My Bilstein BROKE!!!

[Kneale Brownson]

Mine broke at the bottom on a completely stock 5ktq.  It was 4-5 years old.


At 06:08 PM 08/02/2001 -0700, Todd Phenneger wrote:

>Wow,
>   So I'm driving along today and notice my 5ktq is clunking over
>bumps in the rear right.  NO strange thing for a Type 44 except
>that all bushings, ball joints, etc are new on this car.  So I
>figured maybe it was something in the trunk.  Nope, so I jump on
>the bumper.  Clunk from underneath is heard.  Hmmm,
>   Crawl under and notice my spring (350lb 8" coilover)  is
>shaped like a crecent moon.  Hmmm, shock is sitting at an odd
>angle.
>   SO I jack it up and take a look.  The shock BROKE at the upper
>spring perch just at the bottom of the threads where it flares
>out to a larger diameter!  What the hell?  Now I realize that
>I'm running very stiff springs but not THAT stiff.  Hell, H&R's
>for an S4 are almost that stiff.  The car is lowered but not
>that much.  Actually sits a tad higher in the rear than a
>friends 5ktq with H&R's.  So did I just get a faulty strut that
>had weak metal there?
>   Bought a new one today and Shox.com will send the broken one
>in to see if its covered under warranty.
>   Anyhow just wondering if this has happened to anyone else. I'm
>thinking it was either a faulty strut OR possibly the shop that
>put them on (A friend owned the car and had it done in the
>middle of winter so he had a shop do it) tightened it with an
>impact gun and weakened the shaft.
>Thanks
>   Todd
>
>
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