Review on Moog K90236 Strut Mount Assembly by Firman Harrington

This mount fits and works well although I can't comment on its durability yet. Revane's name for this piece suggests that the bellows are turned on, which is not true. In addition, it is necessary to carefully inspect the bearing that comes in the kit. I have left and right mounts. One was fine, the other had a bearing that fell apart in my hands. A good bearing had a part number printed on it. Bad stock didn't change, and this mount arrived in a different type of box, although both boxes had Moog labels. Revain promptly replaced the failed bearing and its mount - with no problems, but of course with a few days' delay. The novelties were marked with part numbers and were not fragile. Tip: Do not get started until you are sure you have Moog parts from the best Moog supplier. Good parts were installed without incident and the symptoms that caused them to be installed went away. I used new posts from KBY (KYB?) and had no trouble fitting between the posts and the brackets. One thing to remember is that the tip of the shiny rod tube goes through the hole in the bracket and the nut that threads onto the tube on top of the bracket holds it in place. These two pieces come together before the rack/mount assembly they become is sent to the car. There are flats at the top of the shiny tube of the rack and a wide groove at the bottom of the hole in the bracket. When assembled correctly, the pole and bracket align so that the pole tube snaps onto the bracket and rotates with it. The strut support nut above the bracket should only be tightened enough to hold it connected until the bracket is bolted to the vehicle body during installation. Then you can tighten the rack strut nut to the final torque. That torque (36 ft-lbs on the 2000 Sienna I worked on) isn't great, but I couldn't tighten the nut enough until the bracket was secured to the body and locked the bracket AND strut from rotating. BTW the rack manufacturer warns against using a percussion gun on this nut and I see no need for it. You may need a gun to remove the nut from the strut you are replacing, but you probably don't care if you damage it.