Technical If you know, you know

[d4zzl3r]

Weekend pleasures.

 

[John202020]

If you can crack off the nut you'll find the threads quite clean

 

[portland_bill]

Fiat introduced caps for them, to prevent a recurrence. Seems to affect the 500, not so much the Panda.

 

[d4zzl3r]

 

[d4zzl3r]

Making progress....

 

[John202020]

That strut been off before?
The bolts are in the wrong way, should be nuts to the rear

 

[d4zzl3r]

That strut been off before?
The bolts are in the wrong way, should be nuts to the rear

No, never been off and both sides are the same. Owned car from new.

 

[irc]

That strut been off before?
The bolts are in the wrong way, should be nuts to the rear

Is the 500 different to the Panda? - they have the thread pointing forward like the picture...

 

[John202020]

Is the 500 different to the Panda? - they have the thread pointing forward like the picture...

Oops my mistake bolts inserted from the rear not nuts thank you all

 

[d4zzl3r]

Offside done, nearside next...

 

[puntodeltathema]

Fiat introduced caps for them, to prevent a recurrence. Seems to affect the 500, not so much the Panda.

Yes the (169) Panda is fine - but the scuttle design on the 500 naturally funnels the water into the strut tops...

The covers don't really help as they're not sealed.

 

[d4zzl3r]

Sorry for the delay in updates, i've now done the passenger side.

 

[d4zzl3r]

One more thing to note, these Magneti Marelli after market dampers do not have a bracket on the off-side for the low pad warning harness but it is on the near-side. Not a big thing i just used a cable-tie. You can see the bracket in the pictures on the near-side.