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Cracked shock tower!

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Cracked shock tower!

Post by ashhash »

Hey all

I discovered today that the left hand shock tower has cracked around the strut...has anyone else had this happen??

It hasnt been offroad for ages and seems to have happened out of the blue, looks pretty flimsy really!

Any recommendations on a fix?
Im planning to get a nice fat washer welded on top of the tower.

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Post by ronoor »

may be wrong shockers
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Post by Gutless »

you own a coily??

Mine has done the same thing twice. Its a design floor. Also check all of the brackets that mount your trailing arms to your diffs. These also tend to crack/ snap on the coilies :bad-words:
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Post by ashhash »

Nah I dont think so, they are identical to the stock ones (KYB)
They've been on for about 12mnths without problem, it just looks like metal fatigue :cry:

The other side is fine too..
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Post by ashhash »

Ahh OK...I thought as much :x
How did you fix it?
Does the washer idea sound OK?
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Post by ashhash »

Thanks for your help everyone....overwhelming response ;)
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Post by Gutless »

ashhash wrote:Ahh OK...I thought as much :x
How did you fix it?
Does the washer idea sound OK?
Yeah a washer will work for a while.

You really need to change the shock tower and strut and put in something more reliable.
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Post by grimbo »

ashhash wrote:Thanks for your help everyone....overwhelming response ;)
maybe if you had included what the actual car was you were talking about would have helped with some answers. the more details provided the better the answers
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Post by ashhash »

Yeah fair call
Coily BTW ;)
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