Quote Originally Posted by Previologist View Post
what did they charge? I can't find anyone close who will do it. I may have to ride 20 miles round trip on my bike with the old strut and spring on my back to get to a shop. If I can even find one. I found one backyard mechanic who says he has compressors but he has never done it. He hasn't gotten back to me with his price.
I had it done at a small local shop which was a short drive away (sorry). It was a handshake/cash deal, so no receipt. I want to say, $60 for the two struts? I'm assuming he had one of those nice wall-mounted compressors, not the separate bar-clamp kind that scare me, but I really don't know. There's the spring-compression of course, but also lining things up properly that I wasn't entirely confident about getting right the first time while also worrying about injury. I'm really leery of messing with those springs - still have a couple of used Camry struts (replaced with all-in-ones)sitting in my scrap-metal pile I'm hoping I can get rid of intact.

As for carrying one on a 20-mile bicycle trip - yow, that sounds pretty bad, and kind of unsafe - those things are heavy and awkward.

Quote Originally Posted by Previologist View Post
Is the spring seat 48044-28010 reusable? I notice you didn't list that.
Yeah, those were reused. I don't see why you'd have to replace metal parts like them unless they were seriously damaged. The parts I listed - the rubber spring "insulators" and the combo "skirt"-&-bumper become brittle and lose integrity over time.