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If the rear clunks......

If the rear clunks......

Postby SleeperSolara » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:25 pm

And it's not the RSB.
It's the strut mount.
My strut mount gave out on me when i was at lunch from school.

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This is what the rear strut area is suppose to look like.

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This what the top of the strut mount should look like.

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This is what the strut mount is suppose to look like from below.

The above is from my passenger side.
Below is the driver side.

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This is what i found at school.

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This is what the top looked like when apart......

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From below......

I suggest to get new strut mounts when you lower your car.
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Postby Mr_Chunkz » Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:57 pm

:o
hasnt happened to me
lets pray it doesnt
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Postby Eye8Pussies » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:07 pm

bearing fell out eh? lol


one of my rear strut mounts finally gave out after 306,000 km, and when I replaced it with my coilovers, it was rusted and literally falling apart...haven't been touched in 6 years since I first lowered the car
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Postby GreenSolara01 » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:55 am

I have had this very same problem. One of my rear struts wasn't torque down all the way. After I put my new shocks on I noticed a little rattle and it kept getting worse. I took the back apart again and the bolt that holds the upper mount to the shock was lose. I tightened it and added a little lock tight.

I would recommend new upper mounts. They are only $20 and you won’t have to worry about it.
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Postby SleeperSolara » Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:04 pm

Yeah at first i didn't have it torqued down enough..... **oops**
Now i have the rear driver torqued down as far as it would go and it was hard.
The rear passenger strut is blown unfortanely, so i have get a new rear passenger strut.... :(
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