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i started to hear some noise when i drive over speed bumps and when i checked the susbenssion i found that the noise is comming from a rubber part at the top of the front shock absorber (or as its called strut ) as in the picture below ... i did my research but i couldnt find this part to be sold separately... any idea from where i can get it or how ? of if there is a fix for that if any
thanks for your replay , yes i custom made some of those but my issue is how to remove the upper nut from the shock apsorper( the one in the attached images ) , since when i was able to rotate it , it was rotating the shock apsorper shaft too
Last edited by ls1_mast; Oct 13, 2022 at 07:45 AM.
managed to remove the upper nut thanks to a post i read here by another member who's name unfortunatily i cant remember. here is what he recommended and i qoute :
incase when you try to rotate the nut , the shaft rotates , left the car from the back by the tyre jack from one side only at the time ( meaning if u want to unscrow the left nut, then left the car from the rear right ) that way will put most of the car waight to the left front side which will prevent the strut shaft from rotating and doi the same for the other side....
i didnt have any tools to remove the nut so i used a Starnearby Metal Round Jaw Pliers ( attached photo ) to unscrow the nut and scrow it back and it worked perfectly
i coudnt find any 15mm rubber sheet to use. i only had 8mm sheet so i made 2 rubber washers 8mm each and put them above each others and then screw the nut for both sides so i made 4 rubber washers in total , 2 for each side .. screwing back the nut after adding the rubber washers is much harder so be patient and make the plier really tight ...
the outcome was very noticable when cornering with the car ... i drove my friend cl63 2009 on corners and i felt the ABC on that car was much better then mine since its newer ABC system but i was wrong . once i added the rubber washers to the strut , the car body roll became very minimal and the car became very similar to what i felt when i drove the cl63.
finally i would like to say this mod is very much worth the trubble and thanks to the help i found on those posts i mentioned above..
goodluck with this mod ....
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