Will these 78-79 rear struts fit my 74 civic?

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By tedshred (63.224.195.169) on Wednesday, January 17, 2001 - 02:17 pm:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=540594501&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=980083983&indexURL=0&rd=1

They are the non-sealed type, complete strut. Reserve is 56.00, with 36.00 shipping.

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By quikrick (63.204.16.66) on Wednesday, January 17, 2001 - 04:07 pm:

TED BEWARE!
Rear struts for a 78-79 CVCC mount very similar to the front struts on your 74 1200, they slip into a big sleeve and are tightened by a big bolt.
The rear struts for a 1200 have a completely different mounting. Look at the image of the KYBs that I had for sale. That is what your rears should look like.
So..... To make a long story short, I don't think that those struts will fit your 1200.
;)

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By John S. (207.160.163.83) on Wednesday, January 17, 2001 - 06:33 pm:

As far as I know, the 1200 struts (rear) are all the same. The rear 1500(CVCC) struts are the ones which are different...they slip into the rear stubaxle housings and are pinch-bolted aka Accord and 2nd Gen. Civic. I think that the entire rear assembly might fit a 1200, but you'd have to use all the 1500(CVCC) parts...compare the factory drawings you'll see what I mean.

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By Tim Harding (Timh) (147.222.140.130) on Wednesday, January 17, 2001 - 11:08 pm:

The rear struts from a '75 CVCC bolted right onto my '76 1200. Am I missing something?

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By quikrick (63.204.16.66) on Thursday, January 18, 2001 - 08:17 am:

No Tim, you are right, the later CVCCs (78-79) are the goofy ones.

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By tedshred (63.224.195.169) on Thursday, January 18, 2001 - 09:17 am:

So it sounds like the 78-79 CVCC's will not fit, but the item number was off by just one to what quickrick was selling, so I thought they might be a match. The guy selling them on ebay has tons of others, so I may just send him into his warehouse to search out my parts. Bottom line is they must be threaded so I can put inserts into them later.


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