Re: Suspension Question

["Ryan Schuermann" <rts@nol.net>]

what i do to get 'close' is before loosening the two lower nuts,
take a screwdriver and scrape around the strut housing, making a mark 
on the knuckle..ie i scrap part that the strut bolts on to, it'll 
make a line you can line the strut housing up to when putting it 
back on the knuckle, along with making a hash mark on the eccentric 
washer and strut housing, these 2 lines will get you awfully darn 
close back to orig camber.

but i always take mine to get aligned, just goto a place that offers 
a warranty and have them realign it for free...NTB has done my last 3 
alignments on my 81 rocco for free.

 Ryan

> That'll get you close...
> 
> jim
> 
> Joshua Strait wrote:
> 
> > I have never done this job before but my Haynes manual says to "mark the
> > strut-to-steering knuckle relationship at the eccentric (upper) bolt
> > before loosening it".  In the picture it looks like they used white out
> > or paint to mark it.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Josh
> > '88 Scirocco 16v
> >
> > >> I'm going to install my bilstiens this coming weekend.  The rear
> > shocks im
> > >> confident i can do its the front struts that i'm hesitant about.  How
> > do you
> > >> take off the eccentric nut and keep the same camber?  I've heard
> > people making
> > >> a mark with a die grinder or white out.  Is the a special way to
> > remove this
> > >> nut?  Any help or tips on the whole install is greatly appreciated.
> >
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