Does rear axle from '81 Rabbit fit '81 Scirocco?

[drew@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew MacPherson)]

On behalf of the diesel-powered Scirocco contingent, welcome to the list.  
We're now two members strong!  Pretty soon we'll catch up to the 1.8T 
contingent... :)

The MkI, being such a light car, does do fairly well with a diesel.  A 
fellow in my neck of the woods dropped a 1.9TD into one.

The one thing you may want to confirm is if it is the axle BEAM that is 
bent (replace the whole axle) or the stub axle, which is bolted to the 
beam with 4 bolts.  It's much easier to replace the stub axle, IMHO, than 
an entire axle beam.

Drew (84 Wolfsburg Ed. TurboDiesel Scirocco)

On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 DieingSwan@aol.com wrote:

> Hello list!
> 
> First let me introduce myself: my name's Courtney, and one week ago to date I 
> acquired an '81 Scirocco S which has been converted to Diesel by means of a 
> 1.6L engine from an '86 JettaDiesel. I got the car merely as a little 
> commuter vehicle on the strength of its gas mileage (43.6mpg, folks!) but in 
> the meantime have been seduced by its cute appearance and the way it drives, 
> so I want to do some nice things to fix it up.
> 
> That said, this car has a very slightly bent rear axle which does not affect 
> its driveability, but which IS causing the inside of the right rear tire to 
> wear fast. The local VW shop tells me it's less labor (and a better fix) to 
> just get a replacement rear axle rather than messing with shimming the wheel. 
> Well, all the u-pull-it wrecking yard has are '82-'84 Sciroccos (the MK2s), 
> which definitely won't interchange, right? But they do have an '81 Rabbit. 
> Will the axle fit?
> 
> Thanks,
> Courtney
> 
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