![]() I have never heard back from them so I guess support from Monroe does not exist. I emailed Monroe support about the issues above and the only response from them was a automated email saying they received my email. getting into the grease I just had to put in the upper bearings.Ĥ. So I can not put the stock rubber covers on the Monroe Quick-Struts which then can lead to water/dirt/etc. The problem is that the upper plate rubber covers will not go on because they are flat to fit the stock struts were the strut shaft sits below the upper plate. So much so that the shaft sticks up above the top of the upper mounting plate. The Monroe Quick-Strut center shaft, where the upper mount plate attached with the big nut on top, is way longer then the stock strut shaft. Do you think a shop would look or take time to do that to a Quick-Strut?ģ. Now the shop manual states to apply grease to those bearing when assembling the struts so I had to pack the bearings with grease before installing the Quick-Strut. When viewed from top of strut, you could look down into the upper mount plate and see the balls and the retainer in the ball bearing as the bearings are not sealed. Both upper support bearings had no grease in them at all. If you have to get a spring compressor to fix a new strut that is not assembled properly then what good is a Quick-Strut.Ģ. I had to compress the spring and pull the rubber spring seat back out so the spring sat on the rubber. One of the struts had the upper rubber spring seat folded inside the spring so that the spring was metal on metal with the strut. I would spend the roughly $50 more and buy the parts and put them together myself.ġ. If I had to do it again, I would not buy the Quick-Strut. I just put Monroe Quick-Struts in my 2009 Vibe 2.4L. I copied my reply from this thread: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=47212&p=526808&hil. In the end they did not save me any time either. By the time I found something that would fit and bought the end caps for the top of the struts to seal the upper bearings, the Monroe quick strut did not save me any money. You can read below what I found with the quick struts I had. After my Monroe quick strut install on my Vibe, I would buy the parts and put the struts together myself. I would say the KYB's are close to OEM and the Monroe's are a little softer. I have used KYB struts on a mini van I had and I would have no problems using them again. Never done the rears, though I read that some people had to cut pieces to make them fit. If you have crush nuts, you'll have to use a grinder to cut them off when they fail. Sway bar links are usually fine to remove - it's making sure you have lock nuts, not crush nuts, on the replacement. More annoyed about _having_ to pay for it because of the limitation, but I want the problem to go away, not make it worse. Just popping the main bolts off of the struts will take more force than that. I'd consider buying new sway bar links for the front, especially if you haven't replaced them. You can do the rear with tires on.įronts are also easy, but require a little more effort. Two 14mm studs inside the car, one 14mm bolt in the upper wheel well, and then a 17 or 19mm nut for that bottom stud. ![]() However, $50/corner isn't too bad installation cost, honestly. There is another member on here (now primarily on FB) in teh big city of Houston who might be able to help ya out too. With my arm the way it is, I'll probably have to go pay my local mechanic $50 a corner to install them. I'm tempted to just get KYB for the front, and OSC for the rear. It looks like KYB only has the front struts as complete sets - both Matrix and Vibe. ![]()
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