Shock Absorber Piston pushing up through Strut Upper Mounting Cover

[Tony Hoffman]

Just did them on the 100 Avant, from inside the engine bay with the car on
the ground. 22mm socket with impact, 13mm nutX3, about a 5 minute job. ONe
mount was starting to crack, the other had completely come apart. Wasn't
long before the strut would have come through the hood.

Didn't do alignment on mine, but I marked it. I didn't replace anything
else, just the two upper mounts.

Tony

On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 12:54 PM, mboucher70 hotmail.com <
mboucher70 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Probably a dumb question, but assuming it’s the strut mount, or even the
> washer, could that be simply replaced from the engine bay, or would it
> require removing the entire front suspension/strut assembly from under the
> car.  I realize that either way, the camber would need to be redone.
>
> I also realize that if it’s the shoulder of the piston that's worn, it
> means new struts.