Re: Shaving Poly rack mounts (suggestions NEEDED)

["Craig Williams" <roccolister@hotmail.com>]

Mine bolted up properly in my '81 without power steering. They were tough to
do, but as I wrenched down on them, they fell into place. Just wrench them
down evenly.

Good Luck -- --Craig Williams
1981 Scirocco S 2008cc 16V (As seen in 01-2001 Sport Compact Car)
1991 Passat Wagon 2.0 16V (For the Wife & baby)
2000 Saab Viggen (20 psi, Turbo charged monster)
Northern California, USA

----- Original Message -----
From: RoccoPhil <roccophil@mindspring.com>
To: Scirocco Mailing List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 2:42 PM
Subject: Shaving Poly rack mounts (suggestions NEEDED)


> Well, I don't want to have to do this, but if I can't finagle the rack up
> against the body properly this weekend w/o having to shim out 3/4" to the
> brackets w/ washers (which I *won't* do, thank you), then I'll be forced
to
> shave the back of the mounts a bit.  Anyone have any suggestions on a tool
> to do this with?
>
> I think the problem is that the mounts are a little too fat-ass in the
back.
> They fit around the rack and into the brackets perfectly, but they are
quite
> fat in the rear compared to the OEM mounts.  Now, this is a
power-to-manual
> swap, which we are all familiar with by now, I know  ;-)   But I don't
think
> the brackets are different between the two and the rack sure is the right
> one, since it's OEM and new....
>
> -Phil
>
>
>
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