Hi guys,

 

Getting ready to replace the front knuckles, struts and was wondering which way up the coils go.

I watched two YouTubes, remove and replace that say the oval shaped end sits in the shock seat and the round end up top that nicely fits the bearing. (This way the stamped KYB and code is upside down)

I watched a couple of Mk5/6/7 golf vids also from autodoc and they have the oval end up with the bearing and round in the shock seat. (The stamps are correct)

Then looking at pictures of removed shocks from scrapers, the oval end is up top difficult to see fully but you can make out the round bearing and an elongated end of the coil.

This has me stumped, can anyone enlighten me please?

 

Edited February 28, 20251 yr by Rybrook

Shouldn’t there be a lip on the shock absorber for the spring edge to rest on?

29 minutes ago, Jay-Jay said:

Shouldn’t there be a lip on the shock absorber for the spring edge to rest on?

There is a shaped lip in the seat of the shock, I've built them with the oval end down in the shock and the bearing on the flatter round end facing up.

 

I actually replaced the front shocks on my Passat this morning, and indeed it's upside down with the flat round end upward to seat against the bearing.