before even raising the car, I pulled one bolt off. oiled it with some 20 weight machine oil. was able to tap it with a socket wrench. I believe the black coating material they use that was also on the inside of the thread holes helped hold/start the tapping process. it was very tight so I went some, backed out, etc. bolt would get quite warm, hot even, but think it was made to take it. I did one mount with one bolt. then worried about overworking that one bolt, swapped it for another bolt off the other side to do the other 3 holes.

another snag was I did have some trouble getting the top nut off the driver side strut. it wasnt corroded, just very tight. my grip wrench holding a deep socket (rough finish impact) with an hex wrench down the center and a pipe on it didnt work like it did on the first strut. I couldnt break it. so I finally got the air impact wrench out again. I had had no luck with it before trying to vice grip the strut even with a belt around it. so I had to come up with something new.

this time I put a long screwdriver through one of the top mount holes and was able to bend it around enough to catch around the side of the spring clamp housing I was using to compress the springs. I didnt think it would hold it but did and the impact wrench was able to pull the nut off! so there is a new way to get that nut off! although, I think if yours is corroded this would only make the initial break as the mount is only tight with the center strut bolt when all the way tight.

overall a fun job and even got my 9yr old in on the wrench turning act. he even got his "click" on the 75 ft-lbs on the strut-hub bolts. exciting for him.

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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
    • 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 <-- Viewing This Message
              • Done! used the original screws to tap the new mounts, jarrald, Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:46:38

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