Part Number: Rear Shock Mount Retaining Nuts

[DEPECHE]

Mine are stripped.

I looked at all the diagrams on VagCat but could not find them. All I could find was the bolts that go through them.



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[ZachB5]

#20?

[DEPECHE]

No, the ones with the arrows pointing to them. The retaining nuts fit in the grooves of the mount.

[walky_talky20]

I'm fairly certain those nuts are actually welded to the chassis. As such, they are not available separately (ie: you aren't supposed to strip those out).

Due to the special tapered shape, which centers the upper mount, replacement with a generic item is probably not an option. Your best bet would either be to heli-coil the existing nuts, or to drill them out and use a larger diameter and longer bolt, and add a nut on the top side. I'm not sure how accessible the top side is, though. I suppose another option would be to harvest them from a junkyard B6. I wonder how the dealership would handle this. I suppose the full, official fix would be to replace the complete inner wheel housing: the part of the chassis sheetmetal which includes those nuts.