Strut mount
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Strut mount
While tightening one of the strut mount nuts, it had snapped. (Shown on right of image). I have to drive about 1200 miles within the next week, should I be ok for the time being? Itll be about a week before I could get a replacement strut mount and I hardly have the time this week to diy it
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Hello,
Since you are replacing the whole mount anyway, while not ideal (far from it), you should be fine.. The thing is that most of the car load pushes down, those come into play only when the suspension goes up, so it is not as much load, especially on the rear strut shown in the picture. Just stick to the highway or flat and even pavement, and pay attention to any odd noises or behaviors. Don't put the rear seat in as well so you can monitor it, just in case.
With that, if anything would happen down the road, you will end up getting stranded at best, or causing much more damage at worse, so it may be wiser to get a rent and not trying your luck.
Hope this helps and best of luck!
Since you are replacing the whole mount anyway, while not ideal (far from it), you should be fine.. The thing is that most of the car load pushes down, those come into play only when the suspension goes up, so it is not as much load, especially on the rear strut shown in the picture. Just stick to the highway or flat and even pavement, and pay attention to any odd noises or behaviors. Don't put the rear seat in as well so you can monitor it, just in case.
With that, if anything would happen down the road, you will end up getting stranded at best, or causing much more damage at worse, so it may be wiser to get a rent and not trying your luck.
Hope this helps and best of luck!
Last edited by Arsenii; Mar 20, 2022 at 03:45 PM.
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Also, what's the proper torque spec for those nuts? I'm seeing mixed numbers from everywhere I look. Like 59, 67, 29, 34, etc. I torqued them to 59 in the rear, and didn't touch any of the others after the one snapped
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Hope this helps and best of luck!
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