the mount was removed, cleaned, and re-installed. the other two bolts were not super tight, but not loose either. the rattle is gone now, so something I did worked. Torqued to 33 fl/lbs as per Bentley. no idea if I can blame VW for bad installation or a PO. alistair
On 23-Jun-11, at 2:54 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > What about the other two bolts? If only the center one was loose > then the > mount was still somewhat secure. These bolts need to be the proper > type > along with hardened washers. P.C. 10.9 and properly torqued. Loose > hardware > is almost always the result of miss application or wrong installation. > > Dennis |
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