963K993

Does anyone know where I can purchase the studs for the strut top mounts? Every parts catalog shows them as part of the mount.

deekay911

They are seperate for sure, someone else recently broke one (do a search for that thread), and a couple of guys had spares they were offering up.

pp000830

Seems to me that a properly sized carriage bolt would be a suitable replacement seeing that the bolt goes through sheet metal & a rubber gasket and uses a prevailing torque nut (locknut) because in the application it is not torqued enough to even be put in a clamp loading position high enough to keep the nut on otherwise.
Andy

stickypatch

When I did my shocks & springs at Easter I discovered that one of the top mount studs had been replaced with a bolt. Seems like a legit repair and the only other option is to replace the entire top mount. And as pp000830 pointed out, there's 24 ft/lb on it which ain't much torque at all.

963K993

Thanks guys.

willus

I was the one asking and I went for a bolt. Installing the replacement stud would have required removing the strut, which would have required a new alignment.

It probably takes two people - one for each end of the bolt, although you might be able to reach around.

ppressle

How about finding a used strut top and reusing a stud from that? That will keep all the hardware correct.

You might be able to replace the strut top in the car without disturbing the alignment enough to notice. Put a spring compressor on the spring, support the strut with a jack and remove the strut top while the strut body stays in the wheel well.