Strut Top Rubbers / Bearing Caps ?

EAS51 · Post by **EAS51** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:30 am

Hey guys.. I can't figure out the forsale/wanted section.. Who to donate to or what not but anyways..
I've got a 85 Subaru Brumby Lifted 2" in the front.. Broke bolts in the back so still havent done the back.. And 27s on it.. I was out 4x4ing 2 weeks ago and i had massive positive camber..

The strut/shock had seperated from the top.. I believe they're called bearing caps or something..
So where can i source the rubbers from ?
Or will i need to go with all new shocks/strut/springs. ?

I wanna fix this part before i sell it.

Cheers

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:49 pm

EAS51 wrote:Hey guys.. I can't figure out the forsale/wanted section.. Who to donate to or what not but anyways..
I've got a 85 Subaru Brumby Lifted 2" in the front.. Broke bolts in the back so still havent done the back.. And 27s on it.. I was out 4x4ing 2 weeks ago and i had massive positive camber..

The strut/shock had seperated from the top.. I believe they're called bearing caps or something..
So where can i source the rubbers from ?
Or will i need to go with all new shocks/strut/springs. ?

I wanna fix this part before i sell it.

Cheers

I do a roaring trade in the top strut mounts they go for around $120 new genuine

Post by **TOONGA** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:12 pm

available on ebay second hand as well

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/subaru-brumb ... 1e6884edb6

TOONGA

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 2:50 pm

FROG wrote:I do a roaring trade in the top strut mounts they go for around $120 new genuine

+1 for new.. it's pretty common with the MY Series model. Depends on how extreme your driving but if it's like Ken Block Jumping Style, then I'd suggest some support brackets in the centre of the mount as well. It will save you ending up with the strut outside the guard or through it

EAS51 · Post by **EAS51** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:09 pm

New ones 120 each or for a set ?

Support brackets.. How would i do that ? Got a diagram on what your talking about ?

I was lucky enough they didn't go outside the guard itself.. they popped out and just sat in the inner guard haha.
One side myself and a few others lifted the whole car to put it in.. But the otherside wouldn't work so we just jacked it and slid it in..

Cheers for the info so far =).

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:55 pm

$120 each

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 7:31 pm

If you're selling the car i'd probably just go to a wrecker. You'll need some spring compressors. They're pretty easy to take off just be careful to compress the spring till its lose so it doesnt fly off...

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:12 pm

EAS51 wrote:New ones 120 each or for a set ?

Support brackets.. How would i do that ? Got a diagram on what your talking about ?

I was lucky enough they didn't go outside the guard itself.. they popped out and just sat in the inner guard haha.
One side myself and a few others lifted the whole car to put it in.. But the otherside wouldn't work so we just jacked it and slid it in..

Cheers for the info so far =).

I don't but somewhere on AUSubaru is a picture from either Dave (Subarino) or Jay (Vidler) that shows this little support bracket.

EAS51 · Post by **EAS51** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:56 am

Ended up getting the ebay ones..
At current i'm having issues getting the nut off.. The thread is spinning aswell as the nut.. Damn thing. I got spring compressors so i'll attempt that today..
I might even take the whole strut out might it a tad easier with the ammount of room i got.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:02 pm

Going to be a sh*t load better out of the car.. I would hate to see it done in the car

I would also use those spring compressors and a rattle gun to remove the nut. Also good to lock the insert from turning by using a set of vise grips near the top (nut end) but try to use rubber around the shaft.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:02 am

I had a pair of these that were from 84 sedan FWD and had arrows stamped into them with FWD this'a'way and 4WD that'a'way. Obviously reversed between 4WD and 2WD ? anyone know why ?

Post by **TOONGA** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:25 am

steptoe wrote:I had a pair of these that were from 84 sedan FWD and had arrows stamped into them with FWD this'a'way and 4WD that'a'way. Obviously reversed between 4WD and 2WD ? anyone know why ?

I asked this question a while ago when I put my lift kit in in this thread.

showthread.php?t=15658

basically the question is still open for and answer.

TOONGA

EAS51 · Post by **EAS51** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:54 pm

On this set they said. Sedan on one side.. and van 4wd on the other side.. Obviously i wanted the 4wd so they went to the front..

Just copied what was already in there =)..

I ended up pulling the hole strut out and took it into where my cousin works and he rattled the old ones off and rattled the new ones on..
Brang them home fitted the Body lift part on top.
Put the top in first just loosely put the nuts in, jacked the hub up until the bottom sat in and done it all up..
Saved myself alot of hassle taking it into the shop haha =).

Now the brumby is driveable and ready to be sold...
The waiting game for subscription begins..

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:45 pm

oh, yes, standing corrected EAS51
Van 4WD, Van ? Must be those six star jobbies we didn't get here

EAS51 · Post by **EAS51** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:57 pm

Yeah i don't understand why they say VAN either..
Why can't they just say. 4WD That way / FWD This way
Make more sense ?

The only thing i can think of it doing is pushing the wheel back/forward further Creating more turning maybe ?..
I put one on back to front just to see the difference and it was only like 1 cm difference.

Meh who knows.