strut bearings

[Doolbnroht@aol.com]

    situation- upgrading my suspension, decided to go all the way and put in 
the hd strut bearings made by bonrath, imported by neuspeed. they were ill 
fitting to begin with because the holes were to spall on the top plate, 
problem now fixed. assemble the whole strut assembly with the bilsteins. the 
top bearing rocked back and fourth about 1 mm in either direction. made sure 
everything was tight and secure. still had the problem. i figured it was 
nothing too big and that it was suppose to do that. 
    
    pretty soon i get a horrible clunk from the front right of the car 
anytime i hit a small pothole or bump. finally got around to getting an 
alignment today, so last night i took the whople front suspension apart to 
figure what was wrong. i thought the strut insert nut had came loose. 
everything looked fine then i looked closer at my $200 a set strut bearings, 
each of the inner peices(the bearings) were broken in 5 places each. wtf? the 
things are toast. they only lasted me about 6000 miles.by this time it was 
5:30 and i had to be up at 7:30 to get the new stock strut bearings. $55 
later and an alignment to boot, the car feels 100% better and turns on a 
dime. 

    anyone else have any experiences like this and or know if neuspeed or 
bonrath will refund my $$$$$? tia!
-alan

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