RE: Rumor Mill

["Ng, Kevin (Bank of America Commercial Finance)" <kevin.ng@bankofamericacf.com>]

Yeah, this discussion has been going around on several VW lists....basically
what it comes down to is that you MUST use Loc-tite on that bolt, otherwise
it will loosen over time and cause just what several owners have described.
I've had my Turn2 mount in for at least 30k miles now without a problem. 

Kevin Ng
97 Jetta GLX Windsor Blue

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Piecuch, Benjamin     HS [SMTP:benjamin.piecuch@hs.utc.com]
> Sent:	Monday, April 24, 2000 5:07 PM
> To:	'jettaglx@igtc.com'
> Subject:	Rumor Mill
> 
> I heard this from a friend on the Corrado List.
> It seems a few of the Turn 2 Whipple Front 
> Motor mounts have broken after a few thousand
> miles of use.  The aluminum spacer that sits between
> the two Poly bushings does not have very good 
> fatigue strength, and the bolt head tears through
> the spacer.  The engines have then lifted off the
> mount and gone straight into the hood.  
> 
> I just installed my Whipple mount about 8k miles
> ago.  Since these are all recent problems, I'm
> a little worried.  Has anyone had any problems
> with their mount, past or present?  Thanks in 
> advance.
> 
> 
> 				BEN