Re: Strut tool

["I.Mannix" <mannix@privatei.com>]

>In a message dated 97-03-21 01:46:45 EST, trnsfrma@ix.netcom.com (Shawn C.
>Meze) writes:
>

FWIW, my GTI had the slotted nuts on it when I went to change the struts
for the first time in my ownership of it - I don't doubt that they were not
part of the A1 assembly, but at some point in time, they found their way
onto my car.  I used a die grinder to eradicate the threads, all better.
Spacer.

Mannix


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> At 01:02 AM 3/21/97 +0000, you wrote:
> >I am going to be changing the springs on my mk1 soon.  I was read
> >reading the bently and it says you need a special tool to remove the
> >slotted nut on top of the strut.  Is there anyway around it or do you
> >have to buy it?
>
>
> I believe the slotted nut only came on the A2 cars. You should have no
> problem getting the strut assy apart as long as you have the right
> tools. (impact gun and a spring compressor, although I have done it
> without either of them.)
>  >>
>
>Shawn is absolutly correct! Only the A2's have the sloted nut. Meaning Golf,
>Jetta, and Corrado. It excludes The MK2's since they are still A1's.
>
>Steve Toughill
>MAINElyVW1@aol.com
>84 Scirocco GTX
>88 Fox
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