Originally posted by Bradness:
If so, why the "it will eventually pull the brace in a tensile mode...." comment? Am I misunderstanding something here? Struts bottoming or extending fully has never been a good thing in my books.
In an extreme pothole situation where the strut is fully extended: the weight of the suspension assy might be enough to pull the strut tower and then the bar would go into a tension situation...but yes that is a very bad situation and you strut tower brace is the last thing you will be worried about. That is the only time your towers will flex outward...and it usually means there is damage...and usually alot of it.
