Strut mount issue

dremd

Veteran Member
Joined
May 31, 2007
Location
South Louisiana
TDI
06 sprinter. 03 jetta wagon premium with 6 speed ALH swap, 14 JSW
My golf has had an upper suspension clunk since I bought it.

I've located the problem, but am as of yet usure of how to repair it.

Essentially the strut mount does not hold itself properly to the strut towers.

See pics at http://gallery.me.com/dremd/100055 (one with wheels on ground, the other with the car on jacks.

What am I missing?
Did the previous owner misassemble the strut?
 

Russnut

Veteran Member
Joined
Aug 15, 2007
Location
Layton Utah
TDI
03' Jetta TDi
I've seen worse. It's nothing to worry about. There's a big rubber mount that wears out and basically gets squished, making the gap start to appear. So to fix it, you have to pull the strut out and then reassemble with all with the new mount. TDIparts has some Sachs ones for like $15 a side or somewhere close to that.
 
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