Today i installed my struts. everything went well until i lowered the car and took it for a test drive. The passenger side strut is coming up about an half inch out of the mount, the driver side is perfect. BEFORE i start to disassemble everything can someone PLEASE tell me what i did wrong. THANKS !!!!!

PASSENGER SIDE STICKING OUT :




DRIVER SIDE LOOKS OK TO ME :

 

I've searched all over before i posted this to see what i did ....so please don't think i'm just posting shit to be a D**K...

 

sorry I dont have any personal experience or knowledge of struts but here is a post that might help. Good luck
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ghlight=struts

 

dude. your bushings are not supposed to stick out,

they have to be under the upper mount.

 

^^ i think he is right

 

It's not supposed to be on this under look at this pic from another cl.

 

is this a new setup?
i ask that because once you get the springs compressed and shocks installed all you do is put the bushing/seal and connect the 3 nuts on top. fairy simple.

 

those two nuts in the red hold the upper control arm in place. it has nothing to do with the strut

 

I think he's talking about the bushing thing in the middle. I don't think he circiled the nuts, the pic was already circled in another thread.

 

installation fail, rip that sucker out and put it together right

 

Supraman i know that those two bolts that are highlighted have nothing to do with what i'm talking about. ghetto is correct i'm using that picture as an example because i wanted to show winered2.2cl that the bushing is not supposed to sit under the mount.

BLACKACK:: i know that it FAILED BUT.....I had a question and was not asking people to tell me that i failed but to give some advice on what i might have done wrong. I already know i have to take it apart but if i did the same to both sides maybe someone on here had the same prob and can help. But thanks for your advice anyways.

 

Don't get all pissy... Relax, and understand that not everyone is always going to have THE most important thing to post. Like this post.

 

No one is getting upset or pissy, just wanted to clarify what was said.

 

ok take the whole assembly apart and redo it. Try to verify as you do it with the other shock assembly

 

I know, and I answered your question, just like supra, we both told you to rip it apart and try again

 

Take a pic of the bottom to make sure all of the steel cups are in place correctly

 

Download this here: https://www.spoonhonda.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=119
Download the manual for the Honda accord 94-97, same car as ours... exept the body

stole this from another post but it should help you out it shows a diagram of the suspension

 

I think you have the bushing metal inner ring placed incorrectly or it is stuck between the steel plates, uninstall it and make sure that small metal rings that go inside the rubber bushing sit properly before you start to uncompress the spring. I looked at the picture closely and I see the center metal ring that goes around the ribber bushing stuck at weird angle and causing this.


hope this helps...