The sleeve is meant to be a sort of thick crunch washer but I’ve never been able to crush them so I grind a little off them, I use a dermal type tool with a grinding stone the same size or bigger than the sleeve an grind a little off.
Last time I use reused the old ones as they worked ok but there is still a small amount of play as the mount still needs to twist on the strut.
I also pack them with a bit of grease which helps.
You can also help the life of the top mounts by filling the gap underneath them, I used some silicone from gun on mine and it’s help so far.
Bit more info on this in this link.
https://vwgolfmk1.org.uk/forum/index.ph ... sion-top_2
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