Re: Crabby 16v

["Rick Alexander" <rick@brubakerbox.com>]

William,

I did this on my Cabby recently. Bought a GTI beam with brakes at the pick
and pull for $50.00.

Ron's suggestion to replace his list is good with the exception of the
e-brake cables. If they are good then don't bother as there is no additional
work to change them later.

Rick Alexander
http://www.brubakerbox.com
http://clubs.hemmings.com/hams/
http://clubs.hemmings.com/vwsrus/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Calimus" <calimus@techography.net>
To: "Cheapass Ron" <rapieper@yahoo.com>; "Scirocco ML"
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: Crabby 16v


> Rear bearings are fine and the body is good.  The trailing arms (now
> that I know what they are called) are visiably bent.  The passanger rear
> is visably cocked at an angle on the vertical plane and the whole wheel
> is twisted to the right so that it's pointing outside of the wheel well
> a bit.  ( PO says he jumped a curb after being tapped in the back by
> another car).  Amazingly enough, aside from the crabbing, all the damage
> causes is a bit of un-even tire wear on the rear tires.  As for my
> location, I'm in Cartersville Ga, about 45min north of Atlanta.
>
> William
>
>
> Cheapass Ron Wrote:
>
> Replacement of the rear axle beam is a pretty straighforward
> nut-and-bolt affair.  Any A1 VW rear axle beam will work, AFAIK.
> You'll probably have to move over your rear sway bar, and of course
> your brake assemblies and stub axles.  Easy enough to do...I'd
> recommend new axle beam bushings, new brake lines, and new e-brake
> cables while you're at it.
>
> Check that it's your rear axle beam/trailing arms that are bent and
> there is nothing wrong with the unit body.  Also, if you've been eating
> rear wheel bearings, it could be just a stub axle alone.
>
> Where are you located?
>
> Ron
>
>
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