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Top Strut Mounts Knocking (mk4)


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Guest suffolk04

how easy is it to change these? does the whole leg have to come out?

do i just need the rubbers, or would i need the bearings as well?

thanks in advance

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You can get away with just taking the tie rod off if you dont mind twatting your hub alot with a lump hammer..

 

Probably easier to take the arm off from where it connects to the chassis then the hub should come off easy. (maybe one side of the anti roll bar aswell)

 

Go and get a haynes manual they make things easier, although not everything they tell you to do is the easiest/best way.

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Guest suffolk04

what about remove top nut, then pry down on the hub, reckon theres enough room to get a pair of small hands up to replace the bush?

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Guest suffolk04

all sorted, very surprised that nothing was rounded off or siezed.

 

if anyone needs to know how its done, remove bottom ball joint, bottom strut bolt, hammer strut out of hub, remove top strut bolt, and thats it.very easy, 1 hour job for both sides

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all sorted, very surprised that nothing was rounded off or siezed.

 

if anyone needs to know how its done, remove bottom ball joint, bottom strut bolt, hammer strut out of hub, remove top strut bolt, and thats it.very easy, 1 hour job for both sides

new springs and shockers both sides on my mk4 45 mins

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