Replacing top rubber bushing on ABC struts
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Replacing top rubber bushing on ABC struts
2007 S-65. The orange rubber busing on the top of my front struts is broken and crumbling. There are no ABC problems and the front struts are fine other than the deteriorated rubber.
I found some replacements online: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32449087692.html
Anyone tried using these? I would rather not open the hydraulics up and replace the entire strut when for the most part it is working
I found some replacements online: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32449087692.html
Anyone tried using these? I would rather not open the hydraulics up and replace the entire strut when for the most part it is working
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Thanks a lot for letting me know.
I have given my car to my local Indy for replacement of my front control arms, and he informed me about the orange top rubber was crumbling, but my car has absolutely no ABC or suspension issues.
I think to replace the upper control arms, they did tell me, they would have to remove the strut, and I am afraid the act of removing the strut would worsen the deteriorating rubber, should I be concerned?
I have given my car to my local Indy for replacement of my front control arms, and he informed me about the orange top rubber was crumbling, but my car has absolutely no ABC or suspension issues.
I think to replace the upper control arms, they did tell me, they would have to remove the strut, and I am afraid the act of removing the strut would worsen the deteriorating rubber, should I be concerned?
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The bushings I ordered got here. I only wanted to use the top part to replace the small crumbling top piece shown in the top video. I did not want to tear apart the whole strut and replace both the upper and lower donut.
The replacement is not exactly like the original. The original is one piece, not two pieces, like the replacement. I only wanted to replace the top so I actually used a hot knife and cut the top small donut off the one-piece bushing that was on there after I removed the black cover
The top bolt came off easily with an impact wrench. I only did one side. I have 1000 miles on it since and it is doing fine. I will probably do the other side later this summer
The replacement is not exactly like the original. The original is one piece, not two pieces, like the replacement. I only wanted to replace the top so I actually used a hot knife and cut the top small donut off the one-piece bushing that was on there after I removed the black cover
The top bolt came off easily with an impact wrench. I only did one side. I have 1000 miles on it since and it is doing fine. I will probably do the other side later this summer
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The bushings I ordered got here. I only wanted to use the top part to replace the small crumbling top piece shown in the top video. I did not want to tear apart the whole strut and replace both the upper and lower donut.
The replacement is not exactly like the original. The original is one piece, not two pieces, like the replacement. I only wanted to replace the top so I actually used a hot knife and cut the top small donut off the one-piece bushing that was on there after I removed the black cover
The top bolt came off easily with an impact wrench. I only did one side. I have 1000 miles on it since and it is doing fine. I will probably do the other side later this summer
The replacement is not exactly like the original. The original is one piece, not two pieces, like the replacement. I only wanted to replace the top so I actually used a hot knife and cut the top small donut off the one-piece bushing that was on there after I removed the black cover
The top bolt came off easily with an impact wrench. I only did one side. I have 1000 miles on it since and it is doing fine. I will probably do the other side later this summer
Last edited by Kelvin Yang; Dec 11, 2020 at 03:31 AM.
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The original bushings are one piece and the replacements are two piece. I cut the top crumbling part of the original bushing and replaced it with the top piece that came with the new ones.
I did not replace the part underneath the mounting flange.
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its two piece rubber the small one will fit on top of the hat and join under the hat with the secound piece rubber, just make sure to have a marker and put a mark before you remove to put it back as it was, and pay attention if you have abc lines you want the to line up the lines as it was before, easy DIY job guys dont hasetate to do it. took me about 30 min for each side. the hard part was making the small rubber to fit inside the top hat. other than that it was easy job.
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its two piece rubber the small one will fit on top of the hat and join under the hat with the secound piece rubber, just make sure to have a marker and put a mark before you remove to put it back as it was, and pay attention if you have abc lines you want the to line up the lines as it was before, easy DIY job guys dont hasetate to do it. took me about 30 min for each side. the hard part was making the small rubber to fit inside the top hat. other than that it was easy job.
Did you have to remove the strut completely?
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I only removed the one center top screw with an impact gun.
The original bushings are one piece and the replacements are two piece. I cut the top crumbling part of the original bushing and replaced it with the top piece that came with the new ones.
I did not replace the part underneath the mounting flange.
The original bushings are one piece and the replacements are two piece. I cut the top crumbling part of the original bushing and replaced it with the top piece that came with the new ones.
I did not replace the part underneath the mounting flange.
