Re: Neuspeed sway bar and new ball joint questions(Anyone?,Potterman???)

[Jim Jarrett <jarrett@rpa.net>]

At 6:15 PM -0400 7/5/99, John C. Worden wrote:
>Today I got the engine out of the Scirocco and then went to work on the
>front suspension.  It's now all removed.  One question is: does anyone know
>what size bolts are used to install new ball joints once the old rivets
>have been drilled out?


When I did this my new ball joints came with bolts.....I don't 
remember having any problem with them....oh, I'll bet you want to 
know how big a bit to use.  Arg, I can't find it right now.  It's 
pretty easy, if I can do it anyone can.

>Second question:  I'm installing a Neuspeed front sway bar too, and the
>instructions are for cars with and with out factory bars.  The car didn't
>have a swaybar but I've got the control arms from the '84 that did.  The
>problem I see is that if I drilled the holes in the control arms from the
>'81 and compared them to the factory holes on the '84 they won't match.
>Anybody else dealt with this.  According to the directions, as I've said,
>both control arms can be used with the swaybar but the bracket will not be
>mounted the same for both applications.
>Hope someone has the answer.  Thanks.
>

I swapped control arms from my '81 Rabbit w/o the holes for the ones 
off of the '86 Scirocco 16V with the holes for the stock bar.  No 
problem.  Now, I'm only using the stock bar off the 16v, I don't know 
the Neuspeed bar to know if it mounts differently or not. Just get 
new bushings pressed onto the control arms as long as you have them 
off.

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