whitrzac Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Found a pothole. Managed to FUBAR a steel wheel and do this in the process... http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj182/whitrzac/legacy/20170108_220119_zpszghdtu6c.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rester5350 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Ouch... what was the milage on the struts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitrzac Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 ~130k on the housings. ~5k on the inserts. No significant rust on the housings. They were sealed top and bottom to prevent moisture too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigs Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I had a set on my Wrx do the same thing , That is when I told myself I would never do inserts again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatentWagen Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Found a pothole. Managed to FUBAR a steel wheel and do this in the process... http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj182/whitrzac/legacy/20170108_220119_zpszghdtu6c.jpg That's a little scary. On the plus side, the additional 1" drop up front probably looks great LW's spec. B / YT / IG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitrzac Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 About 3* of camber and monster amounts of toe out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesA Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 So, are you implying that the insert was defective? With the inserts correctly installed, the weight of the car is supposed to bear on the top of the strut housing, not the bottom. The bottom bolt just locates the center of the strut in the housing and keeps the insert firmly joined to the strut housing. There should be clearance space between the bottom of the insert and the bottom of the strut housing. What does the top of that damaged strut assembly look like after hitting that pothole? Do you have the stock amount of suspension travel? Or have you lowered the car and cut the bump stops? The bump stops should stop the strut piston from ever bottoming out. Someone recently posted they hit an ice patch and curbed one of their front wheels pretty hard. It bent several front suspension members and was going to cost $3000 to repair. Was their front suspension defective? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesA Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 PS I have Koni inserts installed in my car, too. I am just trying to understand what would cause this kind of damage to occur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitrzac Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 Stock springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesA Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Same here (stock springs). The insert has these little nubs that are supposed to engage the top of the housing. In the picture you posted, it looks as though the bottom of the insert was bearing on the donor housing. Is it possible the donor housing was cut too short? Was there a clearance space at the bottom of the housing when you installed the housing? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Shock bottomed out, so this is probably "by design" break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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