How many turns in did it take to hit bottom before you backed it out 2 turns and tightened the nut?
It might have already dropped the adjuster tip and strut if that didn't fix it.
Pulling the pan and putting that stuff back together isn't a big deal compared to no second or a broken band. :D
Sometimes if the strut did drop, it ends up on top of the valve body and that has to come down also if you can't find it with your fingers.
We'll just hope that tightening it up fixed it till we hear different. :D
