Golf Replacing front shock absorbers at Golf Mk1

[Dr944S2]

Hi,

the video gives you a tutorial how to replace the front shock absorbers at the Golf Mk1. The repair is very similar for all MacPherson struts:

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Enjoy it,

Jürgen

 

[Rolf]

I had 2 x Golf 1 models a 1981 1.3 and then a later 2001 1.6 Citi Golf (yes that is right they made the Golf I in South Africa till end of 2009). The biggest fault with the front shocks on these cars is the shock mountings were weakly designed and tend to go first thus resulting in the shocks having a premature failure etc. It is advisable to replace the shock mountings at the same time as replacing the shocks or the new front shocks will be damaged in a few months. How you can tell the shock mountings are damaged? If they loosen the shocks and then the mounting is left on its own it will move about loosely and is not stiff how it is supposed to be, thus you will get unnecessary movement on the shocks when they should be stiffly mounted. This actually has a huge effect on the cars handling and steering behaviour, you will notice it straight away when you corner as the car has much reduced body roll and improved steering precision.