Can anyone spot the problem with this photo?

[bazzbazz]

Can anyone spot the problem with this photo?

[philpot]

Yeah, ok Bazz, I'll bite ... And, at the risk of saying the wrong thing ... ( oh no, here we go again...) Strut top mount/shaft ? Punched right up , way up.

[philpot]

Actually ... the whole strut tower appears to be pushed back  ...    Way back ...

[Citroënbender]

It's a 147, hence the strut tower position.

Interesting mode of failure, I suspect the captive wire clip on the strut shoulder failed and it came up thusly.

[bazzbazz]

It's a GT 3.2 V6 Track Car, and there is no wire clip on the shock shaft? What has happened is the shock shaft has worn clean through the Top Shock Mount bearing.

I have never thought that the shock shaft being held in place against the underside of the shock mount bearing by only a 0.5 mm shoulder to be a very sound engineering design. I have many a time pictured it just punching through the bearing, JUST like this.

Here is a closer view -