Re: front end rebuild

[Rich Deede----TOOL FAN <rdeed@udel.edu>]

It is definitely your upper strut bearings.  They make clunking noises
when going over bumps, and don't really harm the car when they are bad,
cost me $45 dollars for the pair from Mark@ adirondack.


Rich
87 16v

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Rich Deede
University of Delaware(Comm. major)
1987 VW scirocco 16v

On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Daniel A. Nowlan wrote:

> At 21:57 9/20/98 -0400, lerb wrote:
> >I have the same problem!
> 
> Clunking up front when going over bumps?  I have that problem, too, and I
> took it in to the shop this past week.  It is something with the strut.  My
> mechanic dude said it was gonna cost about $100 to $150 to repair per side.
>  He said it wasn't worth the $ it cuz it wasn't hurting anything and not to
> worry about it.  (A mechanic told me that!)  I'll talk to him tomorrow and
> get some details.  Maybe it's not unusual for Roccos.
> 
> Dan
> '86 8v red martian (for now)
> 
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