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Offline Dan

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Front ARB Mount (notching for toothed belts)
« on: April 30, 2009, 09:17:13 pm »
I'm interested to see the difference (if anyone has any pictures) of the G40 front ARB mount compared to the other Mk3 polo's. I think it's notched slightly to take into account the belts. As I'm doing a G40 conversion which will be using a toothed belt, I need to see a bit better where to notch the ARB mount.

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Re: Front ARB Mount (notching for toothed belts)
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2009, 10:34:40 pm »
My '92 CL had exactly the same ARB mount as the '91 G40 donor car I bought off Rick, so you might be okay. I didn't need to file any of it when running toothies.

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Re: Front ARB Mount (notching for toothed belts)
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2009, 10:52:37 pm »
i might be able to get a photo at the weekend

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Re: Front ARB Mount (notching for toothed belts)
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2009, 09:31:21 am »
I had to cut a notch out of the mount on my g40 when I first bought it.  Since it was a conversion it never had the proper g40 one with a notch in it and the toothed belt would catch every now and then.  Nothing Mr Angle Grinder couldn't soon take care of though  ;D

Offline Dan

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Re: Front ARB Mount (notching for toothed belts)
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2009, 09:41:55 am »
Ok, cheers. Some get away with it, others need a bit of metal removing. The last one I converted did and I don't wan't to chance it when it's all being painted.

If you could get a pic that would be great, Pete.

Will be getting the grinder out, just want to remove the right amount of material in the right area.

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Re: Front ARB Mount (notching for toothed belts)
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2009, 02:29:32 pm »
i have a genuine G40 ARB mount for sale if anyone is interested.

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Re: Front ARB Mount (notching for toothed belts)
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2009, 07:58:39 pm »
crap phone pic but you get the gist


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Re: Front ARB Mount (notching for toothed belts)
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2009, 05:24:55 pm »
Nice one, Pete.