Jetta L4-1.8L Turbo (AWD) (2000)
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Insert special tool 3424 in slot (arrow).
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Turn ratchet handle 90 and remove 3424.
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Press brake disc toward strut by hand.
Otherwise shock absorber tube could catch in wheel bearing housing hole.
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Pull wheel bearing housing off shock absorber, downward.
Remove upper shock absorber mount nut
1. Commercially available ratchet handle
2. T 10001/8
3. T 10001/11
4. T 10001/5