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Shock absorber went bust...
...the dramatic way.
I wonder if that happened to anybody before: In my wife's '82 300D the piston of the front right shock absorber came out through the top , ripped the airfilter housing off its mounts and pierced the A/C hose. And it's not body rust around the mount, it's the shock absorber itself that had disintegrated.
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'99 S420, 155k '91 VW Vanagon GL, 150k '85 VW Vanagon GL, 120k '82 VW Westy, aircooled, 165k |
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what brand?
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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon 1979 280CE 225,200 miles 1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles 1976 240D 190,000 miles 1979 300TD 220,000 GONE but not forgotten 1976 300D 195,300 miles 1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg |
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I put in 4 new Bilstein Comforts 8 years ago
About a two months ago I start noticing more noise than usual in the front end. Weeks of only commuting 20 miles R/T to the train coupled with a series of rainy cold weekends prevents me from getting into it. Cant be the shocks- hell, they're less than 1 yrs old! I finally get a dry day, get the front end off the ground and start shaking/pushing/pulling on components from below the car. All the parts are there, bolts are tight, some of the bushings are a bit soft, but no radical evidence that there new problems. Some classic flat spots on the passenger tire though. Go fuel up, check the oil- and thats when I notice that the Passenger side shock is sticking up into the engine compartment. The wee little snap ring on the piston shaft was gone. Broken air cleaner bracket and a nice worn spot in the AC line (not that the AC works, mind you). New set of shocks, new tires (passenger was pretty flat spotted from the excessive bouncing around) and back to the usual noises.
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95 E300D working out the kinks 77 300D, 227k, station car 83 300CD 370k, gone away 89 190E 2.6- 335k, no more 79 VW FI Bus- 145k miles, summer driver 59 VW Beetle ragtop- 175k miles 12 VW Jetta- 160k miles |
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'99 S420, 155k '91 VW Vanagon GL, 150k '85 VW Vanagon GL, 120k '82 VW Westy, aircooled, 165k |
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