DanielSL Daniel Ultra Moderator Location: Vero Beach, Florida Join Date: 03/02/2016 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 338 Rally Car: 2005 VW Mk. 4 Golf GTI 1.8T |
Definitely agreed. As I said to Ascona, I'm not ordering the DSS axles unless I just start destroying CV's. As you pointed out, DSS beefs up the shaft, which is not the weak link. I was actually lucky, because the rolling chassis I purchased came with Raxles installed, so I had beefed up internals already.
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Josh Wimpey Josh Wimpey Super Moderator Location: VA Join Date: 12/27/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 649 Rally Car: Sneak the Golf |
No, you don't. Raxles are somewhere above Chinese junk and below OEM. ____________________________________________________________- One. Class -- 2WD www.quantumrallysport.com http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Quantum-Rally-Sport/281129179600?ref=nf |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Mega Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
There is some small chance that some are looking at this thread not for the rediculous clusterfuck of over-jerking off that it is but because a few brave souls are correcting the point-by-point bullshit. That being said, and for those who might possibly be interested in actually driving a car--rather than taking 9 months to talk about how cool all the useless junk is--- Here: 8mm spacer, both sides. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
DanielSL Daniel Ultra Moderator Location: Vero Beach, Florida Join Date: 03/02/2016 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 338 Rally Car: 2005 VW Mk. 4 Golf GTI 1.8T |
Well, this is disheartening. Any background references to this opinion? I guess I'll eat up the Raxles first time out, and keep the two sets of rebuilt GTi axles as my spares, for when (Not if) needed. |
DexterVW David Baker Elite Moderator Location: Rhode my Island Join Date: 11/20/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 290 Rally Car: 95 GTI TDI |
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DanielSL Daniel Ultra Moderator Location: Vero Beach, Florida Join Date: 03/02/2016 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 338 Rally Car: 2005 VW Mk. 4 Golf GTI 1.8T |
As Pete said, there is a huge difference between spending and wasting. It was time to consolidate. Only thing that makes sense to do this right. I had two 10'x10' storage units, a 10'x20', and a 10'x40'. Along with my two sheds full of tools and shop equipment from when I shut my business down in 2009; that was just too much wasteful spending, and too many locations for logistics of parts/materials/tools/vehicles storage and shuffling.
So I got rid of all the storage units, and my large shed at the house for my toys and vehicles. Took up a lease on this 60' x 100' building. Going to use one side for Bad Co. Racing, and all of the associated tools, spares, equipment, trailer, etc... Going to use the other side for my classic Mercedes, the Land Rover off-roader, the motorcycles, and a few of my boats. Works out well as I can keep a couple of my yacht tenders in here as well. Hell, during a hurricane, if I can get a trailer big enough, I'll put the yacht in here. The 6.5 meter tender I tow looks like a bathtub toy in this building. So now, over the rest of September, I have to move the shop equipment, the tool boxes, the welders, the plasma cutter, and all of the $h!t I collected over having the business for 8 years, and working on cars over 25 years. I think the only enjoyable part of this is going to bring the bikes over one at a time, when the weather is good. This is making me much more excited about getting the drivetrain done, and getting the car from the tuners shop to my own, so I can work on some stuff myself. Hopefully, once I am actually doing manual labor again, it will get me back into the swing of things. Have sat behind a desk for too many years now. |
DanielSL Daniel Ultra Moderator Location: Vero Beach, Florida Join Date: 03/02/2016 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 338 Rally Car: 2005 VW Mk. 4 Golf GTI 1.8T |
They were just done at the local in-town axle shop. Nothing fancy, just factory specs. |
Josh Wimpey Josh Wimpey Super Moderator Location: VA Join Date: 12/27/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 649 Rally Car: Sneak the Golf |
If they are rebuilt to "factory specs", the only thing done is they are cleaned, honed, and balls replaced and you get new grease. Usually rebuilds involve regrinding the bores and installing oversize balls. Virtually always without re-hardening the bores so, they 1) wear out fast 2) operate with reduced articulation before the oversized balls pop over-center and damage the joints real quick. ____________________________________________________________- One. Class -- 2WD www.quantumrallysport.com http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Quantum-Rally-Sport/281129179600?ref=nf |
RTWRALLY Jesse Whitsell Super Moderator Location: Rhode Island Join Date: 08/03/2016 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 4 Rally Car: Mk3 golf 8v |
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Pete Pete Remner Infallible Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
Find Derek Bottles' trials and tribulations with axles and hubs in his Golf. I recall somewhat dimly that he found the super-awesome-dragstrip-d00d parts are garbage for stuff that involves turning and hitting things sometimes. Pete Remner Cleveland, Ohio 1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing) 1978 Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Mega Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Hey they did last 4 stages...The trick shit he first got was machined by people who probably are related to the geniuses who seem to be advising this mook here..All blah blah but no clue what a fillet radius is so CRACK! in the hub... Typical big noise BSers. Thousand HPs!!! Derek had maybe 139 whp.. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
alkun Albert Kun Elite Moderator Location: SF Ca. Join Date: 01/07/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,732 Rally Car: volvo 242 |
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DanielSL Daniel Ultra Moderator Location: Vero Beach, Florida Join Date: 03/02/2016 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 338 Rally Car: 2005 VW Mk. 4 Golf GTI 1.8T |
David; I found CVJ on-line. I will get a quote from them. Will be good to have a resource once these cages explode, and drop S.S. ball bearings all over the place. Thanks for the information. |
danster Haggis Muncher Infallible Moderator Location: Haggisland UK Join Date: 01/04/2013 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 409 Rally Car: VWs (for my sins) |
There was mention earlier in the thread of Golf, TT and 5 and 6 speed boxes, so for clarity, what shafts and CVs have you got?
Presume they will be 108mm inners, but are they the six ball Rzeppa, or the Tripod type inner CVs? Are they the nut or bolt type outer CVs? Disappointingly not yet a Jackass |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Mega Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Don't encourage him. Ask a question like that and it'll be another 100 posts about his plans and 20 photos of nothing of interest.. And you'll delay by another 6 months the guy ever daring to pull up to the line of The Big RACE!!!! John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/08/2016 01:25PM by john vanlandingham. |