Price : $196.95
Features
- Bearing Plate
- Upper Spring Isolator
- Upper Spring Seat
- Coil Spring
- Boot Kit
Product Description
Quick Strut
Customer Reviews
Camry Monroe Quick-Strut Assemblies and Sway Bar Bushing and Bushing Replacement, July 17, 2010
By Transit Guru 
This product review refers to the following suspension products as installed on a 1996 Camry LE 4 cyl.
Monroe 171958 Quick-Strut Complete Strut AssemblyMonroe 171957 Quick-Strut Complete Strut AssemblyMonroe 171979 Quick-Strut Complete Strut AssemblyMonroe 171980 Quick-Strut Complete Strut Assembly
Moog K90313 Rear Sway Bar End Link Kit
Moog K90253 15 mm Rear Sway Bar Frame Bushing
In another century and another life I was a professional mechanic, but with the last two decades’ more complex automobiles, I keep it simple. The Monroe Quick-Strut assemblies are simple to install and come with adequate install directions, although for my own comfort, I bought a used Haynes repair manual. Unless you are willing to pay a lot more for something exotic, buy the individual parts to make-up an assembly and do a lot more work requiring more specialized tools, Monroe, an old and respected aftermarket auto parts supplier, gives you all the pieces properly assembled at a “bundled price” you can’t beat. For an older high mileage cars like mine, springs, seats, bumpers, and strut bearings are worn and fatigued (especially springs) and need replacement. Replacing all four struts, the sway-bar bushing and links has restored my old Camry to its new-car ride.
You will need an assistant to help you lift the 25-pound assemblies into the fender wells and attach the top three nuts on the struts. Before installation, checking the top strut compression nut for proper torque is a good idea as suggested by another reviewer. Mine were fine out of the box. I used the old nuts, but think the new nuts supplied are probably ok. Torquing to specifications is mandatory and if done properly, locktite should not be necessary. I highly recommend the use of a click-type torque wrench over a beam variety and you will need one that torques above 200 ft lbs. My local O’Reilly Auto Parts loaned me this tool on my credit card and you may be able to find a parts store in your area that will do the same. Penetrating oil on the nuts and bolts, especially on the underside a day or so before you go to work is an excellent tip from another reviewer, particularly in climates where salt is used on the roads.
After installation you will need a four-wheel alignment. Today this is a completely computerized laser-beam operation, so with the Camry’s simple adjustment set-up I took the low bid (about $72). Check for discount coupons. If your car has been in an accident, you may need someone (a real mechanic) who knows how to deal with an “out of specifications” situation.
Finally, if after all is said and done, you have a knocking sound from the back when you go over bumps, it’s most likely the rear sway bar bushings and/or the sway-bar links. Disconnecting the sway-bar links and wire or tape them to the sway bar and drive the car. If the knocking sound is gone, then this is your problem. Replacement of bushing and links is four bolts, four nuts, and a small amount of vegetable oil (not petroleum grease) to lubricate the bushings.
Tools: 12 mm, 14 mm. 19 mm. 22 mm sockets, ratchet, ½ inch breaker bar, extensions, hammer, punch, 200 ft lb ½ inch drive click-type torque wrench.
Good, but difficult to install, June 19, 2010
By Bradley Grochowski
Bought the front and rear struts for 1996 Toyota Camry. I was able to install the front ok, but its a 2-person job, because you have to jump on the rotor to get the lower control arm to line up with the strut holes. Also helped to put a lug nut on and use the tire iron as leverage. The nuts given with the strut for the top mounting are not high enough grade and they strip out when torqued to spec. Use the original nuts, with locktite.
The rears are another story. My car is rusty, and the stabilizer link was impossible to remove without torching off the stabilizer link, so I had to take it into the shop to have that done. They charged me $300 to install the rear struts. So it still was cheaper than having it all done by the shop but unfortunately, if you live in the rust belt, then you will need a torch or plasma cutter to get the rear struts off.
Not enough details to order correctly, but good product, May 30, 2010
By Andrew Wellman 
great product and great price. I ordered the wrong ones because the description is so hard to navigate. I order Left and right front and recieve two left rear. Product is great, ordering the correct one is terrible. Amazon took them back no questions but I am a little gun shy with car parts now.
Good Product, Poor Assembly, August 8, 2009
By Misha
I installed two new quick struts in the rear of my camry, willing to pay the premium for the ease of instillation for having the entire strut preasembled for me. They went in fine, but when I took the car out for a test drive there was a terrible knocking from both sides. Not thinking for a second that it would be a problem with the struts, I removed the wheels again and checked to see if anything was tight.
After a lot of wasted time I finally found a couple posts for other cars that had similar problems that came from Monroe not properly tightening the top strut nut to anywhere close to 60ft/lbs. After fighting my way to gain acess to the top nut I found that it must have just been put on finger tight.
I would have given this product 4-5 stars if they had put it together right and not made a 1hour job take 5 hours. You pay essentially an extra $25-50 for them to compress the spring and tighten one bolt, which is apparently beyond them. Monroe should be embaressed with the quality of there assembly.
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