Front Lower Stress Bar bolt Pattern?

[drew@dyermaker.cs.uoguelph.ca (drew)]

Now _THAT_ is a cool-assed tool.

Gotta get me one.

Drew

On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Dan Baisley wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 07:35:13AM -0400, Rick Kellner wrote:
> >   I picked up a stock, front lower stress bar from a 16v Scirocco that I
> > want to put on my 84 8v.  Since this was not a stock component for my car I
> > will need to drill two holes for the back mounts.  Since the bar mounts on
> > top there is no way to drill accurately from the bottom.
> >        Does anyone have a diagram they could scan or fax showing the bolt
> > pattern?  Any suggestions?  Thanks Rick Kellner.
> 
> Piece of cake.  You need to buy, build, borrow, or steal a hole
> chaser.  Airplane mechanics use them all the time for drilling blind
> holes where two panels overlap. It's basically two strips of metal,
> fastened together at one end (usually welded but 2 bolts would work
> fine) so they look like a pair of tongs.  on the other end, one piece has
> a stud to locate the hole to be duplicated, the other has a hole which
> lines up with the stud so you know where to drill. It usually has a
> bushing there to make it more durable, but you can skip that if making one
> for just 2 holes.
> 
> They look like this:
> 
> http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/holeduplicators.php
> http://www.geocities.com/wmilesk/fly_proj/Photos/Mvc-2206f.jpg
> http://www.aircraft-tool.com/shop/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=61
> 
> 
> Dan
> 
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Drew MacPherson - '84 Wolfsburg Edition Scirocco TurboDiesel