Help! Rear Strut Rebuild Issues2000,S40
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Help! Rear Strut Rebuild Issues2000,S40
I am in a rather serious predicament here. Hope someone can help me,
Have removed both rear strut assemblies, and successfully taken the coils/springs off. Problem now is getting it back together. Issue is that when assembled, I can’t compress the rubber washer that sits on top of the top strut enough to thread the bolt onto the tip of the strut. What is the trick to getting to compressing that washer and getting enough thread visible to get the nut back on?
Perhaps I reassembled something wrong on in the top of the strut beneath the strut mount? Anyone have a good diagram of how the hardware components go back on the rear strut, beneath the upper strut mount?
Maybe I have the long bushing that goes on the strut rod in the wrong place? It goes inside of the dust cover, I think because I see a ring mark on the inside top of the dust cover, which is very similar to the diameter of the bushing.
Any help would be appreciated. Kind of desperate.
Many thanks.
Have removed both rear strut assemblies, and successfully taken the coils/springs off. Problem now is getting it back together. Issue is that when assembled, I can’t compress the rubber washer that sits on top of the top strut enough to thread the bolt onto the tip of the strut. What is the trick to getting to compressing that washer and getting enough thread visible to get the nut back on?
Perhaps I reassembled something wrong on in the top of the strut beneath the strut mount? Anyone have a good diagram of how the hardware components go back on the rear strut, beneath the upper strut mount?
Maybe I have the long bushing that goes on the strut rod in the wrong place? It goes inside of the dust cover, I think because I see a ring mark on the inside top of the dust cover, which is very similar to the diameter of the bushing.
Any help would be appreciated. Kind of desperate.
Many thanks.
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