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#5873430 - 10/20/11 01:17 PM What to do about stuck pillowball mounts?
TaylorSPL Offline
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Registered: 08/17/01
Posts: 153
Loc: Tucson, AZ
1993 Nissan Sentra SE-R manual trans.
Stock everything except for the K-Sport coil overs with pillowball mounts


I only drive it a couple of miles a week and usually not at high speeds so I neglected it for a long time. The toe was visibly out so I took it in to get it aligned and they told me the pillow ball mounts were stuck. It's still pulling to the left but its way better than it was before. I did some searches and it seems like a stuck pillow ball mount can cause it to pull so whatever.

My question is should I even bother taking them off the car and trying to free them up or is this a part that once it gets stuck it's just time to replace? I've never owned a car with coil overs before. There is very light surface rust/grime.

It looks like the pillow ball mounts are about $100/pair but I'd rather not spend it if I don't have to. Thanks.

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#5877614 - 10/22/11 02:20 AM Re: What to do about stuck pillowball mounts? [Re: TaylorSPL]
4doorEG Offline
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Registered: 11/23/01
Posts: 6113
Loc: Overland Park, KS
1) You could post up what your alignment is

2) possibly take a picture of your pillow ball mounts. Each car's setup is different. Most you loosen up 4 allen heads up top and move the top strut plate around to change the alignment. I haven't seen those get "stuck" before where you can't unseize it.

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#5893607 - 10/29/11 10:11 AM Re: What to do about stuck pillowball mounts? [Re: 4doorEG]
TaylorSPL Offline
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Registered: 08/17/01
Posts: 153
Loc: Tucson, AZ
Thanks for taking the time to reply. The alignment is set to whatever the alignment shop set it to. I didn't give them any preferences and they seem to know what they are doing from their reputation. This car is just a DD, the only reason it has coilovers on it is that it came with them.

The mounts look like these


The pivoty bearing in the middle that the strut goes through is what is stuck. The car only gets driven a few miles a week and hardly at all during the summer since I only use it to drive to school. I'll post a picture when I get home since the only time I remember to check ClubSi seems to be when I am at work or school.

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#5895870 - 10/30/11 10:39 PM Re: What to do about stuck pillowball mounts? [Re: TaylorSPL]
4doorEG Offline
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Registered: 11/23/01
Posts: 6113
Loc: Overland Park, KS
I've been doing alignments on a LOT of cars and I have not seen once where once you loosen the 4 allen bolts you can't move the strut to fix camber.

Did you get a print out? That information is key to knowing if you even need to mess with it further or not.....

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