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Strut Ear Failure

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On my way from work yesterday, and getting off on a off ramp, and all of a sudden the car veered to the right. Didn't loose control, but moved over about 10 feet. Babied the car home, and this is what I found. I put these struts on in Aug of last year. No tracking, or accidents/Potholes. Not even any real aggressive driving. I have had alot of Koni products before without ever a issue. Looks like the ear was missing some welding, and was only welded at three points. I admit I didn't notice the lack of welds when I installed them. Ordered a full set of Koni Yellows, and will check them over real well when they get here.

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I'm glad it didn't result in a serious accident. Were they new when you installed them?
 

Grant 302

basic and well known psychic
Sounds like you should at least get a free replacement. Check with the retailer and then directly with Koni.

Oranges are like Yellows on full soft. You should be able to tune out any under-damped issues with the rebound adjustment on the yellows.

Glad there wasn't any injuries as a result.
 

Norm Peterson

Corner Barstool Sitter
939
712
Exp. Type
HPDE
Exp. Level
5-10 Years
a few miles east of Philly
IIRC, Koni had endlink bracket problems early-on with the S197 struts. Waiting for the fix getting into and through the supply pipeline took nearly a year. That was back about 2009. I'm now on a second set of yellows, not due to anything like breakage.

I'm sure yours was a case of a single strut or maybe a small batch sneaking past QC.


Norm
 

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