Steeda Billet Mount Failure?

[whalesalad]

Anyone else experience this? I’m on a 2,400 mile cross country trip and just disassembled my entire rear interior hunting this down. Having my wife in the trunk finally traced it to inside the wheel well. Everything looked good until I disassembled my top mount to find this.

My car sounds like a popcorn machine on anything but perfectly smooth roads.

I know they have a lifetime warranty so likely this can be replaced but shit this is horrible timing. I’m in the middle of nowhere New Mexico. Good thing I brought tools and a floor jack.

Anyone else seen failures of the bearing? The top nuts are torqued properly...

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[Brian V]

Did you remove the small shock washer and replace it with the supplied larger washer from steeda ? Or did ya just insert it on top of the oe washer .

 

[aleccolin]

Well, fuck. Literally just put these on. Hopefully it’s a fluke. Can you tell what actually happened?

I do know there needs to be some better form of protection for the top of the spherical bearing, there’s a lot of fine gravel flying around in there, hence why the OE mount has a plastic cap. There needs to be a cap that covers the whole thing and allows the bearing to articulate. The rubber caps they sell that just slip over the nut are a joke.

 

[BmacIL]

Mine make a popping/clunk noise when either corner gets unloaded, like when going over a curb at an angle. They're tight, so I know it might be the thing where the groove was just a little big. Mine don't do that (pictured in video) though. Steeda will help you out.

 

[whalesalad]

In the process of sorting this with Steeda now. It’s the weekend now so gonna have to drive on this a thousand more miles =(

 

[whalesalad]

Did you remove the small shock washer and replace it with the supplied larger washer from steeda ? Or did ya just insert it on top of the oe washer .

It’s assembled correctly. If you look at the top when I move the camera up you can see that the internal assembly is static. It’s the bearing/bushing bits that are way too tolerant. I don’t even know how something like this is possible.

 

[whalesalad]

Well, fuck. Literally just put these on. Hopefully it’s a fluke. Can you tell what actually happened?

I do know there needs to be some better form of protection for the top of the spherical bearing, there’s a lot of fine gravel flying around in there, hence why the OE mount has a plastic cap. There needs to be a cap that covers the whole thing and allows the bearing to articulate. The rubber caps they sell that just slip over the nut are a joke.

Agree that the rubber dust caps are pathetic lol. They grip on like a magnum condom on an earthworm.

 

[Brian V]

That appears to be the lower washer . Pull the shock dust boot down and examine the washer .

 

[whalesalad]

That appears to be the lower washer . Pull the shock dust boot down and examine the washer .

The assembly that is gripping the shaft (lol) is solid. The only play that exists is on the bearing.

 

[whalesalad]

FYI this is what it sounds like driving down a decent road. This is a medium on the scale. On smooth roads it’s silent and on anything bumpy it sounds like this (expansion joints, etc) and then on more rough roads it’s straight up unbearable.

 

[whalesalad]

Folks at Steeda have been on it! A replacement is coming my way and I’ll return this one to them for diagnostics.

 

[aleccolin]

Is it just the one side? Might have just been a bad spherical bearing that failed. Very interested to hear their findings.

How long and how many miles have these been on the car?

 

[whalesalad]

About 3,000 miles on this part.

 

[SteedaTech]

Is it just the one side? Might have just been a bad spherical bearing that failed. Very interested to hear their findings.

How long and how many miles have these been on the car?

We have sold thousands with no issues. We have never seen that much play in the assembly ever! Steeda will be transparent with its findings.

As always, Steeda stands behind their products.

Thank you,

Steeda Tech

 

[Volstang]

Steeda makes quality products and stands behind their products with great customer service. You can't expect to NEVER have a failure of a product. Its how a manufacturer stands behind their product when there is an issue that sets the better companies apart. I would expect that Steeda will do the right thing.

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