bonrath strut bearings installed...I guess

[sciroccojunky at gmail.com (Lance LaPrarie)]

There needs to be a bearing cap on there. Springs aren't meant to seat at
the bottom of the strut bearing. IF the ones that came with the coils don't
work I'd recommend going with the bonrath lowering spring caps. Those should
work with their poly bearings. Also it will lower the front a tad more
without losing the travel on your shock. Also look at the bottom of the
stock bearings and the poly ones. Make sure they are 100% the same.

What's with H&R anyway? I have the cup kit on my rocco and seems great in
front but no lowering in the back. My car has the stance of an older Nova
with swaybars. I mentioned it to them and they didn't think anything of it.
For the dough you spend on their stuff you'd think they'd be all about
customer service. Good stuff but still have a gripe.


Thanks!!


On 10/5/06, Verboten1 <verboten1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> with no spring cap, you will get that because the spring is binding on the
> bearing.
> a guy here has camber plates, no spring caps, and GTI springs and has the
> same problem
>
>
> On 10/4/06, Don Walter <dswalterwi@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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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> > >
> > > 1986 2.0L 16v scirocco
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> > >
> > >
> > >
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