Hello
I'm trying to rehabilitate the suspension on my 75L. (The Struts are quite different from the earlier Ls & Supers.) My problem is the tops of the struts, which when viewed from above have a cup shaped plate which is held in place by the bolt on the shaft & which sits in a white nylon bush. This bush is set into the top of the bearing plate & the cup- shaped plate turns with the shaft when the steering wheel is turned. Mine has significant play between the nylon bush & the cup-shaped plate which decreases when the car body is jacked up & the wheels & suspension left to "hang"; ie the whole suspension drops. In fact if you grab a wheel & rock it, the top of the strut rocks in this bush. I've had them out & the local VW expert inserted some spacers to take up the slack (he reckoned the bearings were OK). Now that I've put them back in, they don't seem to be much better & the "shimmies & shakes", while improved, are still there. I can't believe the arrangement is not supposed to be more secure & robust than it seems but I can't find anything specific on the set-up of the tops of these later-type struts either in manuals or on the net. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
75L Learner Dubber
6 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·
