Re: broken frame?

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

My '86 Scirocco had a broken frame, it cracked right behind the left control
arm mount at the back, just behind the swaybar. I used a hydraulic jack to jack
it back into place, and then had somebody weld it. It lasted 6 months, and then
broke again. This time I jacked it back into place again, put a Neuspeed lower
stressbar in place to hold it there. It drove fine like this, but I didn't want
to bend the stressbar, so I had a professional welder put a nice think bead of
metal on there, and then I covered it with POR-15 because I think that the
reason the last weld broke was that it rusted through- I never did anything to
it, and welds rust pretty fast if left open, under a car, in winter, exposed to
salt and snow and everything.
    HTH!
    -Josiah
    '84 GTI
    '86 Scirocco 8v
    '87 QSW
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah

Bret wrote:

> I may be in big trouble here.
>
> Alignment shop (actually a good guy, known him for years) says the frame on
> my rocco is broken.  (she won't hold an alignment for over 30 minutes of
> driving) I haven't looked to see for myself, but I have no reason not to
> believe him.
>
> the questions are:
>  will it be worth repairing, or will I soon be in the market for another
> rocco?
>
> The frame shops around here say minimum cost will be $300......
>
> Can a good welder (but not a frame shop) take care of it?
>
> anyone have any thoughts or suggestions, or a Scirocco II for sale cheap in
> the Dallas area?
>
> -bret
>
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