strut mount gone bad [Archive]

jbiird317

10-04-2005, 10:07 AM

well, looks lke my exhaust dreams are gonna have to wait, and so is the wheel repair, took the car into mazda dealer this morning and i just got the bad news that my passenger rear upper strut mount and bushings have gone bad and need to be replaced...$292.50 in parts + labor...dammit!

AceProtege

10-04-2005, 10:13 AM

I don't think they are that hard to replace.....did you have a loud clank/clunk back there?????

cbcbd

10-04-2005, 10:26 AM

what's the symptom?

jbiird317

10-04-2005, 10:36 AM

it wasnt so much a loud clunk, but a continuous clunk clunk clunk, almost a creaking...according to my research, the strut mount on proteges has a design flaw and this problem is fairly common, i thought at first that it was a missaligned spring, but the dealer showed it to me, the strut mount went bad and there was play in the strut... i dont want to blow my brand new HP's so i guess i gotta get that fixed and tightened up

jbiird317

10-05-2005, 07:16 PM

well good news, got the car back today, and it turned out that the original cost was actualy the total cost, not the parts cost...they showed me the old strut mount and showed me how the spring was basically slipping off of the old mount cuz the stock spring pattern didnt match up with the teins, but with the new mount, they can make a new mold in the rubber and should be good as new (and can soon almost afford exhaust again!)

AceProtege

10-06-2005, 05:36 AM

well good news, got the car back today, and it turned out that the original cost was actualy the total cost, not the parts cost...they showed me the old strut mount and showed me how the spring was basically slipping off of the old mount cuz the stock spring pattern didnt match up with the teins, but with the new mount, they can make a new mold in the rubber and should be good as new (and can soon almost afford exhaust again!)

glad to hear this.....