Re: Rabbit rear wheel alignment
Hi Chuck an' EVerybiody;
Gees! Any Rabbbits left?! Hah, they have ALL gone to the Great Junkyard in
the sky, around here. EVen PARTS are non existant!Well, I probably would
STILL have mine hsad I not killed it towing it home from Joliet?
Anyhow I DID have the rear end alignment issue, went through the same shit
yur going through! I changed the whole damn swing axle rear end, this helped
to retrurn it so the tires lasted. But with 1200 lbs of batteries It DIOD
look like it was out of whack in the rear end, but most of that was an
optical disalusion!Car tracked OK, Even getting my recortd 100 mile run,
with 20 T145's stuffed aboard!Used to easily do more than 100 miles a day,
stuffing back power at 70 amps , like at lunch time,on my famous "Lirttle
Blue Box" charger, half wave setup off the 240 volt mains using BOTH 120
volt sides. Gave true meaning to "stench Chord"Usually turning those plastic
range chords into hot silly putty!
As for rw alignment you get the luck of the draw I guess, I had piles of
Rabbits I had parted out over the years. Just go out back and dig up a new
rear swing axle. They change out easy enough, 4 bolts to the chassis, the
handbrake cables and Hydralic lines. Pain in the ass, as they, brake lines,
Break,(English? Aint it fun??) and you end up going through the whole damn
car, but it IS a nice feeling to know ya got new brake lines! But worth it
when the shop guy can set stuff. I know thery have shimsd to slip under the
axle bolts, that hold that silly little axle stub on to the axle. The other
laugh is STOCK Wabbit brake drums. Look like off a motor scooter!Jetta ones
will bolt on, giving you almost believeable rear brakes?I ran Jettas' for
years!I guess the VW engineers wern't figguring on 1300 lbs of batteries
when they designed BARELY enough brakes for the car that they DID
build.??Well, that goes for the suspension, too. I had BMW springs in back
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