[Vwdiesel] Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Rear suspension issues

[gary]

     ||      <- 1   End of shock shaft
  __|__|___  <- 2   Shock nut
  ___||___   \  Heavy upper flat washer
  \      /   <- 3   Upper shock bushing
-----  ------ <- 4  Body shock bushing cavity
  /______\   <- 5   Bottom shock joint
  ___||___   /  6   Heavy lower flat washer
    |  |      <- 7   Shock shaft
    |  |


Sorry for the crude drawing, I hope it remains intact.

But I suspect the heavy lower flat washer has been punched through by
the shock shaft(easy fix), or,

the shock bushing cavity in the body has been punched through(Ouch, not
so easy. May require welding to repair).

Did you try the driver side in the passenger position?

When the shock is in the "punched up" position, Can you see the stepped
thickness of the shock shaft? If so, then the lower flat washer is
foobar.

-Gary


On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 11:41, Brett wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm having some problems with the rear shocks in my Jetta. The story is that
> I went over a large pothole and it made the top of my passenger's side shock
> come up through the tower and punch a small hole into the rear deck
> material. I got new Boge Turbogas shocks from Adirondack, along with new
> bump stops. So I took the old shocks out, put everything back together, and
> it's still doing the same thing, meaning that the top of the shock is still
> sticking up through the tower.
>
> Thinking that the passenger side shock tower may have been damaged, I then
> moved the passenger side assembly over to the driver's side, with the same
> result. So I at least know it's not something with the tower itself that's
> causing the issue. I then ordered some new coil springs from Adirondack,
> took the assemblies out, installed the new coil springs, and put them back
> in. Still the same thing! I'm wondering if I need to get a set of new
> bushings to fix this, or what the solution may be. The bottm bushing on the
> screwed up assembly seems to be slightly split and looks to need
> replacement. Adirondack sells stock rubber bushings, or Polyurethane
> bushings for A2s. I'm thinking of getting the poly bushings if it is in fact
> the problem. That's the last thing I can think of since I've replaced a) the
> shock, b) the coil spring, and c) the bump stops. New bolts on the lower
> mount too. I have pictures up for a visual reference. Please go to
> http://home.gwi.net/~dslfan/jetta to see the pics. The driver_side_1.jpg
> file illustrates the problem best. I can take more pics if needed, the
> second driver's side one didn't come out too well. As a side note, if I lift
> the back end of the car it looks normal, until I stop lifting the broken
> side.  Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> -Brett
>
>
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