Does rear axle from '81 Rabbit fit '81 Scirocco?

[txrocco@sbcglobal.net (ATS - Patrick Bureau)]

andrew is right I had shims on my rear axle stubs, and when I did the
conversion to 16v rear brakes, I simply said I'm just going to slap them on
and them get an alignmnet and after the 4 wheels alignment the rear was
straight.

I would start by changing your axle stubs.. alot easier than changing the
rear axle..

ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net


=>-----Original Message-----
=>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
=>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Drew MacPherson
=>Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 8:42 AM
=>To: DieingSwan@aol.com
=>Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
=>Subject: Re: Does rear axle from '81 Rabbit fit '81 Scirocco?
=>
=>
=>
=>On behalf of the diesel-powered Scirocco contingent, welcome to
=>the list.
=>We're now two members strong!  Pretty soon we'll catch up to the 1.8T
=>contingent... :)
=>
=>The MkI, being such a light car, does do fairly well with a diesel.  A
=>fellow in my neck of the woods dropped a 1.9TD into one.
=>
=>The one thing you may want to confirm is if it is the axle BEAM that is
=>bent (replace the whole axle) or the stub axle, which is bolted to the
=>beam with 4 bolts.  It's much easier to replace the stub axle, IMHO, than
=>an entire axle beam.
=>
=>Drew (84 Wolfsburg Ed. TurboDiesel Scirocco)
=>
=>On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 DieingSwan@aol.com wrote:
=>
=>> Hello list!
=>>
=>> First let me introduce myself: my name's Courtney, and one week
=>ago to date I
=>> acquired an '81 Scirocco S which has been converted to Diesel
=>by means of a
=>> 1.6L engine from an '86 JettaDiesel. I got the car merely as a little
=>> commuter vehicle on the strength of its gas mileage (43.6mpg,
=>folks!) but in
=>> the meantime have been seduced by its cute appearance and the
=>way it drives,
=>> so I want to do some nice things to fix it up.
=>>
=>> That said, this car has a very slightly bent rear axle which
=>does not affect
=>> its driveability, but which IS causing the inside of the right
=>rear tire to
=>> wear fast. The local VW shop tells me it's less labor (and a
=>better fix) to
=>> just get a replacement rear axle rather than messing with
=>shimming the wheel.
=>> Well, all the u-pull-it wrecking yard has are '82-'84 Sciroccos
=>(the MK2s),
=>> which definitely won't interchange, right? But they do have an
=>'81 Rabbit.
=>> Will the axle fit?
=>>
=>> Thanks,
=>> Courtney
=>>
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