Originally Posted by
Gatecrasher
The mount is bolted to the body with 8 bolts then the top plate adjuster has 6 bolts that go through the bottom plate, so it's 6 not 4 look at the photo get your facts straight! Last time I thought all the weight was on the 8 bolts and we then come to realise it was infact on the top plate that you pointed out that has 6 bolts
Its not the bolts holding the mount to the car I had an issue with, its the bolts holding the mount together.
How it LOOKS in that picture is that the strut is going through (and hence supported by) this piece of metal (coloured red):
and that the thing stopping that bit of metal and hence the strut itself from moving upwards is the piece of metal above it held in by 4 bolts.
If there is also something else on the strut taking load and transmitting it to the shell or the base of the mount, then my fears are totally unfounded, and I am VERY glad to be wrong that these arent operating how they look to be.
If that is the case, than can someone please post an exploded or component picture showing how they work so that we all understand properly how they work.