98 s70 strut mounts bad

[erikv11]

I agree except to clarify, the spring seat is just a thick rubber bushing, there is no metal plate. It is the strut bearing or strut mount that looks like a metal plate. The only metal visible on the spring seat (on these cars) is a cylindrical collar in the center of it, that is fused to the rubber. The strut shaft goes through this collar and gets bolted down to it by the cross-shaped nut to hold all of the spring tension, then the strut mount slips over the top.

The fusion between the rubber bushing and the metal collar is the achilles heel of the spring seat - the cheapo ones fail right there very quickly and then you can spin the top nut.

Strut mount

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[pg_osborne89]

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...