aitchy 0 Posted July 12, 2007 (edited) As i have the mot coming up, i put my 1.9 gti in to get things fixed, the problems were pads horn sheared front wheelnut the body was sitting lower on the offside rear compared to nearside rear ( it has been lowered atouch at the rear) , hard to explain but when u go over a bump you can hear a faint knocking. so after talking to the garage, the horns fine, and the sheared wheel nut is flush with the hub as for the rear, he said my torsion bar bushes were done, and that replacing these only might not help on a car this age, and i need a new or 2nd hand axle which im pressuming is the rear beam. he said that would take a few days to source, and i even said if i get the parts and pay you for labour which he was fine with. what i need to know is what you think regarding the rear and the garages reply as i have not used them before thanks Edited July 12, 2007 by aitchy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackherer 543 Posted July 12, 2007 The garage sound like they know what they're talking about. If you plan on keeping the car for any length of time get a second hand beam and fit new bearings or buy a reconditioned beam and have that fitted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aitchy 0 Posted July 12, 2007 The garage sound like they know what they're talking about. If you plan on keeping the car for any length of time get a second hand beam and fit new bearings or buy a reconditioned beam and have that fitted. ok will do much u reckon plus labour? for this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aitchy 0 Posted July 13, 2007 there are no rear beam son ebay righ tnow, only this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...atchlink:top:uk not sure about condition though, anyone help me out on where to get a reconditioned or vgc second hand one please Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taylorspug 7 Posted July 14, 2007 (edited) Whatever happens id go for a reconditioned unit. Any secondhand GTI beam nowdays will be showing signs of age and wear, and you probably start having much the same problem in the not too distant future. Your only hope for a secondhand unit is to use the beam tube and shafts from a late base model beam (they seem to be less prone to wear, probably due to not having a hard life!), then attach all the GTI stuff to it. I picked an immaculate beam tube and set of trailing arms up from the scrappy a couple of weeks back, from an automatic 205, for £40. Indeed the bearings were so good it was almost a shame to knck them out and replace! As for people to recondition your beam, i dont know anyone up your way that does it. Obviously if you were further down south id offer my services, but i think thats stretching things a bit too far! Budget around £300 for a completely reconditioned beam aswell. Edited July 14, 2007 by taylorspug Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
