I recently replaced my struts and the strut mounts, as the ball bearings fell out of the strut mount when I loosened the main bolt. I bought new mounts from Checker.
My question, I see the bearing, but how the heck can the strut turn the way it bolts on?
When I bolted the strut to the strut mount, I could barely turn the top mount (3 bolts) to align it to go back into the firewall. It seems that when you tighten the main strut bolt, you sandwich the bearing, so how the heck can it let you turn?
For example, in the attached schematic, tightening 15 sandwiches 13,12, 11 (bearing),9 and 7 togethor and makes it tight.
So when you turn, does the strut shaft itself turn?
I also have an old BMW, and the strut mount with the 3 bolts spin freely when everything is tight. Honda is wierd, or something is wrong?
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My question, I see the bearing, but how the heck can the strut turn the way it bolts on?
When I bolted the strut to the strut mount, I could barely turn the top mount (3 bolts) to align it to go back into the firewall. It seems that when you tighten the main strut bolt, you sandwich the bearing, so how the heck can it let you turn?
For example, in the attached schematic, tightening 15 sandwiches 13,12, 11 (bearing),9 and 7 togethor and makes it tight.
So when you turn, does the strut shaft itself turn?
I also have an old BMW, and the strut mount with the 3 bolts spin freely when everything is tight. Honda is wierd, or something is wrong?
