Presale Bad Luck: Repairing/replacing strut bearing studs?(earlyA1)

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

Incidentally, I just got done punching one out  ( :) )

I've 'til Saturday before the car is supposed to ship out, so that's plenty o' 
time!

Thanks!  Jeff

> Jeff,
>   You can tap the studs out, they are pressed in, and put in a bolt.  I
>   welded 10mm bolts in mine (replacing the 8mm stock studs) while the unit
>   was out, but you may be able to slip a bolt in without pulling the entire
>   unit out of the car.
> Oh that all Scirocco problems were this easy to solve.
> (PS my hazard/emergency switch is working properly again, thanks to some of
> you lister's advice)
> 
> Larry
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Jeff Toomasson 
>   To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
>   Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 8:03 AM
>   Subject: Presale Bad Luck: Repairing/replacing strut bearing studs?
>   (earlyA1)
> 
> 
>   Happy Monday, folks!
> 
>   I have a set of early A1 strut bearings installed on my cabby and I had
>   to remove the upper strut stress bar to access something in the engine
>   bay yesterday. But noticed that the threads on the front stud on the
>   passenger side were stripped!!
> 
>   Well, the bottom line is that I don't have the time to figure out how it
>   happened, just how to fix it... Should I take a die to the threads? Can
>   the stud be swapped out by itself? Should I switch out the entire perch
>   (I have an extra set that were destined for my mk1)? Can the reapir be
>   performed with the strut assembly still in the car?
> 
>   many thanks in advance!  Jeff
> 
> 
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