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On 28 Mar 2004 at 18:04, Carver wrote: > The lower front shock mounts rattle on the bolts, > not the rubber to bolt connection, but the rubber > to shock connection rattles. Any fix other than > replacing the shocks? You can replace just the rubber bushings if you can find some. Check with VW, or ask at a place that sells lots of shocks; you might be able to score some good ones off a discarded shock. If you've still got the original shocks on there, they're worth saving. Otherwise, you can buy new aftermarket shocks cheap. > The rubber stops that limits how high the front end > travels when the wheels are in the air are completely > shot. Are there replacements available, and what > are the properly called? Front lower bump stops. Those are type 3 parts only. You'll have to find a dead front axle beam to take them off of. > Every bellows type cover I looked closely at was cracked, bummer. Bellows type cover??? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org