Front strut question, Loose cap on top of strut Options

[Chad911sc]

I am restoring my 74 2.0 and when I purchased it about one year ago, it drove pretty good. I didn’t notice any weird or loose steering other than the bearing in my steering shaft which I’ve already replaced. When I shake the car I can hear a rattling sound coming from the top of the strut. I can reach my hand in between the fender and the top of the tire and rattle the top cap of the strut against the side of the strut itself. The rubber at the top of the strut inside the hood looks ok, but I’m not sure what needs replaced to tighten this up. If I remember from my 911sc it has a couple rubber nubs inside the top cap. I know they are not exactly the same, but close in design. Not sure if this is the problem…any ideas??

[rjames]

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The dust cover (that you have your finger on in the second pic) sits loose. Superhawk is correct and it's not resting on the shoulder of the strut as it should. (How did I miss that? I just redid my front end! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) ) Make sure the gland nut that secures the strut within the strut housing is tight (arrowed below). Torque spec is pretty high but I can't recall what it is off hand (90 ft lbs?). If that's tight, then it's possible that the nut that goes on the top of the strut wasn't on tight enough. That should be 57.9 ft lbs. Tighten it with the car on the ground.