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    Strut shaft sticking up thru hood (see pic)

    Whats up. So i installed the illuminas and sprints and now it feels like I'm riding with no shocks after a while, and I look and I believe its because of this. When I push down on the car, the shaft just goes up and down.
    -And I believe it is supposed to stay stationary, correct?
    -So anybody know what happened? Maybe a washer or something popped off or slipped?
    And tightning down on the nut won't do anything..the whole thing will still move up and down.




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    Re: Strut shaft sticking up thru hood (see pic)

    I know on the KYB's that I installed, there is a spacer that goes on the shaft.
    the spacer is beveled on the inside and only goes down so far and the flat washer goes on after that.
    If the spacer is not used or installed upside down on the strut shaft it will do what yours is doing.
    Hope this helps I'll try to find a picture of the spacer

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    Re: Strut shaft sticking up thru hood (see pic)

    I found a shop manual pic...which one?

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    Re: Strut shaft sticking up thru hood (see pic)

    the boot mine did the same thing

    just through a washer on the shaft

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    Re: Strut shaft sticking up thru hood (see pic)

    the washer keeps the strut for going through the damper bushings

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    Re: Strut shaft sticking up thru hood (see pic)

    oh and u might want to tighten that nut on the strut it looks a little high on the
    bolt

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    Re: Strut shaft sticking up thru hood (see pic)


    The factory struts have the spacer already built in I circled where it sits..

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    Re: Strut shaft sticking up thru hood (see pic)

    your kyb's dont have that built in my tokicos did

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    Re: Strut shaft sticking up thru hood (see pic)

    hmm good lookin out fellas now I know what i have to do. Thanks x 10000
    so i wonder if my washer slipped down or is there not the little stopper there at all on the illuminas... I can't remember. Guess I'll have to look

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    Re: Strut shaft sticking up thru hood (see pic)

    hahah jigga i remember when my shit did that! worked for like a week before it poked through.

    i had just forgotten to use the washer against the stopper. the bushing slipped off, and the rest is history.

    its an easy fix though... i remember how freaked out i was when i saw the problem though!

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