was or not. My only concern is that if i dont move this bracket down the strut, the fork will not stay where I put it on the strut. Im not sure if this braket is suppose to double as support for the fork to not slid up the strut when i hit a bump.
I would like to know how to prevent this problem from happening again any help will be apreciated.
Side note: I don't know if this has anything to do with this problem but on the strut where the fork and all this was it looked like there was an explosion of grease.
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umm well 1 more question 
http://www.acura-legend.com/vbulletin/f13/diy-shock-removal-69990/
the last picture on his first post. I have it pulled out like that, no further. im trying to push this back in and it just wont go. Im worried i might have pulled the inner axle from the halfshaft. I dont know if it would have popped or anything but it didnt do anything weird like that. It simply pulled out. i cant see it grabbing or catching on anything so i have no idea why it wont go back in.
http://www.acura-legend.com/vbulletin/f13/diy-shock-removal-69990/
the last picture on his first post. I have it pulled out like that, no further. im trying to push this back in and it just wont go. Im worried i might have pulled the inner axle from the halfshaft. I dont know if it would have popped or anything but it didnt do anything weird like that. It simply pulled out. i cant see it grabbing or catching on anything so i have no idea why it wont go back in.
i will try to explain this as best i can (im not a mechanic lol)
Simply i am trying to get the blue (i believe is the upper control arm) to where it screws in near the top of the spring (the green dots) but when i push the control arm inward to try and get it where it needs, it wont even get close.
From what i see when i push it in, the only moving part that would stop it from moving is the axle (yellow) no idea if this need to be mentioned but the car is in park and i can still turn the rotor.
I do have the strut bolted at the top and bottom. The red is the "fork" "wishbone" what ever you want to call it.
I have no idea why the control arm wont go back up to where it needs to be. Keep in mind i have never done this before so if its something really simple please dont make me feel dumb ha ha.
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Man I can not get this damn knuckle to go in. I tried taking the bolt out of the bottom of the strut and it did not change anything simply because the problem isnt getting the assembly to go up and down its just getting it to move inward towards the car. By inward I mean me putting my hand on the ball joint of the control arm and pushing in.
That is as far as i can get the rotor/knuckle/control arm assembly to go inward. I put the strut back on just because I can put a jack under the knuckle to get it all up where it needs to be. When I try to push the knuckle/control arm inward the only thing i see that would be able to stop it from going in more is the axle. I got under the car to see if the axle had been pulled out of the diff. but, from what i can tell, it hasn't
I have tried moving it all left, right, up, and down. It freely moves everywhere besides in.... where it needs to be.
EDIT: i noticed both inner cv boots had small tears so I thought ehh might as well feel around in there a bit. Well, the side I am having a problem with is different, so i think i might have pulled the axle out of the cv joint. I dont know how to explain how its different but i can try.... on the other side i can feel were the shaft goes in the boot and once i can tell my finger is right where the boot would meet the diff. i can feel things around the shaft. on the problematic side i can feel the things that around around the shaft are more in the center of the boot instead of more toward the center where the boot meets the diff. im thinking this HAS to be what keeping me from being able to push the control arm in.
That is as far as i can get the rotor/knuckle/control arm assembly to go inward. I put the strut back on just because I can put a jack under the knuckle to get it all up where it needs to be. When I try to push the knuckle/control arm inward the only thing i see that would be able to stop it from going in more is the axle. I got under the car to see if the axle had been pulled out of the diff. but, from what i can tell, it hasn't
I have tried moving it all left, right, up, and down. It freely moves everywhere besides in.... where it needs to be.
EDIT: i noticed both inner cv boots had small tears so I thought ehh might as well feel around in there a bit. Well, the side I am having a problem with is different, so i think i might have pulled the axle out of the cv joint. I dont know how to explain how its different but i can try.... on the other side i can feel were the shaft goes in the boot and once i can tell my finger is right where the boot would meet the diff. i can feel things around the shaft. on the problematic side i can feel the things that around around the shaft are more in the center of the boot instead of more toward the center where the boot meets the diff. im thinking this HAS to be what keeping me from being able to push the control arm in.
Dude I am just glad that you were able to put it back all together... Now you know what to do the next time you have to mess around with the suspension. Glad to know that I have been helpful...
Al
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