Removing rear struts in Typ 89

[Mike Robinson]

Radek,

I have found the best way to get them out is to remove the rear seat and the
rear carpeting and go in from the top.  I used an offset box end wrench and
an allen key to get them off.  HTH

-Mike
Audi 90 quattro 253,000 mi


On 4/2/03 11:32 AM, "radek at istar.ca" <radek at istar.ca> wrote:

> Hello fellow AudiFans.
>
> It's bearing replacement time - lr wheel.  For this, I need to remove the
> whole strut (I
> have an early 1988
> model with the bearing housing and strut welded together).  Space in the trunk
> is tight,
> it looks like I need
> a 7 mm Allen key to hold the shock absorber  steady and a socket to undo the
> bolt.
> Bentley shows tool 3078 which looks like a long socket open on one side and VW
> 524 - a
> "two pin spanner".
> Would anyone know any tricks?  I'm thinking of grinding a socket on two sides
> to grasp it
> with Vise Grips,
> so the Allen key can go through the top opening.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks.
>
> Radek
> 88 90Q
> 91 V8Q 5-sp.
>