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anybody got tips on proper drivetrain alignment in a mk1?
- Subject: anybody got tips on proper drivetrain alignment in a mk1?
- From: scirocco at vintagewatercooleds.com (Eric S)
- Date: Mon Mar 1 12:26:37 2004
- In-reply-to: <003101c3ff43$2a181960$0201a8c0@main>
- References: <2381.64.231.172.192.1078009320.squirrel@www.lunaticfringe.org> <003101c3ff43$2a181960$0201a8c0@main>
Unless of course your shim happens to be my crossmember brace :-D
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Eric
www.vintagewatercooleds.com
79 VW Iltis
81 Rabbit Truck 2.0 16v
81 Scirocco S (TDI Swap project)
90 Corrado TDI
91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow swap project)
Allyn said:
>> Is it sufficient to just use longer bolts and some
>> beefy washers between the crossmember and the cup?
>
> shimming the cup is a BAD idea, as it will allow the engine to have more
> leverage on the beam its mounted to, which is easily stress cracked in our
> cars.
> Al
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