Strut bearing replacement

[raveracer77 at yahoo.ca (raveracer77)]

    If it's the strut bearing at the top (are there any others?) then you should just be able to take the top nuts off of the inside of the cap and unscrew them with some angled tipped needle nose pliers.  At least that's how they were assembled on my MK1.  The struts on my A2's have all had the bearings just slide out of the top, not even threaded.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Andy Hartsig 
  To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
  Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 04:43 PM
  Subject: Strut bearing replacement


  Ok so my strut bearings are rattling enough to annoy me into changing them. 
  Does anyone know if it's possible to replace them without completely 
  removing the strut and requiring a realignment? I was thinking of 
  compressing the spring while the strut is still attached and hopefully that 
  will give me enough room to pull the bearing without removing the whole 
  thing. Any ideas?  Any way of removing the whole strut without needing an 
  alignment afterward?

  Thanks,

  Andy

  P.S. Happy Turkey Day!! 


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