Something to be said for planning ahead

[patrick.bureau at gmail.com (Patrick Bureau)]

OMG you still have my tech notes... well then my work is done here...lol

Patrick aka 'ATS'


-----Original Message-----
From: Gordy Stedman [mailto:ydrogs@gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:38 AM
To: Lexan Blanchard; Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: Something to be said for planning ahead

Read this carefully.  Ask questions if you are unclear about any step.  Good
luck.  It is rather easy once you do it but you will need a set of spring
compressors unless you live dangerously and want to unbolt the springs with
out them.  Probably will not get tem back on though.

http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech/Techtips/Timbotechnotes/struts/strut
s.htm


On 3/23/07, Lexan Blanchard <lexan_122874@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> So, now forward to Gisele (yes, I named her and she is a girl).  We are
> close to road time and I went ahead and ordered shocks.  Nothing fancy,
> just
> plain old Bilsteins (I am not SpeedRacer, just like to drive a little fast
> in a straight line).  I had this crazy notion that the procedure would be
> similar to the Montero, so I figured it couldn't be that hard and would
> maybe take me 2 hours for all 4 corners (since the Montero took about 30
> minutes per wheel).
>
> So, with nothing else to move forward with this evening (oil filter wrench
> is too big, pin is still stuck in fuel distributor and NOT coming out,
> injectors have new seals and are re-installed), I decide to tackle the
> shocks, or at least get started.  So, I remove wheel #1 (driver front).
> Open Bentley and begin to read about removing and supporting suspension
> stuff and making sure things are straight... HUH?!?  I was WRONG about
> ease.
> You really gotta take all that stuff apart just to replace the shocks?
> And the pictures really don't look exactly like what I bought; and bending
> a
> wire for support?  I don't have any wire hangers and don't really know how
> to fashion a suspension sling.


-- 
Gordy
MK1 x 4
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