[Main NG900 & OG93 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Scantech Strut mount woes continue... need some help Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Nicholas [Email] (#2995) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Nicholas) on Wed, 18 May 2005 21:37:34 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Way too frustrated to continue diagnosing this problem right now, so please any insight is much appreciated.

My Scantech mounts cracked last August. I drove on it since (only about 3500 miles total), So I've spent the last 2 day now putting in a new OEM mount on the RH side. Its all back together and its terribly clunky in the tower. Any road bump or imperfection clunks it, totally unacceptable. I am suspecting that there is some play between the Shock tower and the mount as when I do a fender bounce test I get an initial clunk on compression, then a second on rebound. I think the mount is getting banged against the inside of the tower. I theorize that driving with only 1 inboard bolt secured to the mount (other 2 had cracked away clean) has deformed the tower enough that I am expierencing this. There is no visible deformation/paint chipping on the outside of the tower that would be a telltale. The car doesn't feel particulary sloppy either.

Does anyone want to offer some tips to diagnose or isolate this problem short of removing the stut? In the AM I will poke around more, just thought I'd get this up now for some collective troubleshooting. Could this be caused by misassembly of the washer in the strut? I can imagine a world where I may have messed it up.

Currently There is only 1 washer on the outside of shock tower, on the rear outboard stud. Are there any washers for under the tower between the brace?

THANKs x 1000000000

1997 900SE
OEM shocks a year old

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• Scantech Strut mount woes continue... need some help, Nicholas , Wed, 18 May 2005 21:37:34 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: Scantech Strut mount woes continue... need some help, bill h., Sat, 21 May 2005 15:27:39
  • Dean, as usual was spot on..., nicholas , Thu, 19 May 2005 15:39:24
  • Re: Scantech Strut mount woes continue... need some hel, Dean, Thu, 19 May 2005 08:32:20
    • I didn't touch the inserts, Nicholas , Thu, 19 May 2005 13:08:23
    • I think Dean's diagnosis is correct, WoodyS, Thu, 19 May 2005 10:23:51
      • No disassemble!, Johnny #5, Thu, 19 May 2005 12:21:34
  • Re: Scantech Strut mount woes continue... need some help, Bob Falfa, Thu, 19 May 2005 07:04:51
    • Hey BOB, don't flame me! God no! Thanks for the ideas, Nicholas.Wood, Thu, 19 May 2005 12:45:40
      • The project took me a whole weekend! n/m, Bob Falfa, Fri, 20 May 2005 14:03:15

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