need help in the rear.. HA

brooksinc1976 · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 2:03 pm Post subject: need help in the rear.. HA

My left CV was rubbing the engine wishbone mount. the trans and eng mounts needed replacing and thought that was the cause. Wrong.There was some rust on the bottom of the wishbone that I thought was fixed but I fear thats causing sagging and the rubbing.

Has any of y'all experienced this?
Do y'all have any suggestions?
Here are some pic:

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Brian · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 2:13 pm Post subject:

The rear was probably swing axle converted to IRS. Or from the pictures, it was an IRS setup that broke and wasn't fixed 100%. The proper fix is a large hammer.
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2trackrat · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 2:17 pm Post subject:

you need frame horn supports. The end next to the bell housing up to the upper shock mounts. google "vw frame horn supports" then images

good luck!

brooksinc1976 · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 4:18 pm Post subject:

Well that makes since. I was just afraid lifting up in that area would only close that gap more

KrAzY-BaJa · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 4:42 pm Post subject:

to give you an idea how bad it is Laughing

your motor should be level to leaning forward.
looks like it broke and someone welded it without bending it back.
also depending on rust you may need to look into replacement horns altogether
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brooksinc1976 · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 4:59 pm Post subject:

Yea that's what I was afraid of. When I bought it the horns were not capped and about 6 mo later I noticed rust on the bottom. I manhandled some sch40 pipe in the bottom to make due. Appearently the bandaide didn't work. Where can I find measurements to fab up some new ones or is it easier to just buy replacements.

brooksinc1976 · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 3:47 pm Post subject:

Its a small difference but I jacked up the engine and put an angle finder on it. Before I feel the frame move it looks like the engine moves about 2-3 degrees. What do y'all think? Do y'all know how much space I should have between the horns and the CV's?

Thanks

brooksinc1976 · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 9:17 am Post subject:

made some headway. Now sure if this novis will have a train wreck or something nice after this but I'm giving it a go. And now I get to repair the welder...

brooksinc1976 · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 9:25 am Post subject:

oops, Had my guy the eng mounts and he didn't square them up. Time for some grinding...

Is there any problems raising the rear mounts an inch or so for CV clearance?

Thx

brooksinc1976 · Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:14 pm Post subject:

well Ill try this again. Right after uploading the pic my computer crashed.

I Think I'm gona name her meatloaf cuz after having trouble getting hold of new tubing I said screw it and all this work has been with scraps around our shop.

I nice Samba guy offered his bender but I had a rain day so I just used some 90's. Not the best but its not structural just an engine cage.


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