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Was Seized bushing on A-Arm now more Horror



is this repair kit still available by chance?(yeah right huh)

On 11/7/06, Don Walter <dswalterwi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Excellent
>
> On 11/7/06, Dan Bubb <jdbubb@verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > The early Scirocco shop manual that I have has a procedure for doing
> this.
> > Mostly it involves cutting the sheet metal BEHIND the captive nut,
> > repairing the nut, then replacing the sheet metal and overlaying another
> > sheet metal layer on top of it.
> > I can scan the pages tonight and send them to you if you like.
> > Dan
> >
> > From: "Don Walter" <dswalterwi@gmail.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 1:27 PM
> > Subject: Was Seized bushing on A-Arm now more Horror
> >
> >
> > > Well we finally got the A-Arm out by cutting the bolt.  Now the real
> > horror
> > > is that the thing the bolt screws into broke loose. so we can't get
> the
> > > complete bolt out and even worse need to repair the thing that it
> > actually
> > > screws into.  This of couse is in the sealed part of the
> frame.  Options
> > are
> > > to cut.  I could cut the complete connection off vertically and weld
> the
> > > "Nut" back onto the back of it.  Or we could just cut the bottom
> portion
> > of
> > > the frame open enough to access the "Nut" to weld back on then weld
> the
> > > plate back to the bottom of it.  The second would be less distructive
> > and
> > > more reliable in the future.
> > >
> > > Any other suggestions?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> > > 1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
> > > 1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
> > > 1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
> > > http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
> > > 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
> > > 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> > > 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> > > 1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
> > > 1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
> > > 1969 Beetle (sold)
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> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> 1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
> 1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
> 1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
> http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
> 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
> 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> 1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
> 1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
> 1969 Beetle (sold)
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