Re: need help, scirocco's rear is screwed

[Emm Dee Emm Eh <scirocco86@home.com>]

More logic. If it was the stub axle that was bent, (really the only
other thing it could be) the rear wheel toe would be way off, as
anything but a relatively small sideways bend in a stub axle would
result in that rear wheel seriously destroying wheel bearings due to the
way it all bolts together. If the axle bend is bad enough, you may be
able to just look at the rear strut and see how far it deviates from
vertical end to end, as im pretty sure the normal rear struts are a
straight 90 degrees when viewed from the rear. It's early and my brain
is working, hopefully it stops before I go to work. The last thing I
need to do is waste good thought there. Peace,
	-Gary Huff

Emm Dee Emm Eh wrote:
> 
> Dude, trust me when I say it's the axle. That's really the only thing it
> can be. If it were a bent stub axle, you would be eating wheel bearings
> on a monthly basis. Think about this logically dude. VW A1 axles bend
> and twist like the dickens, and they get tweaked *EXTREMELY* easy if any
> side load is put on them. Trust me, I have a 2000 Golf 1.8T also that is
> in the dealer right now because VW rear axles don't like side load.
> Nobody could figure out why my 85's right rear wheel was pushed in, and
> a few places couldn't really get the alignment sensor on it, as the
> wheel was a little too sunken in. Get out your trusty tape measure, and
> get out your bentley. It's time to start taking measurements of the rear
> axle beam, and it's angles. If you want help, I can drop by. I can also
> probably tell you where to measure if you can't figure it out, and I
> would now but I have to run and get ready for work :) If you have ever
> seen an A1 rear axle beam out of the car, you would see that they are
> flimsy things. As kind of a guide to show how easy they bend, a junkyard
> I used to frequent had a *RACK* of A1 rear axle beams, and A1 rear axle
> beams. Just about all of the A1 beams were twisted, tweaked, or flat out
> bent like mine was. (To those maryland people here, it is brandywine off
> of brown station road in the middle of fucking nowhere.)I ended up
> having to call mark @ adirondack to get a good straight one ($60!). As
> another piece of conviction, I had also installed poly rear axle beam
> bushings in my bent axle, replaced it, and wondered why the alignment
> was even further off..... Duh, it should have hit me right there....
> Anyways, good luck. Peace,
>         -Gary Huff
> 
> Scirocco2l16v@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, but I haven't drove the car very much to notice.  The car has been kinda been sitting for my brother for some time now.  I bought a 16v so he could have my 8v.  And he has my wheels and tires on the car right now, and I know that they are straight.
> >
> > I noticed when I was driving behind him Sat. to the inspection station that the right rear wheel seemed to be leaning in.  But I took that as that it was just to early in the morning and I couldn't see that straight anyway.
> >
> > What can I look for on the car?  I'm gonna mess with the exhaust manifold Sat. and look at the rear end.  We also just put new rotors on the rear and it has poly bushing on the tube.
> >
> > I just don't want to replace the rear and it not be it.
> >
> > -Dave Kirsch
> >
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