When To Replace Struts - Monroe Shocks And Struts
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- Опубликовано: 12 май 2015
- How to determine if your shock absorbers and struts are worn. There are various ways of identifying failed shocks. Monroe Shocks and Struts has supplied struts for use in this video to aid in identifying when a strut has failed. There are visual cues, such as damage to the strut itself, and there are also ways to tell by feel under various driving circumstances.
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I have a lexus 200t, when I hit a pot hole at 100km/h my shock make a LOUD BANG, works ok in low speed condition, took it to 3 dealers , no one could find the issue as it was hard to reproduce, the only way to know it was damage was to lift the car up and measure the wheel heights at they were different(the one hanging the lowest beeing the shot strut) . Hope it helps somebody.
Most factory (original equipment manufacture) shocks / struts last 200,000 miles. Most Aftermarket shocks last 50-75,000 miles. There are a few exceptions that happen though. You're usually Better off buying new OEM replacement parts. As nearly all aftermarket parts are of seriously poor quality. ALWAYS Keep In Mind these companies want you to Buy Early and Buy Often... Its how they Maximize Profits and Market Share... Same with your local friendly shop... They can't pay their 15,000 a month rent telling customers their oem parts look good enough and are serviceable. Always get a second opinion... This coming from a repair shop Owner....
Anything but Monroe shocks. They are the worst. Never again.
What's Beto O'Rourke doing car videos for? Campaign must be hurting.
what if it makes creaking noises?
How is it possible that my car does not have those symptoms after 250 000 km and the original shocks still on it?
Good info! You should do more maintenance videos like this so people can know what to look out for and why.
That's made in Japan quality. OEM parts usually gone at 120k. Domestic cars gone at 60k.
Im from the future
I noticed that when I corner and change lane it tends to roll more, also the ride is harsh when hitting rough roads or potholes, plus the steering appears to be off especially when it is windy and my car tend to go off lane . That is the time I had to change my struts at 230k miles Accord and I used all 4 front and back KYB struts
"Look at your struts after around 50,000 miles"
Gosh, I thought my car was doing pretty good, until I listened to this video...my car has all those symptoms...I'm shocked!
It would be great to see more of these 'how to check/tell if something is broken' vids.
What do you recommend for my is300 2004?I want a more sporty feel.
Everything you just said my car has symptoms of. Thanks for an amazingly informative and concise video!
Thank!
I really appreciate you bringing all this facts out, im having the same symptoms I mean my car lol,and this video has help me a bunch, my mechanic at Ford order a brand new rack and pinion, the electronic one because of my poor steering and he order me one cause I'm still under warranty, so I will buy new shocks and struts anyway just to have it all combo out completely, thx always
this is one well made and well presented video. Thanks.
I have about 260K miles on my 1992 Acura Legend's struts, and I think they're done - lol. I've had a very bumpy ride recently, so I stopped off at the local Discount Tire to have the tires checked, thinking that the tires might have deformed; they found that the front tires are wearing unevenly. The tires were replaced, since they were old anyway, but the ride was still terrible after the replacement. So, I decided to do a thorough inspection of the suspension. I found that the driver's side CV axle boot was torn and flinging grease everywhere and that the joints on the passenger side axle appear to be broken (very floppy). After replacing the axles, the ride improved, but it still feels a little like I'm driving over a gravel road. The struts don't look visibly bad, nor does the car bounce when I perform the "push" test. It looks like it's time to take them apart...or just not be cheap and simply replace them :-)
We noticed an issue this weekend when going around sharp turns. It sounded like the tires were spinning against the shocks, as if the shocks were riding really low. The traction control light (or skid light?) and it caused us to slow way down. No visible fluid leak and not extra bumpy ride. Any ideas what this might be?