Just seeing this thread for the first time and nice work. Sad to see that damage to such a beautiful car.The car did pretty good with a heavy load of a bunch of heavy metal...
But then, just as we were leaving, a distracted driver plowed into me as I was making a left hand turn...
I was surprised when the lady pulled out an unexpired insurance card, as she was one of the rough crowd types... but when I called her insurance company monday, they said she hadn't been paying her premiums, so it wasn't valid. Why!!! Anyway I called my insurance agent and found out that my insurance does provide uninsured motorist insurance, so hopefully they'll do something, then they go after the person or their insurance company.
So actually the b6s I had on the beater one were modified from motor home shocks... we do a lot of motor home suspensions at the shop and one of them we were replacing the shocks which were bilsteins with Konis. The rear shocks were rusted out but the front ones weren't. I was getting ready to toss them in the scrap bin when I saw one of my mk4 shocks sitting there and noticed how close in size they were... I then modified the mk4 mounts and put them on the back of my golf. I ended up lifting that car, so I got bilstein TC shocks and stuck those motor home ones in a box. Flash forward to when I was doing the brakes on my wagon... I remembered those shocks and pulled them out. Yup, same length as the passat ones... modified the passat mounts and put them in.
and another set.
The axles are really easy on these. The book says to disassemble the control arms and all, but that isn't necessary. Takes about 15 minutes for me to swap them, just pull the wheel, pull the shield inside and the bolts that mount the flange to the transmission flange and the bolt from the hub. Then pull the inside up and the splined shaft out and itll slide right out. I've not done the front struts yet, don't know how hard it is, but I've heard its not too hard.alright, I am gonna buckle down and get the B6 front struts as well. I need to find a good write-up to change the front. Not sure how much harder they are than the MK4 platform. It makes sense, to this idiot, to swap the front struts when I am doing axles as well since I am in that far, but maybe not.
I have to find some of those 17" GLS wheels, they sure are 'purdy!!! I have 2 sets of 16" wheels. A winter set that is plasti-dipped black
Winter Mode:
Summer Mode:
Need to go learn how to post photos.............
Yeah, if you have a lift, no tire removal needed.That sounds easy enough, I just need to order 12 new bolts for the Trans/CV flange. I got stuck on that and was trying to figure out if the manual swapped B5's took a different bolt than the autos.
Axle Bolt Inner (B5.5) M10x50
Inner axle bolt for the 5-speed automatic transmission on the 2004-2005 B5.5 Passat 2.0L with engine code BHW....www.idparts.com
I remember reading where Oilhammer doesn't even remove the wheel, but I definitely will.
It will likely turn into the family wagon after I get everything done.
I'll probably drive it myself, not sure yet. I gotta figure out the transmission issue and then decide if I want to fix the auto transmission or manual swap.
Yeah, thats one of the things that hooked me on them. Sadly only fwd on mine, but they ride and handle great!
other than that, I love this era of VW's madness. Thank you Piech
Actually does, lol. I already decided that if the engine goes, I'll swap a BHW and o1e transmission in, but currently it runs pretty well. I plan to take care of it and see how it goes.