Upper Strut Mount - Failure

[roadhog0]

On 4/11/2018 at 7:20 PM, ingramlee said:

Simeon,

 

Thank you. I am almost tempted to buy new mounts and take them with me to Mid America and see if I can find someone to help/show me how to replace them. Anybody out there going to Mid America willing to help me do this? I suppose I could rent a spring compressor while there. 

Or buy some lowering springs and install those so you dont need a spring compressor again!

[David Layton]

Going through my recently acquired '73, the shocks are dead, so I am going to the H&R springs and Bilstein HD's.  This also means that I have to change the strut mounts.  At the Blunt site, I see several strut mounts with a common part # W0133-1619897 along with a pricier one from BMW called a Guide Support, part # 31331110195.  Are these the same part?  What I am working to accomplish is to bring my '02 to European ride height.  My inclination is to spend for the BMW OEM if this is the correct part.  Want the shorter studs as I am dispensing with the spacer.

 

With that in mind, I will likely need to change out the rear top and bottom spring pads.  What else should we be checking for?

 

 

 

['76mintgrün'02]

There are four thin rubber spring pads up front as well; which I replaced, when I put in the H&R springs.

 

The bottom ones were in worse shape, due to dirt having gotten in there.

 

Some people put tubing over the end of the spring, instead of those pads.

 

(I suspect the H&Rs will put you a little lower than European ride height).

Tom

Edited April 15, 2018 by '76mintgrun'02