Carrera Strut failure
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I finished putting on front and rear Weltmeister 22mm sway bars and a Weltmeister strut brace on my 84 Targa (thanks for all the help from a earlier post). All of it went pretty uneventful. Test drove the car for about ten miles and brought it back and put it up on jackstands to install a set of ss brake hose's. To my surprise the left front strut was completely loose. After closer inspection I found the strut to be sheared off where it meets the wider part of the strut housing ( about 3/4" below the threads). These are Bilsteins struts OE 49,000 miles and as far as I could tell have never been apart. I touque the strut nut to 60 foot pounds as per the instructions with the camber strut brace. The thought of a strut failing at a DE event sends shivers up my spine. I guess am lucky. Anybody else have this or heard of this problem.
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It may have to do with stress from the strut brace if it is the kind that bolts on to the top of the struts. Some people make up a brace that welds on to the shock towers. <img src="graemlins/crying.gif" border="0" alt="[crying]" />