Found this article pretty helpful as well. Short and sweet.
http://www.ipdusa.com/techtips/10031/sw ... s=P0,P4760

If you want to limit it's duties you can just call it a BEARING, but without it you couldn't MOUNT the STRUT to the car.
Just sayin...

Not sure about anything being re-boxed or brands from major retailers but I do know I ordered new EMPi axles from a good website and they are still made in China. So use your best judgement and read alot of reviews on axles before buying them. I will assume most of the axles you will get are made ...

I recently had some noises arise in my girlfriend's 1998 S70. I had to knock them out as they came, I diagnosed the passenger side hub and once that was shushed I could start to hear all the suspension noises when I was going over bumps.

It sounded alot like loose sway bar end links but I know it ...