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·For quite some time now I have been whining and complaining to anyone who will listen that the top mounts fitted to my E5GSR are poor. I have changed several sets. I have tried the standard ones and those supplied by RalliArt. One technician told me that he finds it strange that I am having such high failure. He offered that a set of the RalliArt mounts should last a season of hard racing. Here is what I have recently found.
After installing yet another set of mounts but three weeks prior, they were beginning to knock. Took them off the car and decided to look carefully. It appeared that there was very little lubricant at the bearing itself. The grease seemed to have been displaced. Pried out the plastic cage and packed the balls to one side of the race. Snapped the race out and removed the balls (seven). Washed the bits and examined them. No pitting, no obvious wear. Re packed it all with some high quality wheel bearing grease and put it back together. The bearing felt much tighter and rotated smoothly. I installed the rebuilt mounts and voila, the knocking noise is gone. It remains to be seen whether this is a long term solution but it does seem promising.
I would be interested to hear from anyone who thinks that they have, or have had, this same problem.
After installing yet another set of mounts but three weeks prior, they were beginning to knock. Took them off the car and decided to look carefully. It appeared that there was very little lubricant at the bearing itself. The grease seemed to have been displaced. Pried out the plastic cage and packed the balls to one side of the race. Snapped the race out and removed the balls (seven). Washed the bits and examined them. No pitting, no obvious wear. Re packed it all with some high quality wheel bearing grease and put it back together. The bearing felt much tighter and rotated smoothly. I installed the rebuilt mounts and voila, the knocking noise is gone. It remains to be seen whether this is a long term solution but it does seem promising.
I would be interested to hear from anyone who thinks that they have, or have had, this same problem.