Frank818 -1993 VW VR6 Turbo donor- Build Thread

[svanlare]

Nice to get it figured out, even if it means a new trip to the BOD. Mine is still on the side of the house, in case I'm not done with part cleaning.

[Frank818]

Frank,
How much axial movement does your inner CV joint Have?
I'm not familiar with that type.
Bob

Well, so far after fitting 1 axle in a yet-not-ready-spindle-but-enough-to-get-the-hang-of-it, it seems I have enough play on all 3 axial dimensions, up-down, front-back and side-side (inner CV extension). Which axial movement exactly were you referring to?

Be really careful with the rear backing plates. As I'm sure you know, they locate the rear brake calipers and when pressing old bearings out and new bearings into the spindles, it's real tricky to do it without bending that backing plate. The plate has to be on before you press the hubs in. I bent my backing plates a bit doing it; not enough to be a major problem but until I replace those plates (which requires replacing the bearings as well), I'll never get full use out of a set of rear brake pads because the inside will wear out before the outside one. The spindle is just an awkward shape and there isn't a good way to make it sit flat in a press.

Good point. The plates look ok and as straight as they were before, I'll mention that to my mech when he's change again the bearings, especially the new set will go on the other set of spindles which required removing and reinstalling the plates.

Nice to get it figured out, even if it means a new trip to the BOD. Mine is still on the side of the house, in case I'm not done with part cleaning.

Yeah you never know when this might come handy again!

But plz, I highly suggest anyone not to make a mistake about spindles, it's a pain to play with those all the time and a full set of bearings/seals costs USD$100 with shipping to CAD.

[Frank818]

Made some progress this w-e, after removing all the stress about the spindles.

Custom throttle cable bracket to reinstate the cable's tension (not pictured yet), custom overflow reservoir bracket (tnx to my new bench grinder), oil cooler and exhaust. I just need to secure the muffler in place and finish the exit and it's done. Oh crap, the dump tube as well, it will merge just before the muffler, that is a very nice but complicated challenge. Not a problem, just a challenge. I got my parts from Verocious, I'll see next w-e what I can do about that. It'll be a very compact exhaust, all made by myself which I never did before! So far the SS welding is going on really good! I can't say how important that welder is for the build.

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It's impressive how I (and we) can reuse old parts and brackets, modify them and make them look like new parts. There are some 25yo parts I was reusing, some others I had severely modified and yet here's a second life for them! Who would knew...