I'm not sure if I follow, I've changed my CABs twice and I've never touched the subframe bolts. Tho' I've had a few nightmares myself about putting the short control arm bolt in the hole that needs the long one and stripping the threads.
m --- Patrick Austin <[email protected]> wrote: > >complete front a-arm bushings > >both rear trail arm bushings LMK what everyone thinks and if I > forgot > >anything. > > Don't do the control arm bushings along with the suspension...do them > when > you have the motor out. This job is technically quite simple (remove > some > bolts, have bushings pressed in, replace control arms) but when *I* > did > this (out in the street in october), I was unable to get the rear > subframe > bolts back in. While I had things apart, something shifted, and > those > f-ing bolts would NOT go in. I kept having nightmares about screwing > up > the threads on the nut embedded in the sheetmetal above the subframe. > I > tried jacking up the engine/subframe and all sorts of other things, > and the > thing just wouldn't go back in. I literally spent an entire day > trying to > get the bolts back in. Eventually, I had it flat-bedded to a > mechanic, and > he finally got it back in by lifting the engine and tranny completely > off > the mounts and fiddling with the subframe. It wasn't a real fun > experience. YMMV. > ************** > Patrick Austin > [email protected] > (617)782-9115 > ************** > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your > message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
