In Reply to: You need six special self tapping screws, MI-Roger [Profile/Gallery] , Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:50:31

says he checked the info and "prints" and from the OEM specs supposed to be self-tapping bolts. funny some others have said they did not have to do this. the original bolts are tappered points, not flat so I will give it a try with the originals before I bother trying to install again of course. if I cant get it to tap with the bolts, I'll borrow a tap set and use that. he said way it was intended so no warr void by self tapping or installer tapping the threads. very interesting.

so Roger had it right it seems. not sure getting new bolts would help unless the bolts have changed. at a cost of $30 for new set of bolts, I'd like to reuse them! they are very light torqued so cant imagine they really need to be replaced. Sears quoted me this job for about $450 all four same Monroe struts and mounts and rear shocks so I doubt they were replacing anything else in that quote.

another note on the rears. I replaced the upper and lower bushings both at the top of the shocks but I dont think I needed to. however, the front strut bump stop is starting to crumble. different material.

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• PLEASE HELP. Monroe sensa trac front strut mount help!, jarrald, Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:37:23
  • Please let us know how the project goes..., Mark from Toronto, Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:48:34
    • Project completed. Very pleased with the Monroes., jarrald, Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:19:13
    • got the rears on and they seem much firmer than the, jarrald, Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:11:07
  • anyone replace the front strut bump stop?, jarrald, Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:35:00
    • I bought new bump stops........., MI-Roger , Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:28:05
  • thanks guys. this is intriging. crisis averted for now, jarrald, Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:23:29
    • You may want to order a different brand, MI-Roger , Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:49:20
  • You need six special self tapping screws, MI-Roger , Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:50:31
    • Monroe tech support says self-tapping per OEM specs, jarrald, Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:12:29 <-- Viewing This Message
    • if that were the case, shouldn't the Monroe mounts, jarrald, Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:10:33
      • You are right, they should be included, MI-Roger , Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:41:53
        • Got a Monroe sitting here without threads too! nm, Norm95, Wed, 9 Nov 2011 18:36:06
  • Re: PLEASE HELP. Monroe sensa trac front strut mount help!, Paul in NM, Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:04:15
    • Can you just tap them?, Mark from Toronto, Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:21:51
      • Re: Can you just tap them?, doug, Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:01:10
        • what size tap and pitch did you use?, jarrald, Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:06:39
          • Re: what size tap and pitch did you use?, doug, Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:07:43
            • Those are not self tapping bolts., dmz789qqq, Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:53:35
            • Doug. that's great help. thanks., jarrald, Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:11:58
              • Done! used the original screws to tap the new mounts, jarrald, Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:47:05
              • Done! used the original screws to tap the new mounts, jarrald, Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:46:38

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