My scirocco tried to kill me!!! (long)

[type53@yahoo.com (Mash)]

--- Ewan Hopkins <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com> wrote:
> My Storm lost a rear bearing in the same way, just
> went with no warning on 
> the motorway - felt really wierd.
> My wife had a MKI Golf diesel a few years ago which
> did the same thing not 
> long after she bought it, except that the rear wheel
> came right off! 
> Fortunately she was doing < 10mph at the time so
> there was no real damage. 
> Unbelievably, the brake shoes survived unscathed so
> a replacement stub axle 
> & drum/bearings fixed it.
> 
> Ewan Hopkins
> '85 Storm 2.0
> '86 GT 1.8
> '87 GT 1.6

I guess this means I better "keep my ears to the
ground" - my luck will surely be soon running out!

;-)


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Mark Peele
1985 Scirocco, 1982 Scirocco, 1981 Scirocco, 1978 Scirocco, 1987 Golf GT
http://www.scirocco2.de/mark.htm
Direct Mail: SCIROCCO_GTX@YAHOO.COM
Need parts? try http://www.parts4vws.com/ (Potterman)
or http://www.germanautoparts.com/ (Adirondack)
or http://thescirocco.com

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