Crossmember brace install

[abatzis2@hotmail.com (Michael Abatzis)]

clueless shop + continued vibration after install = passenger mount pressed 
the wrong way into the bracket. that'd be my guess anyway.  and to get back 
on topic with the bar, this bar looks like it will resist downward forces, 
but not front/back forces. i thought we were working on the assumption that 
the motor torque both forward and down was the cause of the cracks? also, 
i'm not sure that the testing method is that valid--i'm thinking that once 
the xmember cracks and the cracks get to a certain size, they don't grow as 
much, since the xmember is now more flexible.  i guess i'm saying we can't 
assess the effect of the bar without a control car that has the same cracks, 
and is driven the same way over 3 months without a bar.

-Michael Abatzis
Hotlanta! GA-->Soon to be New Orleans!
1988 Scirocco 2L 16v RIP-->parting, finally taking orders: 
www.learnlink.emory.edu/~mabatzi/mikes_page1.html
1987 Scirocco 2L 16v...




>From: Brad Sheridan <brads@mindspring.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Crossmember brace install
>Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 09:02:04 -0700
>
>
>   I will have to double check my records, but I am 99% certain that one 
>was
>replaced within a few thousand miles ago. The vibration was horrible when I
>got it back, and I told the shop who did it(didnt have a place to work on
>cars at the time), to make sure ALL of the mounts were aligned properly,
>which seemed beyond them. Had another person look at it, they got rid of a
>lot of the vibration, which is why I thought they were all lined up
>properly. Guess it couldnt hurt to re examine all of them though, thanks
>for the suggestion.
>
>Brad
>
>At 11:51 PM 4/18/03 -0400, you wrote:
> >vibration at 3-4k rpm is NOT the front mount, its the passenger side 
>mount.
> >Al
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Brad Sheridan" <brads@mindspring.com>
> >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 11:38 PM
> >Subject: Re: Crossmember brace install
> >
> >
> >>
> >>   I guess I have missed the previous discussion about this crossmember.
> >> Wasn't someone else developing one like this a year or two ago? How 
>much
> >is
> >> this going to go for? If it seems to help, I will probably get one. 
>Even
> >> though my scirocco rarely gets driven anymore, hopefully it will help 
>with
> >> some of the vibration I am getting at 3-4K RPM.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Brad
> >> PS Eric, you really DO need to clean that thing ;)
> >>
> >> At 10:51 PM 4/18/03 -0400, you wrote:
> >> >Eric..
> >> >You neeed to clean that thing..
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
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