suspension strut question

[john]

mk1 berlingo,



as u can see mine needs replaced, is the cracked part a bearing and are they available to buy?

[citronut]

here is price and part No. for one MK1 Berlingo strut mount bearing

Part Number Description Quantity Price excl. VAT Price incl. VAT Total incl. VAT Selection
0000503527 THRUST BEARING 22.17 GBP 26.60 GBP 26.60 GBP

but if you send me the last 8 digits of your chassis/VIN No. i will check for specific to that

[citronut]

ps.

is the cracked part metal or rubber???

[john]

hi m8, the cracked part. is metal

[citronut]

here is price and part No. for one MK1 Berlingo strut mount bearing

Part Number Description Quantity Price excl. VAT Price incl. VAT Total incl. VAT Selection
0000503527 THRUST BEARING 22.17 GBP 26.60 GBP 26.60 GBP

but if you send me the last 8 digits of your chassis/VIN No. i will check for specific to that

dont order the above bearing till its checked against your chassis/VIN No.

[Northern_Mike]

here is price and part No. for one MK1 Berlingo strut mount bearing

Part Number Description Quantity Price excl. VAT Price incl. VAT Total incl. VAT Selection
0000503527 THRUST BEARING 22.17 GBP 26.60 GBP 26.60 GBP

but if you send me the last 8 digits of your chassis/VIN No. i will check for specific to that

dont order the above bearing till its checked against your chassis/VIN No.

From bitter experience I'd recommend replacing the entire top mount as well as the thrust bearing.

You can guess what happened when I only replaced the bearing on mine. ..

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[john]

the top mount is in very good condition, the car is 12 year old but i'd guess the mount isn't and has been changed previously

[kenhall1202]

Having repaced these top bearings X2 on my son's 2000 Pug 306 it seems to me that they are designed to fail. They consist of a marginally lubricated crude ball race with thin pressed metalparts. Salt and moisture exposure under the wheel arch soon take their toll and they rust up and produce characteristic creaking noises when the wheels are steered.
I got replacements off ebay for half the price quoted above (presumably Citroen prices)

[john]

ive since bought a gen. citroen part for £13 from the fleabay

[kenhall1202]

I hope you bought two bearings - in my experience they both failed within a few months of eachother.

[citronut]

also when i bought two for my daughters Synergie i split them and plopped more grease in

[john]

I hope you bought two bearings - in my experience they both failed within a few months of eachother.

how do u know when they've failed?

[Northern_Mike]

I hope you bought two bearings - in my experience they both failed within a few months of eachother.

how do u know when they've failed?

They make creaking or cracking noises, or in my case, a weird metallic rattling when going over roughish roads (but oddly not speed bumps). The roads, especially the kerb side around here are so rough that in the last 3 years, my Berlingo has had a 2 new passenger side strut tops and bearings, a spring,droplink, a strut and a bottom arm and bushes. The right hand side has had nothing.

[john]

i only checked mine as i could hear a weird noise coming from the strut spring, it turns out when u turn the wheel the spring will follow the shock round so far stop then jump back round, its like its catching on something.

[Xantidote]

the spring will follow the shock round so far stop then jump back round, its like its catching on something.

Maybe the balls have created indentations in the bearing surfaces, so the rotational movement is no longer smooth?