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I have koni yellows and neuspeed race springs for about a year now. this week I've noticed when I hit a bump or go over a road imperfection it makes this sick sound like a hard bang. It's only on the drivers side. I took the wheel off and had a look and when I was shakign the strut housing bearings came out? where the hell are the bearings coming from? seem to be from the top of the strut.. My allignment is fine just the noice is bad... ist's like i'm bottoming out or something. Wondering if anyone knows what this could be... and is it safe to be driving on it well I wait for my B+G coils to come, should be here in about a week or two
thanks for any help you can provide

 
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Hmmm.....did you check the bolt on the bottom of the Koni's. The bolt that holds it to the OEM strut housing that you had to drill. I had that same sound/problem, but I wasn't losing bearings. That was my solution....I lost the bolt so the Koni was sliding back and forth inside the OEM housing. Check that, but the bearings....I dunno about that man.

As long as you drive safely and don't do anything stupid, and your B+G's are coming in a week...I'd just say, "Fock it..." and leave them alone, you're going to replace EVERYTHING anyway...who cares. IMO. I think you'll be ok.

 
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bearings fell out??? oOo thats not good.. Sounds like when you installed the springs everything wasnt lined up right, throwing things off and causing the bearings to slip out. Its kinda risky driving like that.

 
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yea bearings are coming out..... is this the upper strut mount? looks like the bearings are coming from the top of the strut area do the upper mounts have bearings?

 
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The little ***** are from the steering bearing un the upper mount. Its between the spring hat and the mounting plate. Thats seriously not good if they're coming out, you can lose your ability to steer the car. Replace them IMMEDIATELY. I believe there's 18 ball bearings in the track, but I can't remember exactly.

 
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well if there is 18 I've lost 3.... would this also be the cause of the loud hard noise I hear as I go over bumps and stuff? what is the exact techical name of this part. and does anyone know how much something like this costs.. I'm going in this morning. thanks for the help guys

 
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when you find out how much they cost let me know im hearing the same noise with mine

 
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http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...SHOCK+ABSORBER
#9.. its $17 from there...
i wouldnt be worried about the fact that you have less 3 bearings but more of the fact that its not aligned right causing you to lose even more eventually. I'm sure if you put it all back together properly 3 less bearings isnt going to kill you.

Diablo, I doubt thats YOUR problem tho. your probably just bottoming out. What springs/shocks are you using?

 
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going in today the part is the mounting bracket and bearings.... cost of $62CDN so about $35US? they need to take the strut apart I just want it fix because the sound I hear is beginning to scare the **** of of me... my bracket is broken. it might be from a pothole I hit last week thanks again guys for the help

 
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Im using koni yellow struts with H&R springs the problem is only on one side it even clunks when i turn the wheel after its sits over night ive checked evry thing.

 
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^^^^^^^^^^I have the same problem as you Diablo. I have Konis with nuespeed race springs. Its only on my front driver side. I'm going to take a look at it today. When I looked at my springs through my wheels yesterday the driver side spring is compressed more than the passenger side. Yet the ride height is the same. I thought that maybe the spring is not sitting on the perch correctly anymore. I'm going to look at it today.