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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
i've emailed the head of sales at BC a link to this thread, i'd like to see if they chime in at all
My wheel FELL OFF - BC coilover failure
- Thread starter Listers
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Protephile
Propulsionally Challenged
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- 2022 CX-30
Nah, Edwin is still theMAN....no coilovers for this application, which is what this thread is talking about!
On Aug 13 I went out for some photos and made this thread http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123751456 and on the way home I hit an uneven surface. There was a clunking noise coming from the RF strut. I pulled over and saw oil dripping from the bottom of the strut. The strut had blown. I had installed the coilovers about 11 months previous.
Here are pics of the hardware itself. You can see the threads and how they were "cleaned off" when the strut flexed/collapsed.
So it appears the strut cracked at the seam when you hit an "uneven surface," then completely separated after continued use. Sounds like an incredible combination of unfortunate events.
Your first indication that something REALLY serious went wrong was that the leak occured at the bottom of the housing - not at the top where the piston meets the tube. In any case, glad you're ok. Good luck getting everything fixed.
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edwin, do you mean to say none of the above have ever had a failure?
this is truly unfortunate...
oh, just did a quick search.....?
http://forums.evolutionm.net/evo-ti...6524-possible-safety-issue-wit-tein-flex.html
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
i highly doubt there is any suspension part out there with an absolute zero failure rate.
If he meant to write "eibach don't make coilovers for the ms3!" then you would be correct, but to me it looks like he said " eibach don't make coilovers!" in which he would be incorrect. Which is fine even the most knowledgeable people make mistakes every now and then.
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- 92 & 16 Meyatas
agreed ken!
madvillian
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this is incredible. im really concerned now about mine, because mine are always on full stiff pretty much
then u might want to change that a little to be safe lol
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
Pete from BC racing has read the thread and has said he'd be looking more into this in the morning for me.
The crack which resulted in the physical failure of the strut is not what made it leak. The portion of the strut where it separated is not a sealed portion containing oil, it was just for structure. The actually dampening portion of the strut starts about 4 inches above where the break occured.
H3br3w_Ham3r
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- 2008 Mazdaspeed3
Haha me too. I went out to my car and softened up the fronts as soon as I saw this thread. Couldn't get the backs cause the way they sit in the car but I'm not as worried about them since they aren't put under quite as much stress.
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
been talking to the head of BC North America. he is very interested in talking to the OP about this.
i sent you my contact info
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
thanks i'll get it over to him for you
I removed that post/pic with the arrow since it wasn't accurate and since there are picture with the real damage available now
Nliiitend1
Member
Maybe because Tein makes somewhat crappy dampers as well? (dunno)
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
i've passed along lister's info to the head of BC in an effort to resolve this for everyone involved.
