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Old 05-16-2020, 11:38 PM
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Did the other side, and the rear shocks, and it seems the squeak is gone, and the ride at highway speeds is significantly better. We just did 160 miles in the car and it was smooth and comfortable, really a great ride.

Same sort of height difference.



That said, the second one was a far worse job to do, and my concerns with Meyle were further confirmed. The second one was a bear to get in. It would go in all right. But it would immediately squeeze back out. I literally tried it ten times, different orientation, trying to leave it in place, compressed, part and fully for long periods of time. No luck. Nothing I did kept it in. And it was quick enough to squeeze out that by the time the press took was removed, it was nearly impossible to get the bolt in. I greased it, increased it, no luck.

Finally, using a lack on the press tool yielded just enough improvement to get the bolt threaded a few threads in... which was quite a feat. I couldn’t get the bushing in all the way in such a scenario.

This was the best I could do by the time I got the bullet bolt in place.







It was torqued to 120 nm. I figured it was worth the risk of damaging the mount since I will be complaining to Meyle fwiw. I really wanted to take the car on our pm road trip.

After 80 miles I checked it. The bushing has settled in somewhat. I’d say it went from a 1/4” gap to a 1/8” gap. Maybe some more driving and some hot-cold cycles will help. I’m hesitant to take the stiffening plate off, but I’d consider some other attempt to seat it in place if it doesn’t go all the way back out.

The seated look is much better.





But still a bit of a gap. The bolt torque was totally fine.

So I’m thinking this must be meyle QC. Granted someone on here also noted that ps was harder than ds too. Wonder why?
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