erik_plus8

Need advice. See pictures below. First three are the rear right upright. The last one is the left rear upright. You can clearly see a "sweaty" area around the nut/bolt head. First two pics taken on same occasion, The next some 2000km later. To me on that pic there is some more black dust, if not more sweating.

To me the difference in appearance between left and right indicates that something might not be in order. The bushing in the damper is maybe giving up? Has someone seen something like this? TIA!

neanicu

Just silicone grease put on the bushings from the factory to prevent noise melting down from heat...

erik_plus8

OK, thanks for quick reply! Still, why is only right hand side affected?

neanicu

I don't know but I had the same thing on my GT4 struts. To the point I was talking with the dealer's technician that they might have to replace the struts. And leaking brand new struts were a pretty common occurrence on those cars...
Lo and behold,at the following year service they were completely dry. That tells me it was just silicone grease melting down...

erik_plus8

Thanks a lot, then I'll just keep an eye on them

Johnny5Alive

Well, at least you don’t really have sweaty nuts.

kahane18

Then Again..Maybe He Does.....HaHaHa

shapiroeric

Maybe Schweddy *****?

rodsky

Click bait

Don't know what i was expecting..

erik_plus8

I win!

Matrog

I'd suggest you liberally apply brake cleaner to a rag and wipe down the "sweaty" surface area. You'll know pretty quickly if you're still sweating.

(For what its worth, it does not look unusual to me.)

erik_plus8

Yeah, that's a good idea. I think I'll do just that. I didn't at the time because I thought I'd show it to the workshop when I go in for the scheduled maintenance before season's end. But with your guys' comments I'll just do it now and keep an eye on it. Thanks!