Strut mount bearing, which way does it go???
#2
Senior Member
Kinda off topic but is there any place to buy just the bearing?Everywhere i look is the whole strut mount.And do they make one thats not plastic lol and Im pretty sure theres numbers on one side only,thats up on mine
#6
Okay thank you so much. I have them installed upside down then... Weird thing is I never flipped them, so they were upside down from the factory?? They seeme loosed when I tried to put them as you show in the picture.
I'll flip them though. Thanks again I appreciate it.
I'll flip them though. Thanks again I appreciate it.
#9
That's what John said.. I can't see the loose side sitting in the recess being right. I know the strut mount setup is different in IRLs, I believe anyway. I'm not questioning him but at my shop I've searched on AllData Pro, it never even so much as mentions the orientation of the bearing. Also everyone I've asked with experience in MacPherson struts said the smaller (more loose) side in the recess wouldn't be right if one fits loose and one is snug. Loose side in recess = play, vibration, noise, quicker wear. Period.
I am not "preaching" or trying to argue or prove anyone wrong. I am simply giving my experience and $.02
I am not "preaching" or trying to argue or prove anyone wrong. I am simply giving my experience and $.02
#11
Former Vendor
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every strut I have taken apart that is the way the bearing sits. Early cobalts had a black lower half, underneath and the bearing also has a mesh looking underneath that sits on the cobalt spring hat.
the spacer is because the only piks I had handy on photobucket were of the Redline mod we have to do with hardened shims to enable fitting smaller cobalt od springs on an Ion with a different top strut mount.
the spacer is because the only piks I had handy on photobucket were of the Redline mod we have to do with hardened shims to enable fitting smaller cobalt od springs on an Ion with a different top strut mount.
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