Can anyone spot the problem with this photo?
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1363/13635981/24841884/414276050.jpg)
Yeah, ok Bazz, I'll bite ... And, at the risk of saying the wrong thing ... :o ( oh no, here we go again...) Strut top mount/shaft ? Punched right up , way up. ::)
Actually ... the whole strut tower appears to be pushed back ... ??? Way back ...
It's a 147, hence the strut tower position.
Interesting mode of failure, I suspect the captive wire clip on the strut shoulder failed and it came up thusly.
It's a GT 3.2 V6 Track Car, and there is no wire clip on the shock shaft? What has happened is the shock shaft has worn clean through the Top Shock Mount bearing.
I have never thought that the shock shaft being held in place against the underside of the shock mount bearing by only a 0.5 mm shoulder to be a very sound engineering design. I have many a time pictured it just punching through the bearing, JUST like this.
Here is a closer view -
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1363/13635981/24841884/414276052.jpg)
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1363/13635981/24841884/414276051.jpg)