Strut protection?

[hareless at gmail.com (Sean Whalen)]

Amen.

On 4/19/07, Allyn <amalventano1@tds.net> wrote:
>
> > IMO, the reason why KONIs go is through hard abuse, not so
> > much dirt.  Drive it easier and see what happens.
> >
> > David
>
> Uhm... I've had these Konis since 1994.  Like my leather seats, they have
> been carried forward to each and every daily driver I've
> owned since.  Wow.  Having said that, perhaps they don't really need
> protection after all...
>
> What prompted the question was that I believe the failure was caused by a
> CV boot failure, which slung moly all over the wheel
> house, allowing all kinds of road grime to stick everywhere around the
> strut housing / spring / strut.  I literally scooped a pile
> of what looked like asphalt off of the strut housing cap.
>
> Wait a sec - you want me to apply "Drive it easier" to the Rieger?  Are
> you crazy?  That car is not capable of entering a corner
> slowly, or braking slowly, or doing anything slowly for that matter...
>
> :P
> Al
>
>
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Sean
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