[LivingDust]

Good news: I put in my KLA strut brace which in my car leave plenty of clearance to the hood but almost none to the engine. No hood issues! Yeah! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />



Bad news: I didn't have a torque wrench, so I overtightened the nuts on the strut mounts and stripped half of them. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/sad.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> (In my defence, the strut mount studs are barely long enough to accommodate the thickness of the brace mounting bracket. And the brace mounting brackets had to be slightly conformed by tightening the nuts. It was just hard to know when to stop. OK that's not much of a defence....)



What now?

- Is there a way to fix my strut mount by replace the studs?

- New Porsche strut mounts are very expensive.

- KLA has an alternative strut-mount KLA Industries Has anyone used it? Like it?

- If I have to replace it, should I go stock or is there something better....



Nothing like saving money by doing things yourself.... <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/dry.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[flash]

ouch - i had that happen to one of mine - fortunately i was able to rethread it



did you strip all of them?



my best suggestion for the cheap fix, if your mounts themselves are ok, and you didn't strip them too badly, is to compress your spring, lower the mount, rethread with a die, and use new nuts

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[LivingDust]

[quote name='flash' date='Aug 4 2005, 11:10 AM']ouch - i had that happen to one of mine - fortunately i was able to rethread it



did you strip all of them?



my best suggestion for the cheap fix, if your mounts themselves are ok, and you didn't strip them too badly, is to compress your spring, lower the mount, rethread with a die, and use new nuts

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That is definitely outside of my DIY skills. (Apparently so is mounting the strut brace!)



I have my car in the shop right now, and my mechanic was looking at doing something like that. But I am worried that the labor will end up costing almost as much....



I found stock replacements here: 968 Strut Mount at Auto Parts Warehouse Looking at the very small picture makes me wonder if the studs can be completely removed and replaced with bolts?

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[LivingDust]

If I have to replace the strut mounts, should I go with camber plates? Paragon seems to have a couple to choose from, and they don't seem any more expensive than replacing the original strut mounts.



But is that too harsh for a car that is my daily driver?

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[flash]

you can't ereally replace them with bolts very easily - getting a socket up there inside the spring is the problem - there isn't much room up there - you would definitely have to compress the spring to do it - then youwould have to reach fromt he bottom and the top at the same time - could probably be done, just not easy



the camber plates are great items, but may be too harsh for you, depending entirely on your sensitivity to such things - it's very subjective

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[BruceWard]

What about having the old studs ground off and new ones welded into their place?

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[flash]

you might even be able to press those out and press new ones in - of course, that would probably mean removing the strut assembly to do it, or at least compressing the spring and lowering it down and out to gain access

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[LivingDust]

There is a guy here in town I have been anxious to see that specializes in suspension and used to race a 968. He only works by appointment, so it will take awhile for me to get his take on my self-made problem.



I just hate having to blame myself. But there just doesn't seem to be any scape-goats I can get my hands on...

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[apex]

I happen to have an extra pair of strut mounts - bought them used but never installed. If you want them send me an email... <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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