Strut nut won't stay put (And this is why...)

[Mholme3 at aol.com]

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A month ago or so, I posted about an upper strut nut that kept loosening
itself despite all my efforts to make sure it was tightened down correctly.  Well,
today in complete frustration, I decide to remove the entire assembly and
start from square one.  As soon as I got the assembly out, I noticed EXTREME play
in the strut bearing.  Removed the nut and took off the mount.  Looks ok to
me...Stick my pinky finger in the hole and pull...the whole bearing portion of
the mount comes out....This was a brand new "green" strut mount that I
installed.  Should have gone with "blues" all around but TPC was out of stock.  Has
anyone ever had a mount fail in this way?  Thanks to everyone that gave me
advice along the way.

Marques
87 4kq