First of all gIad to see you still fully intact, secondly good to hear the car is salvagable and thirdly i'm pretty stunned by this I bent my Axel up pretty bad in an accident a while back but it was still in one piece. Good luck getting the old one removed they can be a pain especially if they are ...

I have encountered a rather annoying poroblem whilst trying to remove the lower strut brace on the rear suspension, where it joins the axle beam. The reason i need to replace the axle beam was due to a dissagrement i had with a tree where it got severly bent. due to the bending of the beam the bolt ...

Funky Diver wrote:WaxOyl / Bilt Hamber anything of that nature. I'd be using a more liquid on to get IN to the nooks and crannies internally myself, with powdercoating the way forward on the beam.

Cheers buddie ill get on it and let you know how it all turns out.

Sam

Hi
I am about to embark on this attempt to replace my rear axle beam and was wondering whats the best thing to rust protect the new beam im putting on? any advice would be appreciated.

Sam

Good call on the wheels mate and you can never have to many spare ;) I am also new to this site and will get round to uploading some pictures when I have got it back up to scratch.

Thank you thats a very kind offer i have already bought a mk1 golf axle beam from a mate for £20 and will attempt to fit it this weekend if no joy id be extremly gratefull if your offer still stood? thanks again

Well after many many hours of loving labour, panel beating, parts sourcing and emptying my wallet asthetically you'd bearly know, however obviously i still need a rear axle beam so thank you very much for the reply. Car should be back on the road by the weekend. Bloody well built cars these maximum ...

Never ever put budget tyres on mk2 Scirocco gt2 no matter how skint you are. because the damage you incure by spinning into a tree costs alot more than a decent set of tyres!

On a related topic does anyone know if the rear axle beam from a mk1 golf fits a scirocco mk2 gt2 any help on this subject ...