Mondeo strut top bushes

Jan 31, 2008 3 Replies

'Morning all, Our W reg Mondeo is coming up for an MOT and I noticed something that makes me wonder. The tops of the the front suspension struts appear to move around a bit. There's a ring of clean paintwork around the visible rubber bush (i.e. the bit you can see under the bonnet) where the dirt has been rubbed away. Shouldn't do that, should it?



Is there a bush there that commonly fails on Mondeos or has someone put it together wrong after replacing the shocks or something?



Any guidance welcome...


In general, there's a bearing that allows the top of the strut spindle to rotate and these are usually housed in a big rubber bush which will allow a small amount of movement. The rubber can degrade and cause the car to sag or the bearing can wear out or become corroded and allow too much or not enough movement.

Ta. It seems a bit odd that both sides seem to have exactly the same degree of movement, whereas wear tends to happen less evenly, so perhaps I'll just put it in for an MOT and see what happens.

They'll have to be really bad to fail an mot.

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