[wtb] steering linkage (and question)

[scirocco_gti at juno.com (scirocco_gti@juno.com)]

On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:13:41 -0400 "Foxx (in a box)"
<foxxinabox@wideopenwest.com> writes:
>    i replaced the power steering rack in my '86 with a manual one. 
> problem i ran into is that the linkage piece between the column and 
> the 
> rack is too short. i am in deperate need of this part to get my car 
> back 
> on the road. does anyone have one for a reasonable price?
>    also, as i look though the etka, i notice that the racks for the 
> mki 
> jettas and mkii sciroccos are the same, both power and manual. 
> additionally, the steering columns are the same part number. even 
> for 
> the power rack, the linkage piece is the same part number. any idea 
> on 
> why the manual steering linkage is a different part number? is my 
> assumption that with the same rack and the same column the distance 
> is 
> the same wrong? i could accept this if it were not for the fact that 
> the 
> power linkage is the same. any help would be appreciated. my dad'd 
> 1.7l 
> carb'd rabbit is getting me around but i'd like my scirocco back 
> asap. 
> thanx.

I dunno, but the part is different for a Scirocco. I don't know why. I
happen to be doing this to my 16V shortly.

It is weird, I figured the Rabbit linkage would work, but I luckily ended
up getting a Scirocco one from a fellow lister.

531 419 951 B for the Scirocco vs 171 419 951 C for the Wabbit.

Mash
1987 Scirocco 16V, 1982 Scirocco, 1981 Scirocco (was an S), 1978 Scirocco
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