[Vwdiesel] Sick, illiterate design

[Patrick Dolan]

The issue is probably that an existing part was being used and to get
economies of scale in an expensive part, and a cheap one was added (spacer) to do so. 
Personally, I can't understand why it wasn't done with the mounting
hardware (brackets), but I am nowhere near MY 1990 Jetta or 1991 Golf Country to look
- nor would that help since they are both (still) gassers - my bad.

What an Audi technician would say is that if someone can't tell the difference in bolts, pulleys, etc. they shouldn't be working on their own car.  Of course, you already know that the pre-requisite to BEING German (or it seems to work for a German company) is to be incredibly arrogant.  It has replaced good design.

----- Original Message -----
From: Arkady Mirvis <arkadymirvis at gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 0:47 am
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Sick, illiterate design

> Here Loren points to a AUDY tool - a product of serious sickness 
> of 
> contemporary german engineering mind. These "GERMAN ENGINEERS" are 
> loughing 
> stock in my opinion. I do not generalize! Not all are very bad. It 
> is the 
> forced upon Germany american mentalitet which is responsible for 
> the demise 
> of best german traditions. I feel respect to what is left of Bosch.
> While working on my 1991 Jetta I spotted how easy it was to 
> transpose the 
> pulleys of water and steering pums. Both had same amount of holes 
> on same 
> bolt hole circle diameter. Behind the steering pump pulley there 
> was a 
> spacer. Why? What prevented moving the pump, or the flange on pump 
> on its 
> shaft, or have a 1 mm longer shaft? Sick mind.
> More. Socket head cap screws looking same length. You install a 
> wrong length 
> screw and steering pump pulley is jammed!
> I can go on and on!   Ark
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <LBaird119 at aol.com>
> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 6:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] CAM ISSUES
> 
> 
> > In a message dated 8/30/2010 9:40:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > matt_lisa at sprynet.com writes:
> >
> >> I've seen issues with Subaru timing belts as well.  To get the 
> crank bolt
> >> off, people were putting 6 ft. cheaters on them resting on the 
> ground, 
> >> and
> >> then bumping the engine to break the bolt loose.
> >>
> >
> >  There's an Audi "special tool" that does just that.  It locks 
> against> part of the
> > frame, bump the starter and break the bolt loose.  :-)
> >     Loren
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