suspension difficulties semi rant

[scirocco@powerlink.net (John C. Worden)]

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Hmm, you must be lucky.  It seems that almost every single VW I
have ever had I had this problem(being in Maine doesn't help I'm sure).
Just has become a way of life. Grind away the bottom of the shock
mount and then cut into the bushing and bolt.  Grease or anti seize
the hell out of the tube on the new one.  Sometimes it helps.









>----- Original Message -----
>From: "brett cooke" <vwscir88@hotmail.com>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 12:50 AM
>Subject: suspension difficulties semi rant
>
>
>alright, i got my new skocks and struts and went to put them on tonight.
>just cruising along, when i hit the rear pass side shock. the god-damned
>bottom bolt is frozen. so i break out buster( that's the name of my BIG
>hammer), give it a few whacks and the nut breaks loose. cool, but the bolt
>is still frozen! sprayed it with pb blaster, ate dinner and came back. still
>frozen. break out the torch heat it up. nothing, fuc*in thing still won't
>move! super heat it, so much so that it's glowing red and the rubber bushing
>on the bottom of the shock it burning. still nothing. so i rig myself into
>position under the car and pull for all i'm worth and snap! the head comes
>of the bolt. excellent, now i can just pound the lil' mf'er out with a
>hammer. nope. still stuck. i'm so pissed of at this point i'm actually think
>of changing the whole rear trailing arm. any suggestions?
>   hit
>
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John C. Worden
Bucksport, Maine

'98 Dakota 4x4-Just rolled 100K
'86 Scirocco 8V-
'81 Scirocco 2.0 16V -
'78 Scirocco Brazil Brown Metallic,  4 speed.

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