Well, everything is all tight - no loose nuts. I do belive that is problem is a result of my Ground Controls and perhaps poor engineering of these afermarket parts.
Terry, maybe you can tell me if this makes sense. The original springs are much larger in diameter compared to the ground controls and use a much larger diameter thrust bearing than the gound controls do. This OE thrust bearing on the front struts runs on the outer edges of the upper strut mount (or near - correct me if I am wrong). With thte ground controls we have a much smaller diameter spring that has a top cap/hat. The thrust bearing on this top cap is much, much smaller than the orignal ones (as we have seen form other pictures/problems). This smaller thrust bearing is located much closer to the strut rod and the centre of the upper strut mount. I think that by having a much smaller thrust bearing that rides on the center of the upper strut mount is causing premature wear on the upper strut mount due to the forces of the spings/suspension being directed to a much smaller and more concentrated area compared to the orignal spring/Thrust bearing set up.
I guess I'll try replacing the upper strut mounts and see if this fixes it up.
I'm not sure about this, but does this seem like sound reasoning/causes? Does anyone else have any ideas? I hope this doesn't make me sound like an idiot (besides this last statement).
