Re: Rumor Mill

["George Turner, Jr" <getone@mediaone.net>]

I have know of a couple people who had that problem.  It all resulted from
insufficient tightening down of the bolt.
George
----- Original Message -----
From: "Piecuch, Benjamin HS" <benjamin.piecuch@hs.utc.com>
To: <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 2:06 PM
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
>