Damn strut housing nut

[Jean]

This is now the 3rd time that my strut nut is coming loose. I used the bilstein tool last time to tighten it, and we even put some lock-tite on the internal thread and torqued the crap out of it with a pipe wrench too!

Why the hell won't it stay put ? Are these one type use only???

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[mrsleeve]

a tack weld will hold it in place. then hit it with the grinder to remove at a latter date.

[N2MYE30]

interesting. I just put some Bilsteins in mine and 2 weeks later, I heard loud bangs comming from my right front. I tighted up the gland nut and alls good.

Easy fix but is this gonna be recurring problem? Anybody else?

[Jon325i]

I've been running Bilstein sports for a few years now - never once had this issue surface.

Jon