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Happy new year!...my fellow 411/412 parts harlots! Man its been tough getting on here. I'm slowly moving into a new place and finding work. I have sliced open the ball joints. I will hope to be posting some info soon...on how we will start rebuilding them. If MGVWfan sends me a centerlink...I will rebuild it for an example....so we can get ssome performance testimony....other than my own. Its going to be a better year than last. Ray

Same to you Ray!!!!!

Rock on, got some of my 412's out of my storage into my shop, woohoo!

Whoops, me

Ive been doing honey do's since the last time I was on here 3 months ago.

A happy, prosperous, fulfilling new year to all type 41 heads, a group whose esprit de corp I've come to cherish and enjoy in a very short time.

Same here...hopefully 2005 is prosperous for all, and all those T4 projects get completed

Rain past two nights, so the trans is still in the Nomad. After I get it out today, I can raise the front end and get under there to pull the centerlink.

I remember asking a similar question 4-5 months ago, but I don't remember asking this...when you've got the rear up on jackstands, is there any (safe!) way to jack up the front and put it on jackstands, too? It would make working under the front and rear easier to have both up in the air. Ideas?

........and rain here past 3 wks and counting I personally use the floor logitudinal reinforcement "bars" to locate my floor jack and jack stands with a 4x4x.5" plywood buffer on the jack stand.

You jack up one corner at a time?

One SIDE at a time.

Ah, yes...using the service jack points under each side. You ever had all four corners in the air with jackstands at the same time like I'm proposing? The reason I'm asking is that I'm kinda concerned that using the side points while the rear is up in the air might cause the jackstands to tip...not good. If I have to, I'll put the wheels back on the rear and remove the rear jackstands before trying to get jackstands under the front, but having both ends up would make things got smoother. Thanks for the reply.

yes I did and this is how I did it; I used a hydraulic floor jack, not the stock one, jacked up the rear and placed the jack stand under it, then moved around to the other side and jacked up the rear, then........etc. Now, during this process you go for minimum height. Once you got the car off the ground on all 4, then you go back and crank up each corner a notch or 2 higher round and round till you reach your desired height. thats at least how I did it.

That sounds better. Minimum height, that makes sense. Thanks for the idea.

No sweat Lane, and for added safety, I'd throw a couple of stacked spare tires right under the car near where I'd be working.

You can do it either way. I personally think the side to side method is some of the safest. yes....a little at a time. On the rear, you will see two metal "hoops" on the end of the rear beam. The emergency brake cables go through under them. There is a curl down at the outer edge of each. That helps to keep the jack stands from slipping off. Be careful when jaking up the other side, as it ca n cause the jackstands of the opposite side to teeter a little. Do NOT use the front end "T" sub assembly for a jack point of any kind. Ray