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Offline mac7

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Re: mk2 golf rear axle.
« Reply #10 on: 02 November 2009, 23:03 »
Quote from: MooZ on 31 October 2009, 13:27
the rear axles are designed to have a little give in them, mine bends slightly when I jack it up, are you sure it wasn't just bending because you had the jack in the middle.

I took mine off the other week, and even though it looks like 1 solid piece, it does actually have some bend and elasticity to it....

Little tip here - don't jack the car up from the middle of the beam. That's one sure way they get bent. The beam axle is designed to twist, not bend.
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Offline Wayne

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Re: mk2 golf rear axle.
« Reply #11 on: 02 November 2009, 23:28 »
Quote from: mac7 on 02 November 2009, 23:03
Quote from: MooZ on 31 October 2009, 13:27
the rear axles are designed to have a little give in them, mine bends slightly when I jack it up, are you sure it wasn't just bending because you had the jack in the middle.

I took mine off the other week, and even though it looks like 1 solid piece, it does actually have some bend and elasticity to it....

Little tip here - don't jack the car up from the middle of the beam. That's one sure way they get bent. The beam axle is designed to twist, not bend.

I never jack them in the middle, where it mounts is a lot safer.
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Offline antogoof

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Re: mk2 golf rear axle.
« Reply #12 on: 04 November 2009, 17:01 »
i dint jack me car in the middle?!

done now anyway new axle in, new stub axle both sides, bearings and brakes.

its in for the m.o.t sat.....wish me luck!!!!!
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