camber plates BROKE MY STRUT!!!!!!
Oct 6, 2009, 04:35 PM
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camber plates BROKE MY STRUT!!!!!!
So not even 20 miles later did my strut snap. cleanly, just broke the cast. installed 100% correctly. and this is the outcome.not happy... at all. seeing as the struts are mint and the fact that i had to baby the car home (15mph) and put stock gsr suspension on the car 
looks terrible. handles like ****. ect. not happy at all. autox sunday. 
i dont think the strut is flxable. seeing as it needs a whole rod. not happy about it at all.
looks terrible. handles like ****. ect. not happy at all. autox sunday. i dont think the strut is flxable. seeing as it needs a whole rod. not happy about it at all.
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Maybe i should rethik this
Oct 6, 2009, 05:05 PM
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Oct 6, 2009, 05:51 PM
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noltec or something.ment for stock strut, and i didnt sit there with the impact gun on it. just gave it a quick zap with an electric impact gun./ SSCCOOTTT runs them w.o problems. really not happy. if any1 has A bilstein who wants to sell it cheap. and its now blow up. please let me know
You might be able to have the thread welded back on.
I think the camber plate might have been installed wrong too.
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Oct 6, 2009, 06:02 PM
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3/8th impact. i didnt specify.lol. its an old school snap on, it cant even take of wheels. wasnt cross threaded.. the plates come as they are. ready to install. nothing what cross threaded. i can still pull the nut out of whats left of my old strut, by hand. it threads and unthreads
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Oct 6, 2009, 06:06 PM
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How did you tighten down the camber plate? Did you use a spring compressor or the cars weight to push the spring down? If you did not have the spring compressed when installing there would be a gap (or too loose of a bolt).
Looking at your first pictures. The bolt does not look threaded enough at all. Nothing is sticking up on the top side.
Looking at your first pictures. The bolt does not look threaded enough at all. Nothing is sticking up on the top side.
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How did you tighten down the camber plate? Did you use a spring compressor or the cars weight to push the spring down? If you did not have the spring compressed when installing there would be a gap (or too loose of a bolt).
Looking at your first pictures. The bolt does not look threaded enough at all. Nothing is sticking up on the top side.
Looking at your first pictures. The bolt does not look threaded enough at all. Nothing is sticking up on the top side.
Oct 7, 2009, 10:42 AM
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Sorry to see that this happened to you after I recommended these plates. I've had them on for about 5k mi without any issues so far, it looks like the strut shaft was either twisted from excessive torque/cross threading or got bent during install and became weak. Did you buy these used? If so it's possible that the shaft was weakened by the last person who had them. First thing I'd do is unscrew the nut from the piece of the end of the shaft and see if the nut was cross threaded.
