bonrath strut bearings installed...I guess

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

When we were changing out the Strut Supports we were deciding whether we
should use the caps that came with the H&R Coilovers or not.  We assembled
it with them it didn't seem to allow the threaded shaft to extend through
the bearing as far as on my car.  Also it didn't seem to mate up to the
contact area on the bottom of the bearing.  So we took them out.  The top of
the spring doesn't seem to seat properly to the bottom of the flange portion
of the bearing, it tends to shift around under there thus the clunking
noise.  We tried looking at my car's setup but can't determine if the spring
caps are in there without taking it apart.  The bottom of mine seems to be
slightly different and holds the top of the spring firmly.  As I didn't put
them in I don't know.

On 10/3/06, peter <peter@thescirocco.com> wrote:
>
> ...That doesn't sound right, unless the spring is moving loosely when
> decompressed. If you jack it up, does the spring move around?
> I like the secondary springs, that remedy this, I think Don has that
> setup.
>
> Also make sure the large 22mm nut is cranked down gutten tight, like a
> German virgin. ;
>
> Adjustable camber plates would be the next "upgrade" and they have the
> ones,
> that don't require any metal removal on the top of the strut-towers.
>
> What are the spring rates front/rear, which shocks are you using, and
> how's
> the ride otherwise?
>
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Walter [mailto:toofast4you89@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 8:13 PM
> To: Scirocco List
> Subject: bonrath strut bearings installed...I guess
>
> hello everyone,
>
> I'm not to thrilled to report i finally got around to putting on my
> bonrath
> poly strut bearings.  reason being is when they went on the spring of my
> coil overs, they never really "sat" correctly, and now i have reason to
> believe that the spring is shifting on the the bearing plate.  there is 1
> or
> 2 "clunks" heard when the wheel is cranked, and i proceed to take off,
> both
> in reverse and forward.  this is NOT felt over bumps.  I just replaced the
> ball joints about 2 weeks ago, and believe that the tie rods are still
> good.  any ideas? were we supposed to use the spring retaining cup from
> the
> stock bearings?  my dad's doesn't, and doesn't make said noise either.  oh
> and one more complaint,  if you lift up on the fender of the car, it needs
> to be pushed back down to its normal ride height.  is this also a part of
> the problem???
>
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>
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>
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)