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Originally Posted by northern piper
sorry to hear that the welds are sloppy on the quick strut. That shouldn't be the case. Did you buy them locally? If so, I wonder if checking there other stock would be worthwhile. When I got my quick struts, the section that fits into the steering knuckle was super smooth and they literally did just slip in. I'd hate for you to knick the shaft of that strut and damage it...
Sorry for your difficulties with this repair. It shouldn't be THIS bad.. keep the faith!
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I filed down the welds tonight on both struts. Both seemed to have a finishing weld "knot", if you will, at the bottom of them. NOT gonna wrestle by myself with a wheel/axle knuckle that should just easily glide right back on... so tomorrow I'll try to get them back on and report. I may spray paint the filed spots too, but I dunno if I really need to.
The flat "tab" section of the bottom of the strut that fits into the knuckle looks fine on both struts... it was just that finishing weld spot at the very bottom of the strut (on both) that was the problem. Hopefully that is all that was the problem and the circumference of the strut itself isn't the real issue or else I'm done and I will return the struts to ROCKAUTO. It shouldn't be this hard. Amazing what 1000's-th of an inch can cause problems with.