Golf L4-1.8L Turbo (AWW) (2003)
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Separate wheel bearing housing/suspension strut bolted connection.
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Insert special tool 3424 into slot -arrow-.
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Turn ratchet handle through 90° and pull off 3424.
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Press brake disc in direction of suspension strut by hand.
Otherwise the shock absorber tube could catch in the wheel bearing housing hole.
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Pull wheel bearing housing off shock absorber downward.
Remove hex nut for upper shock absorber mounting
1. Commercially available ratchet handle
2. T 10001/8
3. T 10001/11
4. T 10001/5