LAC: Jetta weight?

[George Harris]

Oh my Gosh! You mean every time I've taken this brick off and painted 
it, put antiseize on the bolts, and replaced it after doing the half 
shaft or whatever, I could have just left it off! Doh!

George

Drew wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 12:52, George Selby wrote:
> 
>>I don't have a VW list to ask, so I'll throw this one to you guys (and gals):
>>
>>I'm replacing the halfshaft on my 90 VW Jetta.  Immediately below the inner 
>>CV joint I'm removing is a large block of metal.  I took it off, and that's 
>>exactly what it is - a approx. 5 lb hunk of metal attached to the bottom of 
>>my car.  It is shaped like a brick, and has two bolt holes, and is attached 
>>with factory type bolts.  Any guesses to it's purpose?
> 
> 
> It's purpose is to complicate the right-side driveshaft removal process,
> which was way to easy on previous models that were not equipped with
> it... :)  Seriously, though, I believe it functions as a
> counterbalance/vibration dampener for the subframe.  I have left them
> off and not seemed to notice and ill sideffects.
> 
> Drew
>