U-shaft

[marc at getty.net (Marc Getty)]

On 8/8/07, Geordy Rostad <geordy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Anyone have a manual steering u-joint shaft from a
> MK1 they'd like to sell me at a reasonable price?

On 8/8/07, Mark F. <mk1mark@xxxxxxxxx> responded:
> I'll be swapping out the manual one in my Caddy for the
> power unit from the 16v Scirocco.  Are you in a hurry 
> for it?  I'll be removing it from the Caddy this weekend.
> Just shoot me the shipping cost and it's yours...  Email
> me your address offlist.

On 8/8/07, Mark F. <mk1mark@xxxxxxxxx> added:
> Turns out Rabbit and Scirocco u-joints are different...  So
> Geordy still needs one!

"The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose
from" -Andrew Tanenbaum

I believe most, if not all, of the different A1 models have different
u-joints, including the differences between the Scirocco Mk1 and Mk2. On top
of this, I believe that each model has a different u-joint for power
steering and manual steering.

Long ago when switching my RIP 16v from power to manual steering at Peter's
place we had a collection of between 6 and 10 different u-joints. Only the
u-joint for a Mk2 Scirocco with manual steering could be used to do the
switch. No Mk1, Rabbit, Caddy, etc. u-joint would fit.

We may be blessed by the VW system of using a limited number of chassis, but
we are also cursed by this as well.

-Marc

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
'83 VW Scirocco California Edition
'84 VW GTI Pickup Truck