shawnoc2003

I got mine at Lowe's. A little blue loctite and your good to go.

By the way, I also picked up some spacers from Lowe's since the poly mounts looked a little short when I installed it.

eurocabbage

Ahh you're kidding! I didn't know that.. bummer. Anyone know if they're the same for a b5 Passat? The nearest Audi dealer is an hour away.

bingS4

Sorry - no part numbers. You might be able to find them at vagcat.com though. It's basically an online free version of ETKA.

The bolts are stretch bolts - that's why they're one-use-only. I'm not sure I'd trust bolts from Lowes unless they're specifically labeled as such for the necessary torque - which I doubt any of them are there. Sorry I don't have the torque specs handy.

bingS4

Oh, and about the solid linkage - replacing that is more work up near the top of the transmission so I'm personally putting off the decision to replace those bits until I have the engine and tranny out of the car for other work. And even then I might not replace with anything other than stock. With just the shifter it feels good to me, and I'm nervous about really locking down the mechanism with all the solid parts and not getting the adjustment perfect and hurting my transmission - but maybe that's not a problem. I don't know enough about how that all works yet.

donromani

I've removed and reinstalled the stock bolts about 20 times now. I'm not saying this is the right way to do it, but it's not like the subframe is going to drop out while driving if you don't replace them.

M3 J0N

thank you! ill just go with the shifter then. I picked up a 00 sedan just before I picked up this avant (once i got the sedan, I realized I need the extra trunk space of the avant), and noticed it has a brace under the tranny. It almost looks like it is just a standard black piece of barstock (possibly OEM-looking), but it definitely isnt there on the avant. I can tell you that even with that little bar, the shifting feels MUCH better than in the avant. Hopefully, the DTS will help out on my avant.

eurocabbage

Were they abnormally loose when you backed them out, ever? Someone mentioned blue Loctite, I think that might work if I can't get a hold of the bolts.

donromani

Nope, never had any issues with them being loose. Blue locite is a good idea though, I think I will put a drop on them the next time I have to drop the sub.

shawnoc2003

My loctite comment was for the bolts that hold the polymount to the tranmission - no the subframe bolts. Maybe I miss-understood which bolts he was looking for.

I've also reused the subframe bolts as well - not technically correct if they're torque to yield; however, torque to yield bolts will continue to work - your just a little higher on the stress strain curve.

Berreta

Can someone tell me if the posts are supposed to be backwards here? I don't know if it has something to do with the settings or what, I don't think I changed them. I searched everywhere and didn't find anything. Didn't want to make a thrad about something this small.