Is anyone still making the same strut adaprters

Is anyone still making the saab strut adaprters

I was only able to find one for sale thread, but it was a group buy and he is no longer making them,


(picture stolen from other thread)

Is there anyone else out there making these?

Ben has these in some sort, but they are designed to be used with his strut mounts/luxe steer. Not sure if compatible with the saab struts. I have them on my bilsteins.

fortbrick said:

Ben has these in some sort, but they are designed to be used with his strut mounts/luxe steer. Not sure if compatible with the saab struts. I have them on my bilsteins.

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Do you happen to know his screen name?

Blkaplan

I've machined the normal Volvo pin to accept Subaru top mounts. Cheap and easy and don't delaminate..Drill three holes and you're done...

well I was on lunch and near ace hardware, let me know if you guys think this will work.

So the problems I see that those one peice machined adapters fix are
A) jump the OD of the strut to fit the volvo mount
B)Fill the space between how far down the mount sits and where the mounting nut would bottom out.( I measured about 13mm)

so tackling A I found copper coupler with out stop that fit 1/2 pipe



as you can see they fit the inside bearing perfectly, ad sit snugly on the strut.

With B I needed something that was solid enough to be able to handle the force of it being sandwiched between the strut and the mount.


Same deal, fits snugly


Next I cut the Copper coupler in half, it cant be longer than the inside bearing, its only purpose is to take up room.



I put the Flat section of the brass fitting up to add extra prevention of crushing the brass.
and cut the copper short enough so that once the nut is tightened, it shouldn't put any downward pressure on it


Total was less than $8 for Both sides,
what do you guys think

Worth a shot, if it starts klunking you know what got crushed..

I feel like that cast bronze will deform under load. The copper sleeve is probably fine since 100% of the stressed area is supported by the strut and bearing surfaces.

Copper is softer than bronze, unless you mean because of the shape?

Bearing bronze has about half the yield strength of something like 430 stainless, especially a cast part vs. a machined adapter. So it takes less to crack or deform it.

However, thinking about it more, you won't be applying that much shock to the part unless you bottom out the suspension. Static load should not be that high but I don't have the numbers to figure it.

I wouldn't expect it to fail, but I think it'll definitely be the "squishiest" part of the strut shaft, and it's in an area which is impossible to inspect.

The copper, since it's essentially a shim, is transferring the actual load to the bearing races and strut shaft and shouldn't be at risk of anything other than a bit of friction wear - I'd put a skim of grease on all your shims/spacers and check the strut nuts every so often to make sure they're still snug.

JohnV, Kaplan or one of the other machinists would know a lot more about this than I do.