Jahre Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Hi everybody,I have been having some problems with my GTI in the past few weeks. The steering is really nervous and the car is pulling really strong to the left when I accelerate and to the right when I decelerate. Also any grooves on the road pulls the car really bad.First I thought that the lower ball joint is to blame, but after changing it and also the steering rod joint, it only got worse. Today I decided to take the whole front axle apart to see what causes this. After taking the top mount hats away, I noticed that they had been rubbing on the strut tower the whole time. It would not have taken long and the driver side hat would have broken in half The whole time I had the coilovers, I kept hearing a knocking noise in the front but it didn't appear all the time. I had suspected that the top mounts to blaim, but I wasn't able to find anything odd before. Once the hats were off, I noticed that the top of the shock was full of grease. It was then clear that the bearing was done. I bought the bearings under a year ago from VW and they had done under 30 000 km.The left side was a lot worse than the driver side but still, I wasn't expecting that.http://rs130.pbsrc.com/albums/p249/Siitonen/Mobile%20Uploads/20140517_160819_zpsksccvr1g.jpg~320x480http://rs130.pbsrc.com/albums/p249/Siitonen/Mobile%20Uploads/20140517_160803_zps5mnhco0z.jpg~320x480Once the shocks were out of the car, I was able to see that both of them had been leaking for some time already and both of them had play between the shaft and the housing. Passenger side shock had a lot of play! Now I'm thinking should I send the shocks back to H&R to be serviced or should I buy a new set. But the problem with the top mounts puzzles me.Has anyone else had such problems with their GTI?? When I installed the coilies I went and used the old top mounts bush. Maybe that was the reason why the hat wasn't positioned right in the strut tower http://rs130.pbsrc.com/albums/p249/Siitonen/Mobile%20Uploads/20140517_160742_zpszsqy5kid.jpg~320x480http://rs130.pbsrc.com/albums/p249/Siitonen/Mobile%20Uploads/20140517_160731_zpsemzqfx5f.jpg~320x480Also how can it be that the top bearing died in just 30 000km? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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