November 26, 201015 yr Author next week sometime i'm going to change all 4 struts Im going to leave the strut mounts in place only thing is on like little joint cracks in the road I get this dull metal sound and it's pretty loud at least from listening at the drivers side. I'm not sure if it's the drivers side strut or something else
December 3, 201015 yr Author So I'm going to do the struts tomorrow.. because im pressed for time can I just reuse the bump stop until spring?
December 3, 201015 yr Sure. What do you mean leave the top hats in place? You have to remove them from the car to swap to the new struts. Well maybe you don't HAVE to but it's a lot easier to use a spring compressor when the assembly is off the car.
December 3, 201015 yr Author Sure. What do you mean leave the top hats in place? You have to remove them from the car to swap to the new struts. Well maybe you don't HAVE to but it's a lot easier to use a spring compressor when the assembly is off the car. I'm talking about the bump stops.. look on page 2 it's so the strut wont bottom out. I had planned to order 4 new today from rockauto but something came up.
December 3, 201015 yr next week sometime i'm going to change all 4 struts Im going to leave the strut mounts in place only thing is on like little joint cracks in the road I get this dull metal sound and it's pretty loud at least from listening at the drivers side. I'm not sure if it's the drivers side strut or something else That's what I was talking about. The "Sure" was for the bump stops. Probably don't even need those at all to be honest, but they can be helpful in some extreme situations.
December 4, 201015 yr Author Well at least we are on the same page now.. From what I understand the strut mounts should have some type of dot or whatever for proper placement?
December 4, 201015 yr I think they have an arrow or something that points out. The way you know it's right, is if the spring fits correctly. It's only really necessary on the fronts. The rears are easy to see how they go because the top hat is egg shaped. The skinny part goes out.
December 4, 201015 yr Author I'm not sure where I saw it but they were referring to the strut mounts.. (don't see how it effects anything) to mount the strut that's easy the perch says OUT on it.. it took me so long today because it never got any higher then 38F and plus we had a light wind. I'm hoping Monday I can do the rest of the 3.
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