LAC: Jetta weight?

[P.Dooley]

How would adding weight to the subframe reduce torque steer?

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
On Behalf Of S Dewitt
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 9:57 AM
To: George Harris
Cc: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: LAC: Jetta weight?

I was told it's purpose is to equialize the weight for hte halfshafts
reducing torque steer.


Scott DeWitt
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Harris" <harchris at smokesignal.net>
To: "Drew" <drew at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
Cc: "George Selby" <gselby4x4 at earthlink.net>; "audi"
<quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: LAC: Jetta weight?


> 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
> >
>
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