[reddog99]

I was crawling under my ST today for some Sunday afternoon entertainment and discovered this thingamajig bolted to the front struts. I looked in the shop manual, and although I'd guess it's a reciever for the TPMS, the manual says that the BCM is the receiver, and I couldn't find any pictures of it anywhere. My 2011 Fiesta didn't have these either.

I tried Googling the part number and only found a Swedish salvage company selling the part with no name in the description (that I could read). So does anyone have a guess?

 

[ohskigod]

Something related to the torque vectoring ?

 

[wash]

Wild guess but maybe part of the electronically power assisted steering (EPAS)?

 

[RodMoe]

Read somewhere on a different forum that they were thought to be a type of Mass Damper

They're mass dampers to damp out unwanted vibrations, be they braking noises or otherwise.

And a quick google popped this nugget

This part could never prevent/reduce wheel hop.
Ford has used things like this before to reduce the grinding sensation caused by aggressive brake pads.

Dave

 

[reddog99]

Well, "mass damper" doesn't make any sense. It's aluminum. And not very big either.
As for the grinding brake pads, I don't know about that either. What's the strut got to do with the brakes? If the brakes are grinding, there's a basic problem there.
That Swedish site I found the part on had taken it off a "B-Max" car.
I tried entering the part number in Fordparts.com and came up with nothing. :cyclops:
I wonder if it's on the base model Fiesta's?

 

[McRib 1s Back]

Well, "mass damper" doesn't make any sense. It's aluminum. And not very big either.
As for the grinding brake pads, I don't know about that either. What's the strut got to do with the brakes? If the brakes are grinding, there's a basic problem there.
That Swedish site I found the part on had taken it off a "B-Max" car.
I tried entering the part number in Fordparts.com and came up with nothing. :cyclops:
I wonder if it's on the base model Fiesta's?

It's true, that unit really is there to combat NVH. I went through the same thing when doing my springs. Apparently, many Fords have this kind of attachment for the same reason...

 

[D1JL]

From FordParts.com

Dave

 

[BRGT350]

Vibration damper mounted on all Fiesta's with 17" wheels. It is new for us in the US since we have never had a Fiesta with factory 17" wheels until the ST came out.

 

[D1JL]

So take them off.

Maybe you will get a buzz and like it.


Dave

 

[RodMoe]

So take them off.

Maybe you will get a buzz and like it.


Dave

hmmmm Oh nevermind it's way left of center LOL