Begginer - help required. Whats this?
Had the mechanic out to change my CAS, he said these will go straight through my bonet soon and need to be replaced. Quoted me about $280 for parts and labour, said the parts were only $60 for each side. Is he just talking about changing the rubber? Is it called strut rubber/housing? Is this something that can be fixed easily by a DIY home mechanic with the right tools?
Any help would be great. Thanks.
They are called bearing plates and the ones on your car are rooted and need to be replaced ASAP. I wouldn't even want to drive the car with them like they are. The ones on your car are Nolathane and you can either use new Nolathane ones or genuine parts, the genuine ones are a lot cheaper and good enough in my view.
The price he has quoted looks like the cost of genuine parts to me and for the $140 in labour I wouldn't do it myself. You will need a wheel alignment after just make sure they put both plates the same way around, some places do one side different to the other to compensate for the roads camber. I'd ask they be setup for max castor angle.
just do it yourself,its not hard with the right tools & a bit of time. All you need is some spring clamps,socket set & some spanners. Some workshop manuals will cover how to do this otherwise just have a look through this site under the how to's.
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howww thee hell did you do that!!!?
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that's awesome! ... been airborne?
aahh..houston,we have lift off,lol
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my guess its lowered lots struts bottomed out and bang happens a lot
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Ouch! They are seriously mashed! I'm surprised they didn't come through the bonnet.. :/ Been jumping causeways? lol
Anyway, Im with wortus on this one, unless you have a really good mechanical knowledge, and a full understanding of car suspension, I reckon you'd be better off leaving it to the pro's, at least then you know it's been done correctly, and 'should' come with a warranty.
One wrong move when disassembling front struts, and you could lose your head, quite literally! If you don't know why, then that's probably a good reason not to try it yourself..
Most places will send your car for a wheel alignment after their work is done, as part of the job, so that by the time you come to pick it up, it's ready to go, but obviously enquire about it first, just to make sure.
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From what others are saying I think the bearing plates have been broken due to a mis match between springs and shockies? Has the car been lowered at all do you know? If that's the case just replacing the bearing plates won't fix it for long so it may cost more because you will need new shockies as well and there may be other things that need replacing as well such as the dust boots and upper bump stops. The labour cost to take the struts off and rebuild them is not that much and I have done this years ago on an old VH and it takes ages and is not a fun job without the right tools and a good place to work. If you have plenty of time and the right tools you can do it yourself.
As you're a beginner I would suggest getting a pro to replace them. I have done a few before and spring clamps can be a bitch, you spend about half an hour clamping and unclamping them by hand. Not to mention if you forget to loosen the nut before you start work you have to start all over again. And it is dangerous if you don't know what you are doing.
Take it apart? Me? No!
Yeah, right, the bloke doesn't know what the effin things are and you think he should do the job himself.
By the time he's bought spring compressors and a socket set, chassis stands and the parts and figured out how to use them he'll have spent more than the quote and be in hospital or dead.
It'd be better to get the mechanic to do the job and then crawl under as he lowers the jack. He'd still be in hospital but at least the job's done.
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lol I like that last comment, good call lol. Im another vote for getting it done professionally mate
lol, Nah I'd never do it myself but my Dads mate has all the tools, spring compressors e.t.c.. and seems to be able to fix these things but it sounds like getting a pro is the way to go.
Just after replacing 3 CAS, the O2 sensor, thermostat and housing, all the filters and both front and rear windshields in the last month, I'm running out of money to spend on this car lol
The Bearing plates have been this way for over a year now and theres no noticeable change in the way the car drives, I mean yeah there are a few cracks when turing the steering to it's full capacity but it's all good going over bumps and everything...
Oh well thanks everyone, glad I've found out how dangerous these things can be!
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3 CAS in a month? Something not right there..
On the 7th day, God created Holden, then on the 8th day, God created Ford, to keep idiots out of Holden's.
Nah - The first one went cause it was the original one from 92 so i bought a replacment, wrong one though but mechanic didn't realise till the balancer tore it to pieces. So obviously had to get another one, then last week my pully seased up, snapped off and as a result the belt wrapped itself around the new CAS and stuffed that one up!3 CAS in a month? Something not right there..
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Holy crap.. How unlucky can ya get with cars hey? lol
Not long done a new balancer & CAS myself, the balancer on my VS shredded the bonding right the way around, so that the pulley was moving completely free of the bonding.
Which of course let it move around enough to mess up the CAS.
Noticed the oil seal was r/s too once I got the balancer off, so a new one oil seal went in as well.
But then after some other work, like new intake & rocker cover gaskets to stop oil leaks, I over tightened the oil pressure switch, and cracked the filter adaptor housing..
So now I'm in the process of buying another one of them off ebay.. no point doing things by halves I guess.. lol
On the 7th day, God created Holden, then on the 8th day, God created Ford, to keep idiots out of Holden's.
I really wouldn't be driving that car with bearing plates like that in it other than to drive it somewhere to get it fixed. Changing them should be a priority as it is a safety. If your short on cash how much is a set of complete struts 2nd hand from a wrecker, you can just bolt those in yourself it's basically jusat a matter of cracking the ball joint fromthe bottom of the strut and undoing the 3 bolts at the top then refit and put your brake rotors on them if you don't get those as well, they have got to be better than what you have at present.
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