Golf Country Rear Wheel Carrier

[Hungry_Horse_1955]

I started to dismantle the Rear Wheel Carrier on my Golf Country, but as soon as I placed the socket on the bolt it snapped[]

However, I can fix that (hopefully) but what I would like to know is; has anyone attempted to sort out the play in these carriers. There doesn’t seem to be any adjustment in them especially as the carrier end seems to be worn! Any idea how to sort this?

[Chris S]

Weld it up & re drill?

[Padrig]

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Originally posted by Hungry_Horse_1955

has anyone attempted to sort out the play in these carriers. There doesn’t seem to be any adjustment in them especially as the carrier end seems to be worn! Any idea how to sort this?

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Hi Clive,

it may be a late posting, but I have significantly reduced the play by placing the inner brass part of a 12volt car socket.
The thing is, originally the spare wheel carrier used to be a lot firmer and had less play as VW used a kind of copper/brass sleeve inside the hole of the subframe where the wheel carrier slots in to place, but these wear out pretty soon, so you will get more and more play. Mine for instance was completely worn through, all that was left was a paper thin brass sleeve that buckled when I pulled it out!.

I bought a 12volt car socket extender (with 2 sockets) and pulled out the brass/copper inner ‘ground’ shields, flared the top of these, soldered them together and inserted them in to the hole, then replaced the spare wheel carrier with some copper grease, it works pretty well, however as it’s a big momentum on such a small base, there will always be some play.

Good luck

[Hungry_Horse_1955]

Hi Padrig,

Thanks for the pointers. There was absolutely nothing left in hole of the subframe!!!

I’ll investigate using the Car Socket idea.

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