I hit a pot hole. Something in the rear of my car began to rattle. I discovered that the strut piston had snapped off. WTF? advice?
the length of the snapped bolt is about 3.5 inches

 

The bolt at the very bottom that mounts it to the axle beam??

 

Thats not a bolt that snapped, thats the top of the shock's piston.
You need to buy a new shock.

 

Yikes. that's scary, i hope you get it replace soon as possible

 

that's what I thought. How does the refund work with tokico blues? These things have a lifetime warranty, right?

 

it looks like Tokico made the return/exchange policy rather challenging. I would have to remove the strut and temporarily replace it with an OEM. Then, I have to send them a buch of forms. That won't work. Where can I buy one driver's side rear strut for a 2000 Maxima?

Thanks for your help.

 

southwestautoworks has single shocks..........www.southwestautoworks.com