# Strut mount rubber layer **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 1, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strut-mount-rubber-layer/129990 "2018-12-01T15:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strut-mount-rubber-layer/129990/1 "2018-12-01T15:36:53Z")
oem mount has bonded rubber layer. as in not easy to separate. replacement mount does not have rubber layer, its ok to use as is? ![IMG_3664](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/0/0de4fd2428a6ade222de9923b130cd58512d127a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strut-mount-rubber-layer/129990/2 "2018-12-01T16:53:43Z")
Use the one on the left as is with no rubber ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strut-mount-rubber-layer/129990/3 "2018-12-01T18:23:41Z")
ok. done. pretty good. 3hrs. and i started at 11am anything worth doing is worth doing twice. ha ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strut-mount-rubber-layer/129990/4 "2018-12-02T00:38:06Z")
> [@Cavell](#): > > anything worth doing is worth doing twice. ha Whenever I do a car repair job I’ve never done before, I just figure I’ll be doing it twice 😉 .. rarely am I disappointed in that estimate. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strut-mount-rubber-layer/129990/5 "2018-12-02T01:06:40Z")
I usually transfer the rubber spring insulator to the new mount, does it not fit the new mount? ---
**Author:** ![thegreendrag0n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thegreendrag0n/32/9265_2.png) [@thegreendrag0n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thegreendrag0n)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strut-mount-rubber-layer/129990/6 "2018-12-02T02:15:21Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > Whenever I do a car repair job I’ve never done before, I just figure I’ll be doing it twice 😉 … rarely am I disappointed in that estimate. Every time I’m in doubt, I would go YouTube to check how others are doing it, still confirms that “twice the time” rule, but at least the first part of it happens on a couch 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strut-mount-rubber-layer/129990/7 "2018-12-02T14:17:26Z")
some brands of struts say to not use the lower spring cushion. but my struts had no instructions. and the mounts had no instructions. just no rubber layer. ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strut-mount-rubber-layer/129990/8 "2018-12-02T15:16:10Z")
Drive it some and pay attention to any new clunks and bumps. If things are working OK, you win, if not you might have to do the job again and put in the rubber layer pieces you saved on the shelf. Third time’s the charm.