Upper strut mount probs!!!
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Upper strut mount probs!!!
I just installed my Tokicos on and when I took my stock struts off and put then on the ground all these round little silver ***** fell out ............ Yes I know what they are they are ball bearings. I didn't know that struts had that most of you guys probably don't either. But this became a serious set back. The struts upper mount has this bearing in it that makes the upper part stay stationary(the part that mounts to the car from the top) and the bottom half the and the rest of the strut move .my bearings busted andspilt out. Also i found that dirt and sand and shizzzz got in them f'en up good. But I called honda and they cost like 44 for the upper mount cuse no one sells replacement bearings!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is each side!!!!!!!!!!. So I called around and got some for 38.00 ant a placed called bapgeon import auto parts. But they were special order. Anyways just to for warn u guys I think they busted from drivin on stock shocks wit lowered springs cuse the spring is shorter than the regular one and it dosent push the botom part of the sturt to the top firmly. So everytime i hit a hard bump or get air from small bumps in my car the bearings have to take the full impact from the jumps. I think that is why it broke. Sayin all this to let u guys no the heads up on this prob.
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http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...SHOCK+ABSORBER
$18.36 right there
What springs do you have? sounds like some cheapy ones.. most of the good springs are just as long as the stock ones for that reason(so that the springs dont fall out when you jack the car up)
$18.36 right there
What springs do you have? sounds like some cheapy ones.. most of the good springs are just as long as the stock ones for that reason(so that the springs dont fall out when you jack the car up)
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Rep Power: 0 WTF my name is Vinh too I can do whatever I want and ohh yeah i forgot about that honda site lol but I can't wait for it to ship in to my house cuse it is my daily driver so i got them at the parts store and the price for them are 33 each ohh well 
I got nuespeed race maybe they do suck I am going to get something else........
I got nuespeed race maybe they do suck I am going to get something else........ 
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Originally Posted by Vinh
omg omg....please change your screenname 
anyways.. when i was changing my springs i dropped one of the bearings and all the little ball bearings went everywhere.. i found every single one of them, cleaned them off, and repacked the bearing with all the ***** and grease and now it works fine.. just sharing my experience with that..
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I was thinkin u could do that cuse they got a rubber seal on the bearings but in my experince wit cars it is better safte than sorry if u just go ahead and replace it and do it right the first time cuse i don't like to look back and say man i should have replaced it the first time instead of letting it mess up now.
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Rep Power: 511 yea.. understand the better safe than sorry thing... i figured it'd be fine if i jsut repacked the bearing and so far i've been able to drive around vegas and take a cross country road trip.. but, like i said, its just my experience with it
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Originally Posted by VinhTEC
I just installed my Tokicos on and when I took my stock struts off and put then on the ground all these round little silver ***** fell out ............ Yes I know what they are they are ball bearings. I didn't know that struts had that most of you guys probably don't either.
you havent been the first to take suspension apart, we know exactly what youre talking about. i had to replace one of mine because i seated one of my springs wrong.
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Originally Posted by VinhTEC
I just installed my Tokicos on and when I took my stock struts off and put then on the ground all these round little silver ***** fell out ............ Yes I know what they are they are ball bearings. I didn't know that struts had that most of you guys probably don't either. But this became a serious set back. The struts upper mount has this bearing in it that makes the upper part stay stationary(the part that mounts to the car from the top) and the bottom half the and the rest of the strut move .my bearings busted andspilt out. Also i found that dirt and sand and shizzzz got in them f'en up good. But I called honda and they cost like 44 for the upper mount cuse no one sells replacement bearings!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is each side!!!!!!!!!!. So I called around and got some for 38.00 ant a placed called bapgeon import auto parts. But they were special order. Anyways just to for warn u guys I think they busted from drivin on stock shocks wit lowered springs cuse the spring is shorter than the regular one and it dosent push the botom part of the sturt to the top firmly. So everytime i hit a hard bump or get air from small bumps in my car the bearings have to take the full impact from the jumps. I think that is why it broke. Sayin all this to let u guys no the heads up on this prob.
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Rep Power: 330 my neuspeed sports were a tiny bit shorter than stock, but they are so compressed as an assembly with the shock that they cant become unseated. unless you didnt torque them up to spec.
sorry to bring back a thread from the dead, but im just wondering about upper mounts. IF the mount is separated so the bearings come out, then wont the mount be useless? Im trying to figure out a problem my buddy is having with his ride. The spring is skipping around on the perch when he turns his wheel. I though at first it was maybe because the upper centre bolt wasnt tight enough, but i did it as tight as possible with an impact and then torqued it down.
any suggestions on what might have gone wrong? Only one side of the mount would push down far enough to see the ball bearings, so im guessing he needs a new one?
thanks
any suggestions on what might have gone wrong? Only one side of the mount would push down far enough to see the ball bearings, so im guessing he needs a new one?
thanks
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