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Strut Tube Spacer - Demystify Please[700/89] posted by Eric Lehmer on
Thursday, 5 October 2000, at 4:20 p.m.
I'm coming around to doing front struts again, and want to make sure I get it right this time. I have an 89 744T that currently has Boge Gas Turbo's on the front. The strange thing is that the top cap on the strut cartidge tube has several threads showing. Is this cap supposted to screw all the way down? This got me wondering whether or not I had spacers at the bottom of the tube. I just replaced the lower ball joints, and could see the butt of the cartidge but no apparent spacer. Should the top of the cartidge be flush with the top of the tube, or at some depth? How big is this spacer, and did it come with the OEM strut, or is it a fix for aftermarket struts? Does anyone know which struts need this spacer?
Thanks,
Eric
Eric Lehmer 89 744T 178000 "Blue Beast"
Re: Strut Tube Spacer - Demystify Please[700/89] posted by abe crombie on
Thursday, 5 October 2000, at 4:38 p.m.
The strut top is normal to be as you describe it.
The spacer is really a shaped retainer washer that rests against a snap ring at bottom of strut tube.
Some after market shocks may use an additional spacer or a substitute spacer.