Strut Mounts

The struts on the '85 are not locked into the towers... They are bolted, in but move aroun and clunk. The bushings on the topside look to be fairly new. I am not experienced in suspension work, and cannot find a blow up diagram, but I would assume there is a bushing that goes on the strut side of the mount. All I have been able to find is complete kits that have all parts. I do not want to pay $30 per side, when all it probably needs is $10 worth of bushings...

Any ideas?

Shane

Anyone?????

I spent the money and bought new assemblies for each side from Autozone.Worth every penny.

The stock Tbird strut mounts are not serviceable.

Replace with an aftermarket type as suggested that use replacable bushings.

Yeah it looks like that is what i am going to have to do...

Tried pulling them apart today to see what is going on, and cant get the nut off the strut...

Whos genius idea was it to slot the top of the shaft as a means to hold it while undoing the nut... Horrible design... They are soaking in WD40 as we speak...

-Shane

some struts have the shaft flattened to allow a wrench to fit. i use an impact wrench and hardly ever need to keep the shaft from rotating. if it still rotates with an impact, hold it from underneath with a gloved hand. if it's really stubborn and you aren't trying to save the struts, cut the plastic cover and clamp some vice grips directly on the shaft.

That is what i was expecting... No flat sides though... Just a slot cut in the end of the shaft, and since I will be reusing them, I will just have to weld up some sort of tool, and use a box wrench...