one more thing.. poly front mount

[vwdaun@yahoo.com (Daun Yeagley)]

--- Euroroc II <flaatr@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Interesting note.... I have seen 3 cars with cracked core
> supports, 
> including my old deceased 8V  that ran poly front mounts.
> 
> Now I hammer on my 16V a lot ( a whole lot) and I have a
> HD mount (from TT) 
> and I have a healthy core support... Inspected it a
> couple of weeks ago 
> after discovering cracks in friends car during an engine
> swap. He had a 
> poly mount up there too
> 
> Coincidence?

Yet more evidence that the poly front mount seems to
contribute to cracking front cross members.  I will not run
poly mounts for this reason.


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Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
'80 S, 81 S, '85, '86 & '88 Sciroccos, 90 Passat Wagon, '56 Cessna 172
For Sale: '66 Cessna 150, '82 Scirocco.
"Any idiot can face a crisis.  It's this day to day living that wears you out." - Anton Chekhov

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