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Originally Posted by mav1178
During the process of installing my Ohlins, I'm surprised by the amount of rust I've found on the threads of various suspension pieces...
One notable piece was the front anti-roll bar endlink threads:
My car has approx 10k miles on it (10150 as of 11/19/13), and the end link bolt already shows excessive amounts of surface rust. This is probably the worst I've seen in recent cars I've owned...
Everything will come off in a couple of weeks once I let the suspension settle more, but this is something that should be addressed if you are looking to do any work on the car. I think areas with salt on the streets should pay special attention to this, as I am located in Los Angeles.
-alex |
Uncoated steel will rust. Also note many components have had lots of cost reduction implemented in order to keep the base price of the vehicle low. Use some WD40 to clean up the threads and coat it with anti-seize. This will reduce the wear on it and provide a layer of corrosion prevention coating on it.
