My mechanic (over the phone) says he's 95% sure my clicking trouble is cause by a bearing at the top of the strut being worn out. He told me to pick up new struts, springs and this bearing.
Well, he kept calling it a bearing at least, but he said if I asked for one for my car at any parts store they'd know what to sell me.

I've looked over suspension diagrams and I just don't see the part he's talking about -but I don't doubt him. He DOES know his stuff about cars in general.

So is there a rotational point somewhere on/near the front strut? A bearing, or bushing perhaps? Anyone know what he might be talking about?

Thanks!

 

there are no bearings at the top of the shock assembly

 

You don't have a struts, you have shocks, no piviots or bearings in the shock.

You do have an upper ball joint, that might cause problems like the bearing in a strut system.

Z28

 

As noted in the post above, there are no "struts" on a 4th Gen. It is an unequal A-arm suspension, with coil-over shocks.

There is a rubber seat that the top of the shock shaft bolts to, and retains the spring. The center of that seat, where the shock mounts, can break loose. There are also rubber "bushings" in the upper and lower A-arms that deteriorate.

All the parts related to the shock are shown in the photo. The upper spring seat/shock mount is in the lower right had corner:

http://members.aol.com/InjuneerZZ/im...otos/shk08.jpg

Assembled:

http://members.aol.com/InjuneerZZ/im...otos/shk01.jpg