Re: Rear Axle Beam!

["Sal Guzzo" <pellom@yorku.ca>]

Peter,

Glad to see that I was thinking along the same lines as you are.  Here's
what I plan to do and I'm almost there.

-Complete Scirocco 16V brakes
-22mm m/c, brake booster,  and the two propotioning valves at the m/c (are
there any others?)
-Stainless steel brake lines up front and in the rear.
-New oem rotors with mintex redbox pads
-I'll be using the Rabbit rear axle, sandblast it and fit the brakes on it
prior to installing it on the car.
-16V e-brake lines

The following are items which I'm not sure whether I need to fit onto the
Mk1 rocco.
-16V e-brake handle
-16V pedal cluster (can I merely retain the original one)

Thanks for any suggestions or criticism.

Sal Guzzo


81 Scirocco S (16V to be)
81 Scirocco (motorless and directionless)
84 Rabbit (now Gti)
84 Scirocco Wolfsburg
67 Peugeot 404
----- Original Message -----
From: <thescirocco@juno.com>
To: <pellom@yorku.ca>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 1:33 AM
Subject: Re: Rear Axle Beam!


> On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 14:36:02 -0300 "Sal Guzzo" <pellom@yorku.ca> writes:
> > The thing is Craig, the car is at the shop and I just got a hold of a
> > sandblaster; hence, sandblast the shit out of the rear able I
> > already have sitting in the garage (the one on the rocco  is so flippin
> rusted
> > anyhow), and install the brakes on the rear axle. Once I get the car
> back,
> > BANG!, in 30 minutes I have a rear disk conversion.
> >
> > Sal
> > 81 Scirocco S (16V to be)
> > 81 Scirocco (motorless and directionless)
> > 84 Rabbit (now Gti)
> > 84 Scirocco Wolfsburg
> > 67 Peugeot 404
>
> If the axle is rusted, there is a good chance that the steel brakelines
> are rusted and corroded as well.
>
> I just did the rear disc axle swap on my '83 GTI, and both steel lines on
> the GTI rear were rusted and had to be sacrificed,
> oh well they were on the original "rear" anyway.
> On top of that I had a hell of a time getting the threaded brake line
> ends out of the rear brake hoses.
>
> Then there is the proportioning valve dilemma...
> On my rip '81 Scirocco, I installed a 16V Scirocco brakes and I used the
> almost new ATE M/cyl with the '81 P block,
> which gave me great rear brake bias.
> When I did the '83 GTI rear disc swap, with stock 9.4" fronts and the
> rear brakes will lock up if I stomp on the brakes.
> I'm going to install 16V Scirocco P valves, to take care of that problem.
>
> Btw, I used the "rear" that originally came from my rip 16V '87 Scirocco,
> then I sold it to the PO owner of my '84. 8^)
>
> Peter
> '79 Scirocco 16V project car
> '83 GTI
> '84 Scirocco, '80 Scirocco, '88 Scirocco 16V
>
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