bigpappy33
Well-Known LVC Member
Well i was under my hood leaned against the cover on the driver side and heard something fall to the ground, heres a picture, the question is can i drive like this? and how should i go about replacing it?
Broken Strut Tower Bolt
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nickandersonLS01
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NO WAY that thing just cracked off like nothin huh? My guess would be you will have to get the top of the spring housing replaced, unless those bolts can somehow be replaced but from what I've seen they are part of the housing.
Wow. Never seen one of those break for no reason. WTF?
Anyways..you will need to jack the car up, remove the wheel, loosen the lower strut assembly mounting bolts, loosen the remaining upper nuts from those bolts in the pic, then slide the entire strut assembly from under the car.
If you have spring compressors, you will then install the spring compressors onto the springs, tighten them down securely and properly, then use an impact gun to loosen that nut in the middle. (in the pic). You will then need to replace the strut hat (which has the bolts built into it) with a new one. Then re-assemble.
alternatively, you can remove the strut housing from the car as described above, then take the assembly and a new strut hat into a local garage, and have them use their tools and experience to swap strut hats.
Messing with springs/spring compressors is NOT for amateurs. The force in those springs literally can KILL you if you dont use the compressors properly.
Anyways..you will need to jack the car up, remove the wheel, loosen the lower strut assembly mounting bolts, loosen the remaining upper nuts from those bolts in the pic, then slide the entire strut assembly from under the car.
If you have spring compressors, you will then install the spring compressors onto the springs, tighten them down securely and properly, then use an impact gun to loosen that nut in the middle. (in the pic). You will then need to replace the strut hat (which has the bolts built into it) with a new one. Then re-assemble.
alternatively, you can remove the strut housing from the car as described above, then take the assembly and a new strut hat into a local garage, and have them use their tools and experience to swap strut hats.
Messing with springs/spring compressors is NOT for amateurs. The force in those springs literally can KILL you if you dont use the compressors properly.
bigpappy33
Well-Known LVC Member
probly when my eibach springs got put on it was over-tourqued. Well damn this is gonna be a pain in the ass.
decibels5
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superglue oughta do the trick.
bigpappy33
Well-Known LVC Member
i dont want to weld the accessory added to it in case i need to remove it sometime (sparkplugs) can i spot weld it with that black thing off and then get the screw off of the nut and reattach it?