Re: Passenger side mount info.

["Ben Rogowski" <bgr13@mn.rr.com>]

Actually Gary, the two I have are both offset.  They look exactly the same,
but the thumbnail durometer test seems to indicate that the 533 mount is
harder.  This may be only because the 171 mount is brand new, and the 533
mount is probably 12 years old though.

Ben R
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----- Original Message -----

> YES! Bad. *VERY* bad..... the 16v motor with the 533 mount is offset.
> The center hub where the bolt goes through is offset as compared to your
> average 8v A1 mount...... The previous owner of my scirocco put a
> regular 8v mount in, and when I took it out a few days ago it was
> completely flat......  the motor sat 1" lower on the passenger side,
> destroyed my down pipe and caused all sorts of other catastrophies. Get
> the right 16v mount and have that pressed in. It's about 35$ I
> believe........
>
>
> Ben Rogowski wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Scott.  I've got the heavy duty front and rear already.  I don't
want
> > to have to do this again since the motor is already out, so I want the
> > stiffest mount I can get.  So does anyone know if the 533p.n. mount is
> > different form the 171p.n. mount?



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