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Old 23rd May 2019, 13:04   #9
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Originally Posted by RogerHeinz57 View Post
If you wanted to do the top bearing fairly effortlessly, you could simply comress the spring, release the top nut , leave the spring compressed to the strut, swop over the bearing and re-assemble. The spring condition cannot really be judged over mileage or visuallly to any real degree. Surface corrosion is normally found due to powder coating rubbish. If the corrosion is well set in and the effect has reduced the material diameter substantially - then yes change it as a matter of course.
Just to be clear. Do you mean you can access and replace the top bearing without actually removing the strut from the car ???
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