MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Lex on January 30, 2012, 10:52:48 pm
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Next job on the list.......
I take it the rears are easy, just pull th old ones and push in the new?
The fronts though, I know I need a spring compression tool, but do I have to have the alignment done after??
Is the set up at the front straightforward with top mount and washers??
Any advice welcome thank you.
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The rears are relatively straight forward, just need to swap the springs (that's all I did anyway)
When I did my fronts I brought some spring compressors and a strut spreader. The rest of the tools I had in some form or other. Some people just use an impact driver to undo the strut nut but I wasn’t that brave.
I used a combination of about 3 guides from the net, here’s just one, have a search for some more.
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3012010-2006-MKV-GTI-suspension-install-DIY-with-pics-(fronts-only)
Best to get an alignment done afterwards.
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Rears are 15 mins per side....take out the long bolt that holds the lower pressed steel arm onto the hub - you will see that it carries the spring.
Push arm down, pull spring out, replace...jobs a good un.
Fronts are quite a game if you are on your own as removing driveshaft and hub is quite a battle, and getting it back together more so. You do right in getting a strut splitter as this helps no end.
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sorry to jump in but is a strut spreader really needed to do the job or is good old hamer to the hub fine?