Strut bearing replacement

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sounds like maybe the spacer is a tad too long, allowing some play???

On 11/25/06, Andy Hartsig <hartsiga@msu.edu> wrote:
>
> Well what I ended up doing is just marking the 2 bolts that hold the strut
> to the knuckle. took both out and just pulled the whole strut off in one
> piece. Put the strut in the vice and compressed the spring and gunned the
> nut off with the impact. It turns out that the PO had put some aftermarket
> struts on there that use larger diameter shafts than factory. I a pair of
> replacement bearings w/ bumpstops, dust boots and the spacer tube from
> german autoparts. Turns out all I could use was the bearings and the
> spacer
> tubes. Put the whole schbang back together and back on the car and tried
> to
> get the camber back to where it was before. I might as well have the
> alignment checked anyway ;)
>
> I've got a question for you guru's of all things rocco.  Is it normal for
> there to be a little play in the strut bearings?   Meaning if you hold the
> strut stationary out of the car you can just slightly jiggle the bearing
> up
> and down? It seems like it should be tight but I've never done anything
> with
> struts before.  Did the PO leave out a part possibly and therefore I'm
> screwed cause I just put the damn thing back together?
>
> ok suppose I should get some rest so I can battle the rocco again in the
> morning!
>
> Andy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca>
> To: "raveracer77" <raveracer77@yahoo.ca>; <haygood@myway.com>;
> <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>; <hartsiga@msu.edu>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 4:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: Strut bearing replacement
>
>
> Cool trick. Thanks for the info!!
>
> Marc
>
> >
> > De: "raveracer77" <raveracer77@yahoo.ca>
> > Date: 2006/11/24 ven. PM 04:02:21 GMT-05:00
> > ?: <haygood@myway.com>,  <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>,
> > <hartsiga@msu.edu>
> > Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Objet: Re: Strut bearing replacement
> >
> >
> >     Along the same lines I just went and spent the $8 bought a cheapo
> 22mm
> > open ended / boxed wrench and walked into a local shop that I knew had a
> > torch and had them heat it up and bend the boxed end up so that I had my
> > own offset wrench.  This way it didn't cost ma a fortune from a VW
> vender
> > for the specialty tool.
> >
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