by txdunebuggy101 » 01 Tue Mar, 2011 10:46 pm
I'm no vw genius, or just genius for that matter,but i agree with brianB, you need to figure out the root cause of your problem. If you off road a lot, maybe it broke loose. If its a street rail, u definitly got a problem. Weak or mis-shaped clamps? Bolts worked a little loose? Frame twisted a lil maybe? I would play CSI cause i would want to be sure a new $5 clamp shell is Gonna keep me on the straight and narrow. JMO and good luck.
Just thought about my rail and wondered if i would run into that problem. What about welding a small tab next to frame half of clamp. Drill a hole and weld a nut. Center the beam, clamp it, then dimple the beam through the nut with slightly smaller drill bit. Install set scew with loc-tite and forget about it.... like a locating pin?
I never knew I know so little till now...
JimmyP