c5chines

Doing a replacement on my garage queen '97 coupe with 22K miles. The damper started separating and chirping. I'm replacing with a Powerbond race series. I found a few loose bolts when dropping the steering rack and noticed 2 missing bolts from the leaf spring brackets,one on each side. Is this a common occurance to lose bolts from critical areas? I'll be taking everything out and applying blue loctite for sure. I also noticed a groove worn into the old damper snout from the seal as well as a small oil leak. Is this a common thing? Yes,I am replacing the seal.

tbrowne

Are you the original owner? Looks like someone's been in there before you and botched the job.

JWM

Certainly not a common occurance

c5chines

I'm the second owner, never touched by anybody other than the dealer.