Albs,
I can't offer anything more on the perculiarities of fitting 240K struts and on
brakes swapping there are at least 3 varieties of callipers used on 240K so the
problem with the steering being fowled may only apply to a certain type . As I
haven't used 240K struts on a 510 (i've found them to be way over priced at the
wreckers here) for a very long time i'm out of ideas on this one and so i'll sit on
the side. Also you've well covered my suggestions that usually fix the same problem
when 200B struts are used.
regards
Terry
Albs wrote:
> ok that's sounds good but my ball joints are 1 year old and are as smooth
> as and all boots are intact the same as the out tie rod ends (done at same
> time) I would asume they would have at least a 5 year life span. But i
> did'nt know about reversing the struts so i put them in with the calliper
> facing the back of the car.( the same way the old ones came out.)
>
> >Albs,
> >At a guess your ball joints and/or outer tie rod ends are rs as in they need
> >replacing. I struck this problem on a 510 a while back, the ball joints where
> >shot but the tie rods where only marginal. The same problem that you have only
> >surfaced after I changed the struts on the car to 200B and the scraping was
> >noticeable under heavy brakes and hitting bad bumps. There is a good pic of
> >what happens if you don't use the backing plate on Zac's 1600 Adelaide site. I
> >replaced the ball joints and the outer tie rods and there has been no more
> >contact with the lower control arm since.
> >
> >Question for the list.
> >The curious thing at the time was why does this problem only show up when you
> >do the 200B or 240K strut upgrade? - beats me but it does, anything to do with
> >reversing struts?
> >
> >terry
> >
> >Albs wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all i have just fitted a pair of 240k struts and brakes to my 1600 and
> >> you guessed it I have made another problem (the story of my life) when I go
> >> over bumps and accerate the lower control arm pushes into the backing plate
> >> of the disc and causes alot of noise and slows the car. So i have groung
> >> the lip of the edge of the lower control arm and now only rubs and really
> >> large bumps and on full lock. So what's the go I have'nt heard yet of what
> >> you surposed to do there?
> >>
> >
>
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