Hey guys, long time lurker but I don’t post much.
Struts:
I’m in the process of changing all four struts on my wife’s 2017 3.5 eco-boost 2 Wheel Dr. EL.
I just changed out the rears and used a spring compressor to get the old springs off and reuse them. I just reused the top mount as well. I went with KYB struts.
I got the old springs put on the new strut as close as I could to the positioning from the old, but I did have to twist the strut a little to get the bottom hole to line up, so the spring was slightly rotated away from the lower mounts end. Any issue with that?
I’m about to tackle the front. I was planning on doing the same thing, pulling the old springs off and putting them on the new struts. Is it OK to use the old top mount?
Is there anything else that I should go ahead and replace since I am gonna have to get an alignment anyhow? Tie rod Ends or swaybar bushings, sway bar end links, etc. I was looking at Moog tie
Rod ends.
I am considering going ahead and doing front brake pads and rotors as well.
Just looking for anything I might be missing.
We live in Florida, so no salt issues, icing or anything so the rears came apart very easy. I was not going to go back with anti seize on anything.
Over heat:
Speaking of living in Florida. A couple of weeks ago the cooling fan kept kicking into turbo and it seemed like it was getting ready to overheat. I ended up checking the reservoir and it was low. Any known reason for that? The Chuck seems to be running fine. I was considering going ahead and changing the thermostat as I read somewhere that could be an overheat issue.
The reason I am Replacing the struts is 130k Miles and started feeling like a hooptie ride a couple Months ago!
What any other tips?
Thanks y’all! Appreciate it.
Struts:
I’m in the process of changing all four struts on my wife’s 2017 3.5 eco-boost 2 Wheel Dr. EL.
I just changed out the rears and used a spring compressor to get the old springs off and reuse them. I just reused the top mount as well. I went with KYB struts.
I got the old springs put on the new strut as close as I could to the positioning from the old, but I did have to twist the strut a little to get the bottom hole to line up, so the spring was slightly rotated away from the lower mounts end. Any issue with that?
I’m about to tackle the front. I was planning on doing the same thing, pulling the old springs off and putting them on the new struts. Is it OK to use the old top mount?
Is there anything else that I should go ahead and replace since I am gonna have to get an alignment anyhow? Tie rod Ends or swaybar bushings, sway bar end links, etc. I was looking at Moog tie
Rod ends.
I am considering going ahead and doing front brake pads and rotors as well.
Just looking for anything I might be missing.
We live in Florida, so no salt issues, icing or anything so the rears came apart very easy. I was not going to go back with anti seize on anything.
Over heat:
Speaking of living in Florida. A couple of weeks ago the cooling fan kept kicking into turbo and it seemed like it was getting ready to overheat. I ended up checking the reservoir and it was low. Any known reason for that? The Chuck seems to be running fine. I was considering going ahead and changing the thermostat as I read somewhere that could be an overheat issue.
The reason I am Replacing the struts is 130k Miles and started feeling like a hooptie ride a couple Months ago!
What any other tips?
Thanks y’all! Appreciate it.