[Vwdiesel] Sick, illiterate design

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/30/2010 11:47:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
arkadymirvis at gmail.com writes:

> 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!

  Wow, not sure which one is sick here.  ;-)
  Part of what I considered learning to work on mechanical things was to 
keep in mind what fits where.  On my motorcycles, one engine side cover 
might use 3 or 4 different lengths of bolts.  I considered it a necessity 
of 
design rather than poor design.
  If VW/Audi can use the same PS pump on 5 different models of cars by 
simply using a spacer behind the pulley, that's great!  It means I only 
need 
one pump to work on several different cars!  It's YOUR responsibility when 
working on something to be sure you put the right grade, thread, length and 

head design fastener in the correct hole.  It's not a fault of design to 
not make 
mechanics an idiot proof profession. 
  Next you'll want warning lables on cars about mixing up pulleys and 
bolts!  ;-)
     Loren