Gti rear shock and rear wheel bearing questions

[Baskey]

Afternoon chaps

My girlfriends mk3 gti failed it's Mot on a couple of points and im just after a few pointers.

It failed on a rear shock. Iv ordered 2 new ones but all the ones iv changed before have been on cars with separate shocks and
Springs, on the golf it's one unit. Do I just take the unit out as a whole then compress the springs and swap them over onto the new shocks? Is there anything I should look out for or is it fairly straight forward?

It also failed on a wheel bearing. Again iv ordered the new part but I'm not sure the torque settings for the rear hub?

Any help would be great

[Christo77]

Not sure what you mean by seperate shocks and springs in this situation, unless yours has coilovers fitted already..
Standard shock setup is a shock absorber strut and spring, removed and fitted to the vehicle as one unit but seperable if changing springs or shock strut..or both.

I'd replace the top mounting rubber bushes (one under turret and one above on each side) if you want to do a proper job.
Watch out when undoing re tightening the bottom fixing bolt, the head is shallow on these for some reason and it's easy to slip off and round them even with a socket, it's recommended that these are replaced too as they take a lot of strain, a manual will help..with torque settings and stuff..
Other chaps here may help out..

If it's rear wheel bearings then pretty easy, if your talking about the bearing pressure nut then roughly finger tight..what i do is spin the hub with one hand and feel and tighten the nut until it holds the hub snug to spin free but not tight.

That'll get you started anyway

[dom]

Not sure what you mean by seperate shocks and springs in this situation, unless yours has coilovers fitted already..
Standard shock setup is a shock absorber strut and spring, removed and fitted to the vehicle as one unit but seperable if changing springs or shock strut..or both.

I'd replace the top mounting rubber bushes (one under turret and one above on each side) if you want to do a proper job.
Watch out when undoing re tightening the bottom fixing bolt, the head is shallow on these for some reason and it's easy to slip off and round them even with a socket, it's recommended that these are replaced too as they take a lot of strain, a manual will help..with torque settings and stuff..
Other chaps here may help out..

If it's rear wheel bearings then pretty easy, if your talking about the bearing pressure nut then roughly finger tight..what i do is spin the hub with one hand and feel and tighten the nut until it holds the hub snug to spin free but not tight.

That'll get you started anyway

+1 The standard set up has separate shocks and springs, and you should replace the top mounts along with the shocks

[Wayne]

Not sure what you mean by seperate shocks and springs in this situation, unless yours has coilovers fitted already..
Standard shock setup is a shock absorber strut and spring, removed and fitted to the vehicle as one unit but seperable if changing springs or shock strut..or both.

I'd replace the top mounting rubber bushes (one under turret and one above on each side) if you want to do a proper job.
Watch out when undoing re tightening the bottom fixing bolt, the head is shallow on these for some reason and it's easy to slip off and round them even with a socket, it's recommended that these are replaced too as they take a lot of strain, a manual will help..with torque settings and stuff..
Other chaps here may help out..

If it's rear wheel bearings then pretty easy, if your talking about the bearing pressure nut then roughly finger tight..what i do is spin the hub with one hand and feel and tighten the nut until it holds the hub snug to spin free but not tight.

That'll get you started anyway

+1 The standard set up has separate shocks and springs, and you should replace the top mounts along with the shocks

Yep spot on, just compress the spring to change. Top mounts are 11 and 12

[rubjonny]

no compressors required for rear shocks on a mk2, pretty sure mk3s the same. still best to put them on just in case!

as well as top mounts you may need new circlips.

From VW:
8D0 512 097 rear snap ring      £0.09 (x2) (part 2)

http://www.vwspares.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=502 x1 (part 11&12)
http://www.vwspares.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=603 x2 (part 5)
http://www.vwspares.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1786 x2 (part 10)

if up to 94:
http://www.vwspares.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=600 x2 (part 8 )

post 94:
http://www.vwspares.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=601 x2 (part 8 )

[snifferdog]

I did my rears without spring compressors, might need a mate to help though.

[Baskey]

That's just what I was after, cheers guys

Iv managed to get the rear carriers off and knocked the old inner bearing out the hub, does anyone have a picture of how the bearing should sit in the hub as I knocked the new one in and it dosnt look quite right. Also do I just push the seal on the stub axel or does it get pressed against the bearing before thehub goes back on

Chers, Baskey

[rubjonny]

http://www.oneilcastro.com/A2Bentley/SU01/ch6.2.1.html
http://www.oneilcastro.com/A2Bentley/SU01/ch6.2.2.html