Ohlins R&T Strut Failure

[Thoglan]

Welp today was a bad day. A few weeks ago I had an incident where the top nut on the front left strut came loose while I was driving on the motorway. Yes, as bad as it sounds. It was done up properly and torqued. Upon closer inspection it looks like perhaps the nyloc nut is too tall and the spacing of the GC Street camber plate is such that the threads on the strut are not sufficiently engaging the nylon. If anyone is running ohlins with GC street camber plates, that might be worth checking to avoid the same mistake. The strut came loose and on a dip in the road came completely out of place in the strut tower. As soon as I knew what happened I pulled off and onto a side street to find I was looking pretty stanced out.



I had my brother drop some tools off and I wrestled it back into place on the side of the street. Nothing was broken, everything seemed okay other than a few surfaces being beat up from the strut being free. I felt like I got off scot free. Unfortunately not. Today I was driving the car and something just felt slightly off about the front left. Little bit more crashy and harsh. Difficult to explain but it just felt.. off. I went to jack that corner up and do the usual move the wheel around and feel for play. Only when jacking it up the shock was sticking slightly. Juddering almost as it rebounded. It wasn't slick and smooth like the other side. All the bushings looked good and the strut failing made the most sense. Pulled it out and sure enough.



So the strut is ruined right or is this something that can be rebuilt and fixed? Is it possible to buy a single strut to replace it?