I took my subframe out the other day, its easy when the motor is out. It was 6 bolts to the floor, the calipers came off, and i guess the trans mount and rear motor mount. cheers Frank > The front subframe holds the back-half of the engine/trans in place so > removing it is a real PITA. It also holds the lower control arms which act > as positioners for the front struts. In other words, what you're trying to > do essentially involves disassembling the entire front half of the car - not > exactly my idea of fun. > > --- PN <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anyone removed the front subframe before? PITA, or pretty simple? Bentley > > gives no clues. I need to tap new threads into the rear subframe bolt > > hole, > > and it would be a lot easier to do with the subframe out of the way. > > ===== > Matthew Yip > [email protected] > http://www.geocities.com/mgyip/ > > '87 GTi 16v - x2 > '88 M5 > '99 F350 > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://messenger.yahoo.com > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with > 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
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