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

[james accordino]

This is just my opinion, but I have some BTDT.  If
there was play in the initial install, it will be
ruined in short order.  The washer/nut on the end acts
like a slide hammer/jackhammer and pounds the collar
right out of the mount.  It's only held in molded
rubber.

Jim Accordino

--- Mholme3 at aol.com wrote:
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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


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