[Shotimes] Front Strut R&R

[Carl Prochilo]

George,  I'm sure you are correct about this springs and that makes more
sense actually.

It's funny because the height difference looks to me more than the 0.3"
that I know the difference to be between old and new hardware.  Also keep
in mind that my old setup had the spacer plate AND the washers you
suggested I add.  Did you get a chance to look at the photo comparing the
old and new mount/bearing hardware?  The old struts were also easily
compressible by hand whereas the new struts offered a lot less resistance.

PS.  Please send me the write-up for the rear struts.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Tue, November 9, 2004 7:58 pm, George Fourchy said:
> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 19:27:18 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Carl Prochilo
> wrote:
>
>>It's probably a combination of the higher strut
>>mount/bearing coupled with replacing the worn out struts.
>
> It might be the bearings, but it isn't the struts.  We hashed this out
> back when the
> first huge bunch of original struts came out of cars in the mid to late
> '90s.
>
> Struts don't support the car (and determine height)....the springs do.
> Struts just
> control the rate of and amount of movement of the springs.
>
> George
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