Front Upper Spring Seat

[SYK]

Is this bearing suppose to have lateral and axial play? I can move it side to side and also I can pull it up slightly.



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[wildcatgoal]

No idea. I have a couple brand new ones in a box, I'll check when I get home.

 

[SYK]

No idea. I have a couple brand new ones in a box, I'll check when I get home.

Thanks buddy! I have had clunking noise issue in Driver side Front suspension. Everything works as expected and torqued down and this is only thing I see that looks out of ordinary but I am not sure how this piece behaves new. Your help is definitely appreciated.

 

[SteedaTech]

Is this bearing suppose to have lateral and axial play? I can move it side to side and also I can pull it up slightly.



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That looks to be normal. Make sure when rotating that's their is no clicking, binding or roughness.

 

[avocet]

I bought the complete bearing and top mount for my kwv3's install.I didn't want to break down my original PP strutts so I didn't know how they were assembled.
I thought the top mount internal bore(with 2 grooves) fitted onto a machined surface but it just slides over the thread to a shoulder and I was surprised of how much play it had.I didn't notice any play on the bearing itself before install.

 

[wildcatgoal]

Okay, I finally was able to get to mine. I can move the green part around a little (other than spinning it) but vertically (up / down) it doesn't move. Maybe it would after use.

 

[Cobra Jet]

Thanks buddy! I have had clunking noise issue in Driver side Front suspension. Everything works as expected and torqued down and this is only thing I see that looks out of ordinary but I am not sure how this piece behaves new. Your help is definitely appreciated.

There have been a few threads where folks have had to have the front struts and/or strut mounts replaced under warranty due to premature failures. IIRC, I think a few posts were in the TSB subforum on here, so you might want to search out "struts" or "strut mount" on here for other threads.

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