Excellent, this is what I had in mind, I thought all cars were like this from factory. Thanks all.
> On Apr 25, 2016, at 7:39 PM, Holland Phillips <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I'm pretty sure that from the factory, all four lower strut bolts are > identical. I recall that New Dimensions used to sell the special bolts which > provide the adjustabilty. They were sold in pairs, since most people were > just interested in the ability to set the camber to factory specs, or to add > a small amount of negative camber. I wanted more negative camber than just > one bolt provided, so I bought two pair, which allowed me to get a bit more > negative camber. I seem to recall that some VW dealer parts departments sold > the bolts as well under a factory part number. I think the intention was to > allow setting camber after collision repairs. > > ~Holland > > On Apr 25, 2016 16:23, "Jack Simon" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > The bolts and nuts that hold the strut to the wheel bearing housing are one > of two sizes, I believe the size of the shaft of the bolt is 11mm and 12mm, > the thinner one allowing for camber adjustment. Torque nuts with 19mm hex > head to 59 ft. lb. and torque the 18mm hex head to 70 ft. lb. Any VW dealer > with a decent parts department old timer (if there are any left!) can help > you out. Both of them have a VW part number........Jack > > On 25 Apr 2016, at 18:03, Holland Phillips wrote: > > Bottom line is I would get 4 of the adjustable front camber bolts, and have > the car realigned after you install the bolts. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MK2-16v" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v > <https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/D6F2216B-3023-4A7E-B508-9D59E8DC18C2%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/D6F2216B-3023-4A7E-B508-9D59E8DC18C2%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MK2-16v" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v > <https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/CABrbKBkEJxb0aMqKP1OdefkiV7M8oNSga864wythuWfDv9-Kkg%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/CABrbKBkEJxb0aMqKP1OdefkiV7M8oNSga864wythuWfDv9-Kkg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/ADA6DED9-1839-4DFC-A343-025CDBBAA5D7%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
