Re: scirocco-L-digest V1 #1899

[Brian Dettling <aa821@acorn.net>]

RE:  Recaro/Lowering Front Seats

I've taken a Dremel with cutoff emory wheels and enlarged the grooves? to 
put the rear of the seat virtually on the rear carpet.  I'm 6'2" and 
still have the seat reclined and should clean the headliner frequently 
fWIW. On 87 16V.

RE:  Front wheel bearing woes

If your rent the tool for $30, you probably should do both wheels at same 
time.  IMO, if you mark the strut camber eccentric bolts, its NBD to 
remove the hub and take to machine shop and have them press in new 
bearing.  They will take care of getting the hub off the old bearing.  
BUT...if you have been driving around a while on bad bearing, you may 
have to replace the hub, too.  Its about another $30 and if you have 
tracked the car, its a known weak point and is not a bad idea to 
replace.  And, when you have the upright off, ensure the ball joint is 
good.  Do all the stuff at once. 

When you reassemble, if you do one side at a time, if you get the camber 
wrong it may be visible upon inspection and the toe changes, which 
results in the steering wheel no longer being centered.  On hard driven A1s 
I only get ~45-50 k miles out of bearings, so you may as well learn how 
to do R&R.  My $0.02.  (repacking with Redline synth grease did not matter).

RE: wire guage redux.  
Original number in my post was just the diameter of a single strand 
conductor and not area in circular mils.  AWG size has NOT changed.  
Regret the confusion.

-- 
Brian D./OH
How can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all...
Firesign Theatre

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