i have recently put flat hub struts onto a car that originally had tapered ones on. firstly when i swapped the struts i was unaware of there being 2 different types so i obviously had the wrong shafts in for a while and drove like that for maybe 100 miles obv knowing something was terribly wrong but had to use my car, what are the long term effects on the wheel bearings of this?
also now i bought new shafts from euro carparts, which are the right type of shaft i.e. flat, but the only ones they know of to supply are straight shafts without the intermediate bearing, so i have fitted this shaft, is there likely to be any issues with this or long term/immediate effects, there is a slight knocking noise at certain speeds and when you first touch the brakes but this could be because i changed the track rod end on one side and only have adjusted by sight and steering wheel position. any advice much appreciated
also now i bought new shafts from euro carparts, which are the right type of shaft i.e. flat, but the only ones they know of to supply are straight shafts without the intermediate bearing, so i have fitted this shaft, is there likely to be any issues with this or long term/immediate effects, there is a slight knocking noise at certain speeds and when you first touch the brakes but this could be because i changed the track rod end on one side and only have adjusted by sight and steering wheel position. any advice much appreciated
