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Sometimes when I slow down and stop (any time after I boost it usually) and I will feel the struts popping and clicking but after that it doesn't happen untill I next give it some herbs then slow down and stop again.

Feels very strange.

Any ideas on what it might be?

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Just now, IZichard said:

Pretty sure @Kiwi_Fozze will have an answer for you. Something like the grease in the struts is old and you need to pull apart and re-grease them.

Interested to know what he says. If your right, I might just wait a bit and get adjusties or new struts especially if I have to fiddle around with 16 year old suspension.

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Yep sticky struts.

 

Soak the crap out of that lower nut with crc for like a week before you plan on doing the job, just to help loosen it up.

 

Pull struts out

Take off tophat (and spring)

Remove nut on bottom of strut

Slide the 2 sections apart

Clean the shaft

Scoop all the old crappy yellow butter looking grease out

Replace with some loverly new Castrol lmx (blue stuff) grease, over the bumpstop and inside the strut housing. Expect to use about a golfball sized clump of it.

 

Reassemble, reinstall, enjoy. 

 

One days work, if you have spring compressors and a rattle gun. But very worth it.

 

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7 hours ago, Kiwi_Fozze said:

Yep sticky struts.

 

Soak the crap out of that lower nut with crc for like a week before you plan on doing the job, just to help loosen it up.

 

Pull struts out

Take off tophat (and spring)

Remove nut on bottom of strut

Slide the 2 sections apart

Clean the shaft

Scoop all the old crappy yellow butter looking grease out

Replace with some loverly new Castrol lmx (blue stuff) grease, over the bumpstop and inside the strut housing. Expect to use about a golfball sized clump of it.

 

Reassemble, reinstall, enjoy. 

 

One days work, if you have spring compressors and a rattle gun. But very worth it.

 

Okay, doesn't seem too hard, just time consuming. Is it just the rear struts or shall I do em all?

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6 hours ago, Subru said:

Okay, doesn't seem too hard, just time consuming. Is it just the rear struts or shall I do em all?

do em all. the passengers rear sticks first because of the exhaust proximity, the others usually arent too far behind.

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