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RE: 'Busted' shock tower on 240

posted by  someone claiming to be rich on  Thu Jun 16 06:26 CST 2005 [RELATED]

Hi,
Thanks to all who replied, sorry for the unclear description of the problem. yeh, it was the plate.
Anyway, the shop wants $850 to repair the 240. Cosidering that the car is only worth about $1100 it doesn`t make too much sense.
Thanks again!
Rich
PS. Any thoughts on how we might otherwise approach this problem?








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    RE: 'Busted' shock tower on 240

    posted by  c_j_mooney on  Fri Jun 17 02:41 CST 2005
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    Is this regarding the broken spring plate on the strut? If so just go to your friendly local junkyard & get a complete strut, probably won't be any more than $25 - $50, and put the whole assembly on. If you're worried about keeping your suspension matched, swap the spring & shock insert from your old one, but to just get back on the road all I did was put the entire thing on as I got it. There were so many other issues on the beast I did that to, that mismatched shocks weren't a concern. Shouldn't take you more than a couple of hours, and if you're lucky it'll come with the hub & good bearings. And make sure the strut mount bearing at the top of the strut is good, if not you'll have to get a spring compressor & an impact gun & swap it with your old one (assuming that one's good...) Biggest problem you'll encounter will be getting the brake lines off & opening the caliper bleeder screws. You might end up needing a caliper & new flex hoses.
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    Chris, Dartmouth NS Canada 70 M-B 280SE, 83 245DL, 84 244 turbo, 90 780 turbo, 92 VW Golf, 90 740 Rex/Regina







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