Strut bearing replacement

[jarrett at rpa.net (Jim Jarrett)]

So here is a somewhat related question:

What does it mean if you can never get the top nut to tighten to  
torque spec???


On Nov 23, 2006, at 6:50 PM, C Boyko wrote:

> Will the spring not push it upwards if that nut is released? In  
> which case,
> it's best to have the whole thing out of the car. One more thing, I  
> had a
> noise in the Cabby that sounded for all the world like a bad strut  
> bearing
> (rattle on hard load/unload). It was missing anti-rattle clips in  
> the front
> brakes.
> Cathy
>
> On 6:59 pm 11/23/06 "Andy Hartsig" <hartsiga@msu.edu> wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>>         Rave Racer
>>   Currently:
>>   NEW!!  91 Jetta GLI 2.0L 16V
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>>
>>   '89 Jetta GTX 1.8L 16V
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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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