please help....my car eats strut mounts.s

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  • NG_White30
    Member
    • Nov 2006
    • 43
    #1

    please help....my car eats strut mounts.s

    so i have ireland engineering springs, bilstein struts...and just installed bilet aluminum strut mounts, which just failed...right after installation. what the hell? seriously....does anyone have ANY suggestions? its a stiff suspension but to have JUST put down the car off of jack stands and have the strut mounts burst through?

    on a side note i also put in new brake pads and rotors...i have fluid but didnt have anyone to help me bleed the system so i kept the same fluid in there, but after the hardware swap my emergency brake is really loose and doesnt do squat...help, please.
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    • atomic
      R3V Elite
      • Jun 2007
      • 5691
      #2
      pictures would be great on the strut mounts...

      fluid has nothing to do with the emergency brake... adjust it... get bentley... etc etc

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        • daniel
          R3V OG
          • Jul 2007
          • 6703
          #3
          my RSM busted through when the shock was installed improperly. if i remember right, there was a washer missing from the top.
          http://instagram.com/dslovn.drives

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            • NG_White30
              Member
              • Nov 2006
              • 43
              #4
              sorry about the lack of photos....just imagine two struts poking up through the mount into the trunk of your car...and thats exactly what has happened, 3 times, in the last 2 months of replacing the initial breaks.

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                • andyman2487
                  Grease Monkey
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 361
                  #5
                  The orientation of the washers is essential. If you installed them correctly each time and the mounts failed all three times, your subframe bushings are probably shot.

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                    • NG_White30
                      Member
                      • Nov 2006
                      • 43
                      #6
                      alright...well in reference to the washer situation, this set of rsm's didnt come with any, they just came with some red super tough donut shaped plastic inserts that went on both sides of the sm. i'll post up pictures tomorrow, for now i'm just gonna get to bed...5 hours of wrenching, i'm spent.

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                        • TwoJ's
                          R3V Elite
                          • Oct 2005
                          • 4908
                          #7
                          Did the mount fail or the sheet metal? I'd say something isn't being installed properly because it would take a lot of force to continually rip out shock mounts, especially aluminum ones.

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                            • kencopperwheat
                              King of Kegstands
                              • Oct 2003
                              • 14396
                              #8
                              I'm betting you're missing the large washer that goes on first.
                              Originally posted by Gruelius
                              and i do not know what bugg brakes are.

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                                • daniel
                                  R3V OG
                                  • Jul 2007
                                  • 6703
                                  #9
                                  yes, and i think the washer is associated with the strut, not the RSM.
                                  http://instagram.com/dslovn.drives

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                                    • kencopperwheat
                                      King of Kegstands
                                      • Oct 2003
                                      • 14396
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by daniel
                                      yes, and i think the washer is associated with the strut, not the RSM.

                                      yes
                                      Originally posted by Gruelius
                                      and i do not know what bugg brakes are.

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