Hi everyone and Happy Holidays!

Quick question - I replaced my CATS rear struts w/ a very low mileage used set of struts (bushings 100% good and no oil leakage) to replace my original rear struts (over 200K miles on them! no oil leaks but the bushings were shot to hell)

Anyway, JTIS procedures were vague on how to replace them. I noticed one thing after replacing the pair.

Each of the old struts were listed LHR and RHR respectively - I was under the presumption that the strut assembly could be installed on either side.

I know I have a 50% chance I installed the pair correctly - but for piece of mind - does it matter if I installed the RHR on the LHR? Each strut was aligned correctly before installing and final tightening w/ vehicle on the ground.

Or do I have to go back in and double check...?

Thanks for any input...

 

I thought they were the same too? News to me.

Hope you get an answer.

Does the car drive OK?
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I think I answered my own question clubairth1...

Yeh, they are the same. I marked the relationship of the 2 upper mounting nuts closest to the rear quarter panel and the relationship on the bottom of the strut connecting to the lower control arm on each old strut and transferred the marks to the replacement struts before installing - I had no issues...

I looked up all the rear strut parts on SNG Barrett - all associated parts (strut, spring, upper strut mount) are interchangeable - left and right...

Had computerized alignment performed today - no issues either - my girl is driving smooth again... CATS still working 100% and straight as a bullet.

Didn't realize how the bad bushings on the rear struts affected my ride (and overall alignment).

And PS - SNG Barrett has replacement bushings for the struts! I pulled my old struts out of the trash and will replace the bushings since the struts are good overall...