Re: strut bearings

[Etrik <etrik@pure-research.net>]

Greg Faust wrote:
> 
> I hit a nasty little bump with my 88 16v yesterday that shook the entire car.
> As a result,  I have a bad strut bearing/mount.  Does anyone have any
> suggestions on what to replace it with? OEM or an aftermarket upgrade?I assume
> I have to change both if I upgrade, is it ok to chage only the bad one for OEM
> replacement?
> 
> On another note, you may all know this already, but the manually adjustable
> clutch cable(as used on A1 8vs) will not fit on a 16v, at least not well.  It
> is considerably shorter and will not make the bend into the fire wall without
> binding.   Are manually adjustable cables available that will fit a 16v?  The
> dealer I spoke with doesnt know.  The Oem dealer cable for a 16v
> (self-adjusting) is $104.  I was able to get mine through United Import in
> Buffalo NY for about half that.
> 
> happy motoring
> Greg Faust               

Best advice I can give you is to replace both of them with OEM "German"
bearings (Contact Mark at mark@germanautoparts.com). You should replace 
both because if one went bad, the other is sure to follow, and you'll
need an alignment too.

Yes, I know from exp the manual cables don't work well, as far as I know
there is no manually adjustable one for the 16v.

HTH
Etrik
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