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Offline ruhaleali

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Front strut bolts
« on: February 18, 2015, 08:07:33 pm »
Hi guys,

I had purchased coilovers for my mk5. Having fitted three, the front right was the last left. However, the 3 bolts from uptop that hold the strut up haveheavily rusted from underneath. The garage has struggled to get these out. What is a possible solution ? As If i can remove then how much are these screws, and my new suspension will be complete. The garage spent 2 hours and wasnt able (vw specialist).
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Re: Front strut bolts
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2015, 08:30:45 pm »
Drill it off from the top. If you drill off the head you can remove the strut  :happy2:

I had to do this with one of mine
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Re: Front strut bolts
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2015, 10:03:22 pm »
Quote from: GrayMK5GTI on February 18, 2015, 08:30:45 pm
Drill it off from the top. If you drill off the head you can remove the strut  :happy2:

I had to do this with one of mine

Thank you for the info ! Real pain in the ass! How did you get the plastic off that is under the windscreen wipers ? Many thanks
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Re: Front strut bolts
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2015, 10:39:02 am »
Remove the front wipers and it unclips from below the windscreen.
If your VW specialist doesn't know how to do that I'd be a little worried about them fitting suspension!  :scared:

Also if you can't get the three bolts out from the top mount you may need a new top mount as the captive nut on the bottom may have snapped off, had this happen on a few car's I've changed suspension on.
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Re: Front strut bolts
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2015, 01:11:55 am »
Quote from: Cooper on February 19, 2015, 10:39:02 am
Remove the front wipers and it unclips from below the windscreen.
If your VW specialist doesn't know how to do that I'd be a little worried about them fitting suspension!  :scared:

Also if you can't get the three bolts out from the top mount you may need a new top mount as the captive nut on the bottom may have snapped off, had this happen on a few car's I've changed suspension on.

All sorted ! Dipped em heavy inWD40. He then changed everything over and its looking mint!
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