[Vwdiesel] New strut inserts

[Roger Brown]

LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
>   Nearly every strut I've done on one either has the wrong 
> nut (internal vs external thread, or wrong size thread..) strut 
> won't fit in one of the nuts or something!
>   Last one on the Rabbit would grab about one thread and 
> bottom out (only the old nut would fit of course).  I ened up 
> having to get someone turn out the inside of each nut about 
> .050 as I recall so it'd clear over the top of the cartridge.
>   If you're bottoming out on the top of the cartridge and there's 
> enough thread to hold it on then you should be fine. 
>   Dont forget to fill the gap with some oil to transfer the heat 
> from the cartridge to the housing so it can cool.
>      Loren

The Bilstein HD A1 inserts I put in mine were very nice to install.  Came with both internal and 
external top nuts and they are made of a nice heavy machined steel, cad-plated.  Almost too pretty 
to put on, but so much nicer than the crappy stamped steel cap that came off.

-- 
    Roger