[Vwdiesel] front CV axel

[Roger Brown]

LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
>
> > The car has a lot of miles on the suspension.  What's the general opinion
> on
> > struts?  Do you replace the whole assenbly strut,spring, housing or just
> > replace the strut using a spring compressor and reuse the spring?.
> >  --
>   I've always just done the insert.  If it's the first time then you'll find
> the
> housing is the outer shell of the original strut.  It's full of oil and the
> piston rides against it.  My luck has been the cap that comes with the
> new strut is almost always wrong and I have to use the old one.

I was impressed with my Bilstein A1 inserts, they came with 2 different caps, internal and external thread and looked almost too
pretty to use, heavy machined steel w/ seals for the strut rod, cad plated.  Compared to the cheap stamped sheet metal one that
was holding my old KYBs in, there was no comparison.  And they even include a special spanner wrench to remove and install the
caps.  And the warrantee service is great, call their 800 number and they'll ship a new strut to you, send the old one back (w/
copy of receipt) and they refund the deposit plus your return shipping cost.