Re: rear transmission studs stripped

["Brian Wagner" <scirocco_88_16v@hotmail.com>]

Wouldn't it be better to take a metric die to the existing stripped stud?

IMHO I would try this first before drilling.

Brian


>From: Captnbr@aol.com
>To: dswalter.wi@netzero.net, Scirocco-L@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: rear transmission studs stripped
>Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:43:59 EST
>
>In a message dated 12/12/2001 10:37:30 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>dswalter.wi@netzero.net writes:
>
>
><<Okay with all the extra HP my rear transmission studs stripped loose.
>These
>are the studs that come out of the underbody/frame and have two 10mm nuts
>that hold the mount to the car.  Has anyone fixed or replaced these?>>
>
>Ahhh,  I remember this bitch all too well.  Had the same problem as you.  
>But
>luckily only one of mine was stripped, the forward one, which is easy to 
>do.
>Make that easier, because it was still a bitch.
>
>Remove the bracket and saw off the stud, see these studs are welded in so 
>its
>the only way to do it.  Then begin drilling it out, and keep drilling and
>drill some more, it took me close to an hour and a half to drill it out.
>That stud uses mad hard metal.  Keep the drill centered so the new bolt you
>drop in will be in the exact spot the stud was.  A fellow lister said next
>time to use oil on the drill bit it will make it easier so you might want 
>to
>try that.   Once its drilled you will see that you can come in from above 
>and
>drop a new one in there.
>
>Now if the rear one is stripped too, its a whole different ball game 
>because
>you have to find it inside the passenger cabin under the center console and
>the dashboard somewhere in there.  Luckily my rear one wasn't stripped
>because I would have been fucked, I wasn't about to take apart the whole
>console and shit.  Good luck and hope this helps
>
>Brian 86 16v
>98 Jetta GLX Vr6
>
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