bonrath strut bearings installed...I guess

[toofast4you89 at gmail.com (Ben Walter)]

yes the spring will move on the plate with little effort.  my dad and i both
have H&R coil overs.  i did crank the nut as hard a i could, the next step
would be to take the car to my work and use on of my impacts on it.

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???
>
> --
> The Punk
>
> 1986 2.0L 16v scirocco
> "there will be more to come..."
>
>
>
>


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