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Sep 28, 2021 | 01:29 PM

Smgorton

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From: great lakes state

03' S55 (sold), boat hauler 2500HD, 09'ML550, 10' vw eos

Front strut mount?

Getting new front tires. Tire shop says my
front top strut mount is loose? I haven’t got the car back yet and went on line to find the part. Can’t find anything close to that description? I called back. He said if I put the car in my lift just high enough to get the tires off the ground and put a pry bar under the tire and lift it up to look at the top of the strut and I could see movement? Haven’t gotten it back yet but only thing I’m seeing the top mount plate that comes with the strut?? Am I missing something?
thanks

Sep 29, 2021 | 01:26 AM

jrbnittany

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TBD

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Originally Posted by Smgorton

A piece of rubber placed between the mount nut will solve this. The only other option is a new or refurbed strut. I went to a local rubber belt manufacturer and grabbed a scrap piece of 1/2 inch (i think) for a few bucks. Cut out pieces with a door handle drill bit, and drilled a center hole. Fixed the clunk. There's more details about this either on the forum, or elsewhere if you do a quick search. I don't remember where, but I definitely got this fix from somewhere. I did this in 2017, and still holding up, but I've only driven like 10k miles. Be careful with the ABC electrical connections when removing them. Good luck, it's a relatively easy and inexpensive fix.

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