Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Front Cartridges

The front strut cartridges. You can see the new one (top) versus the original. If the original one was operating correctly the piston would be fully extended like the top one. There was a lot of leaking oil from these originals. The new struts and shocks are KYB and came with the ElectroAuto kit.



The left side strut cartridge retaining nut was frozen solid to the strut tube. You can see a large amount of rust and pitting. Also shown on the lower left is the old retaining nut that required the grinder to remove it, and a new one on the upper left. Miraculously, the outside threads still worked following the grinding (I only nicked the threads a small amount) and after cleaning with a wire brush and applying a little grease, I was able to secure the new cartridge inside the tube with the new nut.

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