Symptoms of dog bone or engine mount problems?

[The Dave]

I will check how much the engine moves, and yeah sure will of course post back on thurs once it's been in garage.

Like I say, everything was fine before, the dog bone polybushes aren't very old either.

I too get juddering on pull off but it does seem to be fading away a bit.

[The Dave]

Took it the garage today.

Mechanic put my airbox on properly, tightened that and the inlet hose jubilee clip up, but apart from that everything generally seemed ok.

He said the speedo drive (?) was moving around on it's mount which I saw too towards the bottom of the gearbox if thats right? And some sheild for it was missing?

The engine mounts seemed tight, although he did tighten them a little bit more but not much.

Same for dog bone mount, says one of the bushes is looking worn... I may get a new dog bone mount soon anyway.

After I left for work the car did feel marginally better changing through the gears so maybe even a quarter turn can make a fair difference?!

Still can be jerky when coming off the throttle, but the car generally feels a bit better as the clutch wears in.

Looks like the SMF setup just doesn't feel as tight/solid. I'm sure it can handle the power but it's not the nice smooth drive I once had. It's not like HUGELY bad but I want the best for my cash as I aint got much so miss the better feel from DMF setup.

You get what you pay for it seems.

[richw911]

I would never go back to a DMF!!

My Sachs set up is spot on feels OEM and i love it!! 

Ask Rhyso what he thinks mine.......

 

[Rhyso]

I would never go back to a DMF!!

My Sachs set up is spot on feels OEM and i love it!! 

Ask Rhyso what he thinks mine.......

It's not OEM - its BETTER 

Can't understand why you've had this problem    I've driven a couple of G60 / VR6 turbo's and everyone has been super smooth

[The Dave]

Will the gearbox have lost any oil during the change?

I'm gonna get it changed soon anyways I think and the brake/clutch fluid too, see if it helps but it needs doing anyway regardless.

I just wanna enjoy the car sometime soon lol

[The Dave]

Can anyone tell me how much an R32 dog bone costs?

Also does it come with everything I'd need i.e. bushes, bolts or whatever?

Thanks

[richw911]

Can anyone tell me how much an R32 dog bone costs?

Also does it come with everything I'd need i.e. bushes, bolts or whatever?

Thanks

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=89174.0 

[The Dave]

Cheers Rich

[richw911]

Cheers Rich

No probs 

[The Dave]

 Just done a few little checks as advised.

1) Revving the engine.. seems to move back as expected but moreso on the gearbox side... so it sort of looks like it's twisting a little, not a lot but noticable when you look at it. I did a vid but it's prob crap, will upload it later. But the engine didn't move around an excessive amount which is a bonus haha.

2) PCV pipe whatever it is, assuming it's the main chunky pipe underneath the inlet manifold, seems ok from what I can see without taking the car to bits to look properly. Had a look around at some other pipes and everything seems ok bar a pipe near dump valve which is a cut in it, which hasn't gone through yet but still will need replacing to be safe.

I got down on the floor and noticed a load of scratches though where the clutch dude had the bumper off and obviously rested it on the PAINTED side! So one rub strip has a load of little scratches full of oil and crap, annoyed Bumper was resprayed not long before I got the car!!! Hopefully will T-Cut out, gonna get some opinions tonight.

We thinking with the more movement on gearbox side of engine that the dog bone being swapped could sort it? And hopefully the jolting coming off the throttle?

Cheers.