strut mount question (probably a n00b question) and a couple of other questions.
06-19-2008, 10:52 AM
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Re: Ok...
well I've never really trusted the stealership, so I went with the 034 mounts. I've fixed the tie rod (as I mentioned in my original post) and as for the mount-savers, see my reply to rggpa2's post. Thanks Doug!
06-19-2008, 11:03 AM
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OK..you got the 034s....
shouldn't be that much vertical flex from them. A guess - is/was the strut mount seated all the way up into the inner fender? If the 034s are a bit more firm, possibly a bit more "plump" than OEM maybe they need to seat themselves a little more into the inner fender (I forget what the correct term is for the depression in the fender). Have you had the car all the way down off jacks/jack stands? I guess it could go the other way too...if the 034s are slightly smaller than OEMs in diameter, maybe they can move relative to the inner fender without the weight of the car on them?
Look at the gap between the top of the cupped washer and the top of the strut mount in your up and down pictures. Is the gap the same? If it is, then the entire strut assembly is moving up and down somehow. If the gap changes, that is related to the vertical flex in the mount.
Let us know.
Look at the gap between the top of the cupped washer and the top of the strut mount in your up and down pictures. Is the gap the same? If it is, then the entire strut assembly is moving up and down somehow. If the gap changes, that is related to the vertical flex in the mount.
Let us know.
06-19-2008, 11:07 AM
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Ahh... ok... never seen/used the 034's, but heard good things.
Did the strut caps match the old ones? Are you using rears in the front? IIRC the rears are different, look 'deeper'.
06-19-2008, 11:23 AM
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Rob, if the gap you are tlaking about is between cupped washer and the body then there should be
less gap with a new mount. When mounts collapse, body sits lower and cupped washer is more exposed and thus there is more gap then.
06-19-2008, 11:33 AM
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Maybe I'm confused here.....
thought your question is why the gap btwn the top of the cupped washer and the top of the inner fender increases when you compress the suspension (I'm assuming you are jacking up the control arm and strut assembly while the car is up on jack stands?). If that is the question, the height of the cupped washer has nothing to do with this. Am I missing your original point?
06-19-2008, 11:42 AM
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I think you got it right...
If I understand your explanation now, lol then you're right on the ball. What I did is that I put a jack under the CA to simulate the weight of the car being put on the wheels and that's when I noticed the "cup" lifting up. I'm assuming that's not normal.
Am I missing something? Maybe I've screwed up somewhere, lol. It's quite possible.
Am I missing something? Maybe I've screwed up somewhere, lol. It's quite possible.