soobme Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Are the front struts on an EA82 the cartrige style or a 1 pice? What about the EA81's and XT6's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganM Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 EA82's have a McPhearson strut with a cartraige inside up front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soobme Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 COOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soobme Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 What is the atatchment? Do they screw in or clamp in? (the cartrige to the strut body that is) I bet somone out there can tell where I'm going with this allready:-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyruss Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 uh... my cars dont have cartriges:cornfuzz: both have complete strut assys. sealed. they bolt onto the spindle assy and have a clamping bolt to tighten down on the strut housing. what are your plans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soobme Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 Well...with cartrige stuts, when I do my lift I can make my oun NEW body for them insted of strut spacers. AND I can make the new body to use coil-over springs insted of the factory springs. The new body could be made from MUCH stronger stock than the OE units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTrooper Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 design a housing that can accept more rugged struts, if possible (rancho, etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 Originally posted by soobme What is the atatchment? Do they screw in or clamp in? (the cartrige to the strut body that is) I bet somone out there can tell where I'm going with this allready:-p ea82 struts in an ea81? and by thus doing so, xt6 suspension pices? i know how to do that, if i had all the parts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByTheSea Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 Originally posted by soobme Well...with cartrige stuts, when I do my lift I can make my oun NEW body for them insted of strut spacers. AND I can make the new body to use coil-over springs insted of the factory springs. The new body could be made from MUCH stronger stock than the OE units. I measured a ea-82 strut tube at just over 2.0". You might be able to just cut off the botton section of tube with the bracket and use an insert type cartridge, designed for coilover applications, inserted into the resulting "cup". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 if you are using ea82 struts, you will need to modify the ea81 strut cap to fit them. ir try getting ea82 knuckles to fit on the ea81 strut? or do the whole ea82 lower control arm/axle/knuckle/strut swap, using xt 5lug and swaybar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soobme Posted October 11, 2003 Author Share Posted October 11, 2003 Uhhh....thanks for the input Fox, but I am working on an EA82T wagon(gess I should have made that more clear:-p ) I gess if I need to I could just make the new body to use cartrige struts from somthing other than EA82. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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