Trip

The Main piston shaft of the Tein Flex is rotating while driving car. Since the EDFC motor is connected to this shaft, the cables are getting tangled around the shaft with the risk of snapping the cables.

Piston shaft can be easily rotated by hand. Is this how it should be.

Here is a link to an AVI to describe myself better

right click, save as
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/fto/DSCF0003.AVI


Is this normal?

AusS2000

Is that nut visible a lock nut? Would tightening it lock the shaft in place?

rijowysock

the link to avi doesnt work for me.. buttt


they should not rotate as freely as u speak

while its on ground... try and tighten the top nut some more.


if that doesnt cure it..

im not sure how the flex works on s2k but on my civic (mcphearson strut, their was a clamp that came w/ the EDFC that made it so it couldnt not spin freely.. (looks like a big C and a L brackette..

look for it in ur EDFC kit,


riley

rijowysock

yeah avi finally worked..

try tightening nut if not take off car.. and then hold the shock piston... and then tighten nut more.. seems to me like a loose nut.. if not install the package i said above^

Trip

The nut was tightened to Torque specs (30Nm).

Since these are pre assembled and purchased NEW, I wouldn't want to do harm if i thighten them more then specified.

Trip

I did a search for the package you are refering to, but they are only for a particular model of EDFC which is not campatable with the S2K flex model.

EDFC Tangle proof kit is only for model code EDKU3-xx

http://www.tein.com/ti/inst/edfcu.pdf
Towards the last on page 3 states the above

EDFC for s2k is EDKU1-12120 (The ones i have)
http://www.tein.com/edfc-fit.html

There are many of S2ki members having EDFC, can anyone can be so kind and check if the EDFC can rotate as seen on the movie clip above PLEASE

rijowysock

sorry i coudlnt help i guess we have diff edfc.. (ine used to do same till i installed kit)

worst case scenario contact TEIN USA in cali.. theyll prolly ship u new fronts.. or at least the upper mounts.. it seems to me.. theirs not enuff "preload" on the shock.. not enuff coefficient of friction in order to stop rotation

riley

Trip

Anyone ??