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Offline Doug Mk2

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top mount
« on: 31 March 2004, 13:53 »
can anyone tell me how to change the suspension top mountings on my mk2 gti?

Is it a hard job?

Cheers

Doug
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Offline Gambit

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Re:top mount
« Reply #1 on: 31 March 2004, 14:16 »
undo top strut nut, lift of top mount, put new top mount in, redo strut nut
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Offline Doug Mk2

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Re:top mount
« Reply #2 on: 31 March 2004, 14:35 »
will I have to jack the car up at all?
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Re:top mount
« Reply #3 on: 31 March 2004, 15:00 »
You need to jack the car up, support it on axle stands.
Remove each strut in turn, put spring compressors on, remove the slotted nut, remove and replace the mount.
Put strut back on car.
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Offline modulater

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Re:top mount
« Reply #4 on: 31 March 2004, 18:20 »
As Vr6 said you are gonna have to take the strut off the car and use spring compressors to compress the spring as its under tension.
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Offline Pike

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Re:top mount
« Reply #5 on: 02 April 2004, 10:29 »
You'll need a strut tool as well. One of the many tricks to undoing the top mount nut on the car is to use a 6mm allen key and 22mm sparkplug socket (with a slotted top so you can get a spanner on it) My prefered mehtod is an air impact gun, its something about the noise.
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