I installed rear Tokico blues today. put in new boots and reused all other stuff. So about 10 yards from the house, the right side shock blows throu the mount, making all the wird noises. I looked inside and shock piston shot up thru the mount. Looks like the retainer didn't hold the shaft?
Has anyone heard of anything like this? Did the opening on the mount rusted up a bit, and let the shaft through???

any ideas? Thanks..

 

Wow, got any pics?

 

Heres some proof that New England roads are pretty brutal. Glad I havent had anything like this happen..

I dont know how you'de fix that but I would say that you will prob have to bring it to a professional to cut off the top of the strut tower and weld a new peice in place of similar guage steel.

Good luck

 

wow, in for some pictures...

 

I do not know if the suspension on the 5th gens are similar in the back to the 4th gens, but if they are it may be that the little cup looking thing (can't remember the name) was put on wrong. Let me dig a little......

 

In terms of cup thing.. the only part I can imagine your talking about is the top hat

 

Got my 1996 FSM now.... it's called the bound bumper cover. It goes in between the dustboot and the bushing.


I did the same thing and found out I put that on the wrong way.

 

i'll take some pics today. I was thinking correct sized washer should solve the problem temporarily. Just an fyi, those were original shocks at 136k miles that I replaced.

 

you just got them right? dont they have warranty on the stuff? ive never heard anything like that.

 

sounds like you forgot to put the little cup-shaped metal piece back on...and without that, the strut is pushing up through nothing but rubber...

 

I dont even know what your talking about... Cup shaped peice of metal??? I did my springs a while ago but the only thing I remember on top of the spring and strut was the top hat and the bump stops. If you dont put the top hat on top of the spring/strut.. theres no way to put the spring/strut back in the car... so I am completly lost about this cup people are talking about. Anyone care to share. Maybe this is a 4th/5th gen thing and not a 5.5 gen thing although I doubt it.

 

The rears have that little metal hat thingy that goes down on top of the bump stop.

 

Yes I did. I feel so Dee-Dee-Dee..... I installed one correctly and the other didin't. Actually, I saw that piece when I was ccleaning up, and ignorred it.

Thanks for all the replies though...

 

Wow, is there any permanent damge now from that happening?

 

NO, I don't think so. I only drove off few hundred feet. when reinstalling it, looked fine. feels fine when driving.

 

Whenever you are done doing something to your car, left over parts are usually not a good sign, lol.

 

Heh, I did this once...but knew something was off the moment I heard it shoot through when I dropped the car back to the floor.

 

Can you do a screenshot of the FSM or something? give us a picture plz!

 

I think this part was #4. It's just called a "cover".

 

haha yeah that's what I was gonna suggest

Glad you got it figured out nicks and hopefully nothing else was damaged...I know those pistons are pretty delicate...