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Old 13th May 2019, 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by steamship View Post
Can you elaborate on what you mean by the last sentence?
Firstly, after 274,000 miles, the spring itself (the bladder or airbag was still pristine) I suspect the leakage was from one of the two o-oring seals.

When I assembled the new airbag and metal housing to the old damper, it is held at the top with a large threaded nut but at the bottom (behind the narrow part of the dust boot it is just an interference fit of about 5mm (tube inside a tube with an oring) and just turning the damper upside down it will slide off. That means when you jack the car up, if there is no pressure in the strut it will try and pop off (fall part) as the sping is exerting no pressure to hold itself engaged. Maybe this is worse on a new instalation with everything lubed up.

Some people have reported aftermarket springs burst soon after installation, I have a theory that they assembled it without worrying about the orientation of the bottom forks in relation to the strut and then twisted them to fit the lower control arm and in the process twisting the airbag inside.

Last edited by snapdragon; 13th May 2019 at 12:00 PM.
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