suspension noises

["Jonathan Thames" <jthames@monbar.com>]

Fellow GLX owners:
I know there have been a number of posts re loud noises or thumps or 
crashes from various subscribers' suspensions. I can't figure out my 
particular problem, though.  Here's what happens: whenever I in my 
'95 GLX (approx. 49k miles) hit a large pothole (and don't tell me 
not to hit any potholes, all you wisenheimers), I hear a terrible 
crash from the passenger-side front wheel area, like I have hit the 
subframe/suspension on a curb, or like the strut is bottoming out. 
Also, lately it has been cold (for here, "cold" is 40 - 50 degrees 
F), and the passenger-side front suspension creaks like crazy going 
over, say, a rise or a dip in the road. Are these two connected? Any 
ideas? 
Also, I read somewhere that VW tweaked the factory GLX suspensions in 
'96 to eliminate some of the float in the '94 and '95 GLXes. Truth or 
fiction? Thanks, y'all.



Jonathan W. Thames
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