Re: Rear axle is ON!!

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

Sounds cool, dude! But doesn't putting wheel bearing grease on your
rotors right before you put them on the car kinda, well, compromise your
braking efficiency? (laugh) Or am I missing something?
    -Josiah
    '83 Scirocco
    '84 GTi
    '86 Scirocco 8v
    '87 QSW
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah

Steven Roth wrote:

>  I'm so happy I  had to tell everyone on the list.  I finally put the
> rear axle back on my '78 this weekend, along with the DP Motorsport
> select rims I bought fron Andre, and It looks really really good!
> Here's what I did:Sandblast & powdercoat the rear axle gloss black,
> sandblast & powdercoat a sway bar from an '84 Jetta gloss black &
> install it on the axle, obtain rear disc setup, rebuild calipers, &
> paint them silver,  sandblast & powdercoat rear rotors, and then have
> them turned, smear a light coating of wheelbearing grease on them to
> protect from corrosion, buy new steel brake lines, bend them &
> install, install new stainless steel braided brake lines (4), install
> polyurethane rear axle beam bushings, repack wheel bearings, install
> new dust caps,without denting them (ask me how I did that sometime),
> install new KYB gas shocks & cut springs from a 16V scirocco, and all
> new fasteners.    I'm only test fitting everything right now.  I need
> to see how low the car sits on the cut springs.  Once I'm satisfied
> with the ride height, I'll sandblast and powdercoat the springs, and
> buy polyurethane upper shock bushings, and the installation will be
> complete.  If I can keep this pace up for the rest of the car, It
> should look pretty good.I'm just so happy to have gotten this far, I
> had to tell everyone.Thanks for listening.Steve



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