Has anyone encountered top mount bearings this bad?
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Has anyone encountered top mount bearings this bad?
I was replacing a broken spring when I came accross the bearing which I think could have caused the spring to twist and snap.
It is that badly corroded that It has part of it still seized round the metal rest plate and only a grinding disc or replacement plates will will help in this instance.[img][IMG]http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11 ... f02084.jpg[/img][/IMG]
It is that badly corroded that It has part of it still seized round the metal rest plate and only a grinding disc or replacement plates will will help in this instance.[img][IMG]http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11 ... f02084.jpg[/img][/IMG]
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Re: Has anyone encountered top mount bearings this bad?
Gosh
What vehicle was that on Davie?

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Re: Has anyone encountered top mount bearings this bad?
A 206. Looks like it could have still been on the original bearings, need to try find small grinding discs today or else its replacement plates
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Re: Has anyone encountered top mount bearings this bad?
trouble with the bearings at this point dont seem to have any defence against nature and the elements,
looks like your balls are out of shape as well
hope you dont mine me mentioning it

looks like your balls are out of shape as well








hope you dont mine me mentioning it


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Re: Has anyone encountered top mount bearings this bad?
just did a goooooly search
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PEUGEOT-206-3 ... 0416037161" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
and this was one of the first results that came up
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PEUGEOT-206-3 ... 0416037161" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
and this was one of the first results that came up
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Re: Has anyone encountered top mount bearings this bad?
Haha cheers bud got 2 new top mount bearings from euro car parts for £15 and done both sides. New spring and top junts and what a difference in road noise 

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Re: Has anyone encountered top mount bearings this bad?
i'd be surprised if they last long from that bunchdavie206 wrote:Haha cheers bud got 2 new top mount bearings from euro car parts



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Re: Has anyone encountered top mount bearings this bad?
The ones on our C4 were nearly in that state:

I changed them pretty soon after they started being noisy, they were only 7 years / 75k miles old. New OE SKF ones are only about £13.50 from Citroen - I got some a bit cheaper than that from e-bay. They're best described as 'built down to a price' though. I did at least grease them before they went in, so should outlast my ownership of the car!

I changed them pretty soon after they started being noisy, they were only 7 years / 75k miles old. New OE SKF ones are only about £13.50 from Citroen - I got some a bit cheaper than that from e-bay. They're best described as 'built down to a price' though. I did at least grease them before they went in, so should outlast my ownership of the car!
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Re: Has anyone encountered top mount bearings this bad?
Looks like you got to them before a spring snapped lol
Last edited by davie206 on 20 Nov 2014, 19:46, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Has anyone encountered top mount bearings this bad?
say no moredavie206 wrote: I got a pack of 2 skf top mounts from euro for £15



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Re: Has anyone encountered top mount bearings this bad?
I had this same issue on my 306, it also caused a spring to fail while doing a car park manouvre. The top mount bearings dont appear to have much (if any?) grease in nor do they have much if any protection from the elements!
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Re: Has anyone encountered top mount bearings this bad?
Looks very much like the one that was changed on my 306 just before I got it!