HI ALL, has anyone had trouble fitting powerflex strut top mounts, I tryd to fit mine tonight and the problem im havin is i carnt get the nut on the top, the shocker wont go up through the strut top far enough with the powerflex bushes in place, Any info would b great cheeRS.

 

have u compressed the spring enough to the point that the shock is fully extended? otherwise there wont be sufficient thread exposed to begin tightening the top nut

drop the strut out, compress the spring, and tighten down the spring cap nut as far as poss, then u shud have enough thread exposed to solve the problem

 

Yer ive tightend down the spring cap nut as far as it will go the shocker is at full strech, its as if the powerflex bushes are to big!

 

tried covering it in WD40, then maybe using a jack to force it thru enough to start the thread? then it tends to be a matter of impact gun time and tighten the fucker up

my poly top mounts were tight, but not this bad i wil admit

 

Once you've assembled it all, don't put the top nut on until the car is back on the ground with all its weight down, then it should go together. You tried this?

 

Yep tried jack n wd40 but its lifting the car off the axel stand its proper tight, its about 1/4 inch short, my shocks are koni adjustables n springs are 40mm spax, ive no idea why it wont go, just thought id see if anyone else has had the same problem

 

no havent tried that christian will try 2moro

 

Thats wat i was gonna say ,mate of mine had similar prob so just put it all together with weight of car on it and was fine

 

never had an issue with mine... only issue i had was getting the new bushes in there ! kept floppin out!

 

Wot do u mean when u say they kept floppin out!

 

top right. the smaller lip on the top of the bush tryin to get that through the suspension hole without ripping it and it staying there lol

 

mine looks totally diffrent to them ill try n find a pic, are those powerflex?

 

according to the ebay link i got the pic from they are.. and from what i remember mine looked like them.

 

Mine look like this?

 

Those Orange ones ARENT Powerflex. I reckon they are cheapies, hence the problems. Powerflex ones go in no problems.

 

i got a set of them yellow ones, put the car on the ground thn it fits no problem

 

looks like i have cheapies lol didnt buy them new got them off a lad on here sellin gaz coilies and strut braces, not had any issues with them tho 3 years on..yellow ones do look better tho!

 

Well, I'm not the worlds biggest fan of Poly-Urethane bushes anyway, they do wear quickly. But if you ask me, Powerflex are as good as they get for Ford's. I wouldn't use anything else.

 

Mine went together sweet as no probs whatsoever!

 

Hope someone has a solution

I fitted the same yellow Powerflex top mounts with my GAZ coilover... I could not get it to work either... ended up using the original Ford black rubber item...

 

There is no issue? I've just replaced the Powerflex top mounts that I fitted almost 10 years ago with a new set and they went on fine with my Gaz Golds. Once you guide the shock into place and lower the weight back on, the nuts will go on fine.

 

Just got back from garage problem solved thanks to christians advice,cheeRS mate! They go straight in once u drop the car on the ground, Thanks Fellas!

 

 

Its called using your brain miller

 

Go easy on the poor fella. It's not that obvious.

 

When fitting Gaz coilovers & powerflex top mounts to a escort do you do away with all the original top mounts rubber & metal??

 

No just the rubber part, the metal peice still acts in the same way on the new setup

 

Still anyone following???
I'm having same issue tried everything can't get it to work lol