Top mounts

[leon7284]

I had a collapsed bearing making a racket so at the weekend i changed both front bearings and mounts. But now after driving it both the top 'cupped' plate ontop of the strut inside the engine bay has risin up leaving about a 1cm gap beneath it???

I did like for like so everything is back right so what could have i of done wrong?

The shocks are now moving side to side and worried that the bearings wont be able to take much abuse like this for long.

Any ideas peps?

ps. ive got v-maxx coilies slammed to the deck if that makes any difference?

 

[terryliggins]

Someone answer this.

 

[PSX]

Pretty sure the strut shouldn't move laterally - that sounds like MOT failure to me.

Did the upper cup get fitted with the right orientation? I am trying to picture how the assembly goes together to think how there could be lateral movement. Rubber mount nestles into the bodyshell, and the strut top with bearing should sit very tightly within if I remember correctly.

Alex

 

[Tessitura]