Strut Bearings

["Al Powell" <APOWELL@agcom.tamu.edu>]

My mechanic has spent three days going over the 200, and he is 
stumped on the clunk.  He has owned three, they all did it, and never 
hurt a thing.

He thinks that inner control arm bushings would make more of a rattle 
than a clunk, and he doesn't want to charge me for putting in 
bushings I might not need.

His remaining suspicion is strut bearings.

Question:

Can the strut bearings be replaced by compressing the springs and 
working with the strut in place, or must the struts be removed???

Thanks...


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