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weekend plans
I lost the freaking triple square tool for the axles but the car is about
ready to stop floating in the air. Unfortunately, we lost power as a storm
approached so car work came to an early end. Oh and now my PC won't display
video :(
On 9/14/07, Koabi Brooks <koabi.brooks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I am tired of looking at my scirocco in the garage (finally have a garage
> though!) I got the tranny mostly back on last night so I will be finishing
> that this weekend. I have new A arms with installed balljoints and bushings
> to replace my old A-arms that have somewhat out of round poly bushings. I
> was just wondering if I need to get the car re-aligned if I swap A-arms. I
> am inclined to believe that the toe might be different - I guess I'll find
> out when I'm done. I just got an alignment a few months ago so I'd rather
> not do it again.
>
> I have new axles to put on and the transmission will get some fresh fluid
> (leaning towards mobil 1 synth gear oil) and some new linkage pieces. I
> hope the 80% shim kit and the 020 hold up! I just want to drive the thing.
> It's not like I got the new suspension just to look at it.
>
> Future plans: fix the steering situation. The feel is good, but there
> are some boot tears and a fair amount of leaking
>
> end of ramble,
> koabi
>