Strut Housing Needed

[Ron Earp]

Jeffrey and I ran into a snag with the strut housings on the Z. The right hand housing had a stock strut stuck in it. After about 3 hours of cutting, welding pieces on for the slide hammer, heating, cussing, air impact, and lots of other things we got it out of the housing. Then we cut the housing to shorten it but once done we fould the new Koni yellow strut won't fit into the tube by 0.01" of an inch. The strut tube happens to be a bit undersized. So, we need another right hand strut tube. Anyone have one to sell?

[dickita15]

When I put a new strut in my Rx I have to sand all the paint the koni and then grease it. Don’t know if that would work for you.

[Ron Earp]

I'm not sure either. It is a hard stop and Jeffrey measured it at around 0.01". If it was something like 0.002" or so I could see sanding and beating helping out, but not sure it will here. But, it is something we should try.

[dspillrat]

Several pounds can be saved using the 240 strut tubes......if you aren't using it already......... Honing out may work, if it is clearing the threads...


David

[Ron Earp]

I'm not sure what we have right now, 240, 260, 280 - we don't care too much as the car is going to be overweight no matter what we do. Hard for a 225 lb driver to make weight in one of these things!

We tried honing but can't get enough material off the inside of the tube. We'll go back and look at sanding the hell out of the strut, but not sure that is going to do much. Anyone have any spare strut tubes let us know.

R

[spawpoet]

I'm not sure what we have right now, 240, 260, 280 - we don't care too much as the car is going to be overweight no matter what we do. Hard for a 225 lb driver to make weight in one of these things!

We tried honing but can't get enough material off the inside of the tube. We'll go back and look at sanding the hell out of the strut, but not sure that is going to do much. Anyone have any spare strut tubes let us know.

R

Will the struts you have fit anything but a 260 strut tube? I can't remember if they all use the same cartridges.

[spawpoet]

Ron, we probably have 240 strut tubes, but don't have 260z units. I wouldn't be able to check until probably Tuesday evening. Let me know if you want me to check, and I'll go through the warehouses.