[Vwdiesel] Help ! Do I need upper strut bearings ?? a bit long ..

[weasel]

And Loren gets the cigar !!  My passenger strut bearing is in fact stuck.  I jacked up the car to see what's going on and you could literally see it binding and releasing when turning the wheel by hand.  The poping sound was the noise reverberating throught the spring.  So I got me two new bearings.  I checked in the Bently and it shows that there is only one nut holding everything together up there for the base suspension.  Is this in fact true, or did they omit a nut in the drawing ( plus suspenion shows two nuts, making bearing replacement really simple - no spring compressor is required )??  It is for an A3 Jetta, 1995.

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> From: LBaird119 at aol.com
> Date: 2003/09/22 Mon AM 10:52:06 EST
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Help !  Do I need upper strut bearings ?? a bit  long ..
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> Is there a simple way to check and see if it is in fact the ball joints ??
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> Put a pry bar between the outer CV joint and the lower control arm and pry.
> Try it with the car supported by the body first, then try prying up on the
> wheel.  Be careful not to slip and tear the CV boot.  It sounds like a
> sticking
> upper bearing with the sound you said it was making.  Really doesn't
> sound like a CV though.
>      Loren
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