Strut bearing replacement

[hartsiga at msu.edu (Andy Hartsig)]

Ya those are what I'm talking about.  I've got the CV's out for some trans work so I tried to just pull the 2 nuts that hold the bearing to the body. I dropped it down and it didn't want to go down far enough to let me tip it out from the fenderwell. I think it was either the tierod end or the balljoint that limited the travel. It looks like I'll need to put an allen wrench in the shaft of the strut and use either a offset box wrench or a socket that I can turn w/ a wrench to undo the top nut.  Should I be able to pull this off without unbolting the strut from the knuckle?

Andy  84 mk2 rocco
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: raveracer77 
  To: Andy Hartsig ; scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
  Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 6:51 PM
  Subject: Re: Strut bearing replacement



      If it's the strut bearing at the top (are there any others?) then you should just be able to take the top nuts off of the inside of the cap and unscrew them with some angled tipped needle nose pliers.  At least that's how they were assembled on my MK1.  The struts on my A2's have all had the bearings just slide out of the top, not even threaded.

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    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Andy Hartsig 
    To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
    Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 04:43 PM
    Subject: Strut bearing replacement


    Ok so my strut bearings are rattling enough to annoy me into changing them. 
    Does anyone know if it's possible to replace them without completely 
    removing the strut and requiring a realignment? I was thinking of 
    compressing the spring while the strut is still attached and hopefully that 
    will give me enough room to pull the bearing without removing the whole 
    thing. Any ideas?  Any way of removing the whole strut without needing an 
    alignment afterward?

    Thanks,

    Andy

    P.S. Happy Turkey Day!! 


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