manual steering rack q's...

[drew@dyermaker.cs.uoguelph.ca (drew)]

They're not the same because the dash and steering column position are not
the same in the MKII Scirocco as the Rabbit/Jetta.  The steering wheel
sits further back in the Scirocco than the Rabbit - but they employ the
same steering column. The difference in distance is taken up by the
steering connecting shaft/u-joint shaft/drive shaft whatever you wnat to
call it:

	171 419 951 C drive shaft (manual rack Rabbit/Jetta/Conv)
	531 419 951 B drive shaft (Scirocco - note the 531 Scirocco
specific prefix.)

HTH,

Drew




On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Ryan H wrote:

> 
> > No, the rack and tie-rods are the same, but the steering column U joint has to come from a Scirocco 2 w/manual.
> > 
> > The Rabbit U joint isn't even close...
> 
> How can the Rabbit U-joint not be the same as the Scirocco- 2 U-joint if the racks are the same?   This doesn't make sense to me.
> 
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Drew MacPherson - '84 Wolfsburg Edition Scirocco TurboDiesel