'88 5kcstq suspension binding, bent strut conclusion

[Ken]

So, when I was reassembling the car, I must've subconsciously knew that it didn't matter which axle I put on which side!

Yeah, that's the ticket. :P

Sounds like I could have saved myself some time and labor on Friday night.

I'm gettin' pretty good at swapping axles and struts and such now. :-)

Looking at TPC's website, http://www.thepartsconnection.com/5000/5000d.htm#D1
I can see left and right are interchangeable for non-ABS cars.  No listing for ABS-equipped cars, unless it's another one of those things I can't see that is in front of my eyes.

So, the good news is that I probably didn't do any damage to my tranny or strut housing or wheel bearing.  Just some old stuck struts threw me a curve, among other things.

Later,

Ken

Quoting Eyvind Spangen <eyvind.spangen at c2i.net>:

> On Mon, 13 May 2002 12:20:09 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >That's really strange.
>
> The automatics have different length axles, the manual transmission
> ones don't. :-)