gimp19 Posted June 1, 2003 Report Posted June 1, 2003 Today I pulled into my parking lot and heard a loud clunking noise. Right after I heard the noise I got out of my car and inspected to see if I had a flat tire. My tires were not flat so I decided to drive it around the parking lot to see if anything was wrong with the car. I knew right away somthing was wrong so I parked it and inspected it alittle closer, the first thing I noticed was my front drivers side tire was smoking. Then I noticed the whole spring had fell down and was pushing on my tire and causing it to smoke. I hope its nothing too hard/expensive to fix. Quote
Brian P Posted June 1, 2003 Report Posted June 1, 2003 get a better look at the strut assembly, like just double check the joints and if the spring plate broke....you live in a high salt area? Quote
gimp19 Posted June 1, 2003 Author Report Posted June 1, 2003 Are "spring plates" and "spring seats" the same thing? Are they part of the strut? Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted June 1, 2003 Report Posted June 1, 2003 They're the same and they are about halfway down the strut assembly for the spring the set on. Quote
gimp19 Posted June 1, 2003 Author Report Posted June 1, 2003 Yup, My spring mount rusted out and its being a @#$%^ to fix :? Quote
gimp19 Posted June 1, 2003 Author Report Posted June 1, 2003 I got the whole spring/strut assembly out, but I'm gonna have to take it to a garage to have the spring mount/plate replaced cause I dont have the tools to compress a spring. Yesterday I hit a 350 on a pole and put a dent and gash in the hood of my car . Then I get gome and my strut plate breaks. So now I have alot of body and suspension work to do. Quote
Brian P Posted June 1, 2003 Report Posted June 1, 2003 Maybe you could grab a whole strut assembly (or a pair) from a junkyard. I know of a few places if Utica or Rome is close to you. There's one in Auburn too Quote
gimp19 Posted June 1, 2003 Author Report Posted June 1, 2003 I would have gone to a junkyard today but they were all closed. There is about three in my area and they have quite a few cutlass's, prix's, and regals, but I'm kinda in a squeeze for time and need to get it finished asap. I hate it when my car has expensive problems, and yesterday I was so pissed about the dent and the spring mount that I was actually thinking about selling it. Even though I have enough money saved to buy a much nicer car flat out, I'd either want a 94-96 Caprice or 88-90 International Series. I know I would regret the decision right after it was sold, cause I have a very wierd relationship with my car. Soon the dent and strut assembly will be fixed and I'll forget any of this even happened. Quote
rglguy Posted June 3, 2003 Report Posted June 3, 2003 where do tyou kive that there are a buch of regals in scrap yards, its a pain to find any parts here, anyone else more in michegan know of any? where you can pick your part? Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.