Spring Seat Too Far Gone?

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lorensomartins

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 South East England
Hi all,

I've just taken apart my front left strut to rebuild it with new springs and shocks only to find my rubber seat is gouged. Do we reckon this will be okay to drive on whilst waiting for the replacement to arrive?
 

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Before you took it all apart I assume there was no evidence to suggest it was damaged?
The spring sits more on the flat part.
If it is going to be very short term then I'd say you'd be fine if you take it easy.
 
enuff_zed said:
Before you took it all apart I assume there was no evidence to suggest it was damaged?
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Not the rubber no. I've already had to take out the strut and put it back in place once as I didn't see the bump stop needed replacing, so I'm a little annoyed at myself for not just ordering refresh rubber all around.

It needs to pass an MOT though and scheduling means if I don't reassemble now, I'll have to wait another few weeks (and miss out on peak roof down weather).
 
If you are close to Farnham, I have a full set of suspension rubbers available. What you’ve got is not exactly dangerous, but it won’t do ride and comfort any good.
 
Oops! I assume it’s the knuckle bolt?
It can be drilled out but to get the drill straight on it you need to disconnect the steering rod so the hub can be turned 90 degrees.
Sometimes simpler to swap the hub.
Which side is it? I have a RH one here.
 
Yes, knuckle bolt - maybe a little overzealous with the breaker bar (had no trouble with the left-hand side). I'm drilling it from the side at the moment but if I have no luck I'll try disconnecting.

That being said, the steering rod bolt looks pretty rusty as well...
 
enuff_zed said:
Oops! I assume it’s the knuckle bolt?
It can be drilled out but to get the drill straight on it you need to disconnect the steering rod so the hub can be turned 90 degrees.
Sometimes simpler to swap the hub.
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I’ve never had to drill out a knuckle bolt, so just checking what you mean here. Swap out the whole knuckle, or can you get better access just by removing the hub?
 
Zedebee said:
I’ve never had to drill out a knuckle bolt, so just checking what you mean here. Swap out the whole knuckle, or can you get better access just by removing the hub?
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I’ve drilled the bolt out in situ but turning it 90 degrees makes it much easier.
Or simply remove the whole hub and fit another one
Or I suppose get the hub on the bench to drill it out
 
enuff_zed said:
I’ve drilled the bolt out in situ but turning it 90 degrees makes it much easier.
Or simply remove the whole hub and fit another one
Or I suppose get the hub on the bench to drill it out
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I think hub out would probably be better than drilling in situ, but I got on alright with just a full lock right as opposed to disconnecting the steering rod (for driver-side).

That being said, I was limited by the durability of my drill bits today and so a trip to screwfix in the morn is necessary!
 
lorensomartins said:
I think hub out would probably be better than drilling in situ, but I got on alright with just a full lock right as opposed to disconnecting the steering rod (for driver-side).

That being said, I was limited by the durability of my drill bits today and so a trip to screwfix in the morn is necessary!
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Cobalt bits are the answer
 
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