[s-cars] Suspension Question

[Theodore Chen]

they're dust boots, intended to keep dirt from getting on the strut
shafts.  there's an oil seal at the base of each shaft, and it would
be better not to have dirt around there.  without the boots, the
seals on the struts will theoretically wear faster.

but i wouldn't sweat it.  just replace the struts when it's time,
and put new dust boots on (you can buy dust boots at the auto store
cheaply).  it's not worth it to install new dust boots on those old
struts.

-teddy


--- Douglas Fifield <douglas.fifield at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, the set-up is stock on my S6 and may be original (95.5 w 108K
> miles).  I noticed that the rubber bellows on each shock is detached
> (one side bottom only and the other both top and bottom).  I tried to
> reposition the side that was detached from the top, but was not
> successful.  How important are those bellows?
> 
> My finger poked right through the one I was working with.  Obviously
> quite rotten.  Thinking it may be time for shocks and springs.
> 
> D.
> 
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