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Cracked shock tower!
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:04 pm
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.
Ash
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:25 pm
by ronoor
may be wrong shockers
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:14 pm
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
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:15 pm
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
The other side is fine too..
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:17 pm
by ashhash
Ahh OK...I thought as much
How did you fix it?
Does the washer idea sound OK?
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:23 am
by ashhash
Thanks for your help everyone....overwhelming response
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:21 am
by Gutless
ashhash wrote:Ahh OK...I thought as much
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.
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:10 pm
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
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:20 pm
by ashhash
Yeah fair call
Coily BTW