Re: Upper strut bearings...again?

[David LeDeaux <das@internetwork.net>]

There are some really cheap strut bearings out there that don't last very
long.  One way to check them it to pull the little plastic cap off of them,
and see if you can stick your finger underneath the metal piece... if you
can, then they are bad...

At 05:44 PM 8/4/98 -0700, Benton Yoshida wrote:
>Heyzall:
>
>	A few months ago I swapped out my old upper strut bearings (USB
>hereafter) and got rid of that annoying clanking noise while going over
>bumps.  Soon afterwards however, the racket came back in full strength.
>Can these things go bad this fast?  Although these USB's were unused, they
>had been sitting in my room for about 3 years.  Does the part (rubber?)
>that fails on these things have a shelf life which is shortened by L.A.'s
>ozone-rich haze?  I can't remember if the USB's had a brand name on them
>but they did have the horsepower-boosting "made in Germany" stamp on them.
>	BTW, my anti-rattle springs are all acounted for and I think my
>ball joints are OK--a tiny amount of play when pulling on the tops of the
>tires but doesn't seem enough to account for the noise I hear.  The car has
>cut unknown manufacturer springs with equally anonymous shocks of
>questionable condition.  Can any of these things assassinate an otherwise
>healthy USB?  Please advise and TIA, benton------
>
>
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