Bad news!!

[rocco16 at sbcglobal.net (Larry Fry)]

If you are a brace fan, it should have been installed before the cracking 
started.
Since the crossmember is cracked, installing it now won't fix the cracks.
You want to fix the cracks.
Will the brace stop further cracking?  The only way to find out is install 
the brace and see if the cracks grow....if they do,then you'll know it 
doesn't stop cracks.  If the cracks don't grow, then it's possible that the 
brace helps.  It's also possible that the cracks won't grow any longer 
without the brace.
Either way, you want to fix the cracks....

(The problem with this issue is this: That the brace CANNOT stop cracks can 
be proven, that the brace DOES stop cracking can't be proven. I'm not 
dissing the brace here, just re-stating an obvious situation/condition.)

Larry


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese@massed.net>
To: <a2-16v-list@mail.a2-16v.com>; "'Scirocco email List'" 
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 3:13 PM
Subject: Bad news!!


HI,
    I was obviously working on the 87 16V Roc today. As I was underneath 
trying to troubleshoot a noise the car makes when the brakes are applied. To 
my horror, the front crossmember had a 2" slanted crack in it. This was on 
the front near the air intake port. There was also a smaller crack by the 
front motor mount.
    Is this something that can be welded? Is the brace the only option? I 
know there was a great amount of discussion about the brace recently and I 
don't want to reignite that again.
Sadly,
John
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