jeff schaffer

So today I had to get new tires and found out that the driverside
Strut had blown out the ? Is how long can I drive on the strut
Should have the money in a few days to fix the strut and get kyb's.

Musicguy

You could drive on it forever, the spring is what holds up the car, the strut controls rate of compression and rebound. There is a chance that eventually you will get some odd tire wear, and depending on how blown it is some odd handling. I drove on mine for a few months before I got around to changing the struts, I needed new tires prior so I wasn't really concerned about that.

Oldblue

order the KYB's and change the struts asap, you'll be glad you did

Doc brown

If your struts are shot there is a good chance your control arm bushings are shot also, or are starting to wear. I believe that the reason the struts go prematurely bad is because of bad control arm bushings.

donbrew

All of those people that have never checked or changed their oil have been driving around on blown out struts for years. It is not a catastrophic failure.

THE BATMAN

Leaking sluts ,


O-----

struts , Never mind.

jeff schaffer

Very funny batman...
Ok so today I changed the 2 front
Struts to kyb great $ small labor cost.
Btw the mounts, bushings and end links
Looked like new! No wear after 50,000
Miles.
Jeff

Omnigear

you should have went with fe5 struts from rockauto.

Oldblue

let us know your input on the KYB's, I like mine

jeff schaffer

Love my Kyb got them a little above cost use to be a 50% sponsor on my supra did not know about fe5's and my shop pushes kyb's shock & struts the tire shop was pushing monroe to me at triple the $ and i said hell no.
jeff