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Title: Dog Bone Mount...
Post by: Ashmond on 21 January 2008, 10:43

Mine has randomly come out, went over Essex on Saturday night and hit a dirty pothole and from what I can see looking under the car the dogbone mount has come out! To put this back in can I just bolt it up or do I need to remove loads of stuff (ie: the engine?)

Title: Re: Dog Bone Mount...
Post by: darthcrab on 21 January 2008, 10:48

I think this is something you can do quite easy.. there is a guy at work with a cupra r and he did his himself, and he is a stupid idiot, so im sure it can be done at home, but may be wrong :cool:

Title: Re: Dog Bone Mount...
Post by: Wazzzer on 21 January 2008, 11:56

I'd be more worried about why it has come out mate  :shocked:

Good opportunity to put an R32 one back instead  :wink:

Title: Re: Dog Bone Mount...
Post by: Ashmond on 21 January 2008, 12:34

I went over some nasty potholes on the weekend, going to my mates garage, he has a pit so going to look at it this evening!

Title: Re: Dog Bone Mount...
Post by: richw911 on 21 January 2008, 19:06

Quote from: Ashmond on 21 January 2008, 12:34

I went over some nasty potholes on the weekend, going to my mates garage, he has a pit so going to look at it this evening!

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1588015

Title: Re: Dog Bone Mount...
Post by: Ashmond on 22 January 2008, 08:49

Cheers Rich - I jacked it up last night and had a look. The mount was completely loose and my engine had tilted backwards which obvioulsy wasnt good! And to make matters worse where the rear of the engine had tilted back, my inlet mani was way too high and in turn dented my bonnet outwards in a few spots  :cry:

Got to get a new dogbone, but me and a mate sorted the one I got temporarily so it'l hold till the weekend.

Title: Re: Dog Bone Mount...
Post by: darthcrab on 22 January 2008, 10:44

big boys toys actually stock them I think. give them a call, only over the water

Title: Re: Dog Bone Mount...
Post by: Ashmond on 22 January 2008, 10:54

Its ok mate got a 1.8t donor car thats been stripped and still has a few bits that I can steal off it, wishbones, subframes, mounts, loads of stuff!

Fancy trying to whack these seats in on the weekend?

Title: Re: Dog Bone Mount...
Post by: darthcrab on 22 January 2008, 11:06

im working both days, only today and thurs off. missus has taken golf though, im left with the zx 1.9d with to much power for british roads I never drive it in the day :grin:

Title: Re: Dog Bone Mount...
Post by: Ashmond on 22 January 2008, 11:08

ah sh!t ok dude, np!

Pm me your number, coming Brands tomorrow week? Be good to see ya again mate

Title: Re: Dog Bone Mount...
Post by: Ashmond on 23 January 2008, 09:10

Guy Gti is a legend! He has one that he is gonna send me via post, put the coilies on last night and then hit a bump in the road and its come back out again now, so not going to drive it until that arrives and i can fit it!  :cry: