Author Topic: Renewing front strut top mount "in-situ"  (Read 1207 times)

Offline dieselgeezer

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Renewing front strut top mount "in-situ"
« on: 26 August 2012, 18:47 »
Is it possible to replace the top bearing without removing the strut? Just don't want to have the faff of having the camber rechecked. Just wondering if it's possible to get the spring compressors in under the arch & compressing the spring enough to gain the space to remove the top mount.
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Offline CJA321

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Re: Renewing front strut top mount "in-situ"
« Reply #1 on: 26 August 2012, 18:55 »
Not really. The way you could do it is just remove the strut with the whole hub.

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Re: Renewing front strut top mount "in-situ"
« Reply #2 on: 26 August 2012, 19:19 »
Maybe if your running coilovers as they are shorter otherwise the strut has to come out.

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Re: Renewing front strut top mount "in-situ"
« Reply #3 on: 26 August 2012, 20:57 »
Just mark it up before you remove so your camber can be retained.


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Re: Renewing front strut top mount "in-situ"
« Reply #4 on: 27 August 2012, 07:29 »
Thanks guys for answering so quickly. Struts off it is then.