2002 Passat front suspension

I'm about to change the front springs on my Passat I checked to see what I
need to do for the job and I note that the upper spring plate needs to set
at 11 deg ± 2 deg. I assume that if I place a mark on the plate and other
related parts with paint when I reassemble the strut as long as the paint
marks are aligned then the upper spring plate will be set back to 11 deg ± 2
deg or will I have to make a jig of sorts to set this angle.

On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 10:57:36 +0100, Ralph Bayley <sadcrab (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>
wrote:

I'm about to change the front springs on my Passat I checked to see what
I
need to do for the job and I note that the upper spring plate needs to
set
at 11 deg ± 2 deg. I assume that if I place a mark on the plate and other
related parts with paint when I reassemble the strut as long as the paint
marks are aligned then the upper spring plate will be set back to 11 deg
± 2
deg or will I have to make a jig of sorts to set this angle.

A scratch is easier to line up, on both sides of the plate.

On 8/4/07 11:55, in article op.tqgomkxjyuobwl@lucy, "Duncan Wood"
<newsto (AT) dmx512 (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 10:57:36 +0100, Ralph Bayley <sadcrab (AT) hotmail (DOT) com
wrote:

I'm about to change the front springs on my Passat I checked to see what
I
need to do for the job and I note that the upper spring plate needs to
set
at 11 deg ± 2 deg. I assume that if I place a mark on the plate and other
related parts with paint when I reassemble the strut as long as the paint
marks are aligned then the upper spring plate will be set back to 11 deg
± 2
deg or will I have to make a jig of sorts to set this angle.



A scratch is easier to line up, on both sides of the plate.

Thanks Duncan job on next weekend!

On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:14:09 +0100, Ralph Bayley <sadcrab (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>
wrote:

On 8/4/07 11:55, in article op.tqgomkxjyuobwl@lucy, "Duncan Wood"
newsto (AT) dmx512 (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 10:57:36 +0100, Ralph Bayley <sadcrab (AT) hotmail (DOT) com
wrote:

I'm about to change the front springs on my Passat I checked to see
what
I
need to do for the job and I note that the upper spring plate needs to
set
at 11 deg ± 2 deg. I assume that if I place a mark on the plate and
other
related parts with paint when I reassemble the strut as long as the
paint
marks are aligned then the upper spring plate will be set back to 11
deg
± 2
deg or will I have to make a jig of sorts to set this angle.



A scratch is easier to line up, on both sides of the plate.

Thanks Duncan job on next weekend!

If you can borrow one I always find it easier to use 3 spring compressors,
good luck.