I have to replace the upper bearing in the suspenion of the L bug. Does anybody know, is just a bearing? or a whole new top in one piece? and also new? and how much? thanks

are you a 2 bolt or 3 bolt??

Not that it matters - for the life of me i cant remember.
I seem to think i reused some when we made the lowered struts.

u2u Alex Holzl. Richard Holzl is the strut guru.

they are 2 bolt struts. I reused the old ones when i re did the new shocks last yr.

Bix

It's a whole piece, the bearing is mounted in rubber that is "molded" to the mounting platform with the 3 bolts that fit to the body. It is not individually replaceable.

2 bolt ones and 3 bolt ones may vary slightly - or it may just be the spring top cup that varies, not sure.

I don't have any cunning suggestions, cause I replaced mine with spherical type bearings that are rigidly mounted and will probably be quite noisey - when the car eventually runs.

Cheers
Jeremy

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[Edited on 16-7-2004 by Jeza]