Re: Wrecking yard adventures

[four.rings@MCIONE.com]

Tony Lum <tlum@flash.net> wrote:


Playing around in the junkyards this weekend, found a '87 5000CS.  So I
took the opportunity to practice changing front struts.  When I took off
the camber adjusting plate, I noticed that the rubber bushing on the
plate (holding the strut shaft) was badly torn underneath, so the
question is should I go out and buy 2 of the camber plates now or was
this just a freak occurance?
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No, it's very typical. By all means replace them. They were around 14
bux each last time I checked.
OTOH, the top strut bearings [the skinny plastic ones, either red or
yellow] last forever, no need to replace those.

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Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ -- 18psi (TAP)
'98 A4TQ -- nothing to declare
Philadelphia, PA
USA
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