Topic: New team running a MK4 Golf 2.slow, need some advice
My teammates and I are running a 2000 Golf 2.slow at both High Plains events this year (we hope). We did not actively seek out said bucket, it found us. I have searched the forums and it appears as if this platform has its scattered high points, but it also has some rather debilitating issues. The one that concerns me most is the front wheel bearings. I've found numerous mentions of them not lasting very long, even if you replace them each event (which, on a MK4, is a mechanical PITA vs virtually any other FWD car).
Having owned every MK variant from 1 to 7 since I started driving in the 1980's, I can't recall ever having wheel bearing issues short of curb strikes. The size of the bearing is on par with loads of cars that appear to NOT have bearing issues, so what it the root cause here? Are teams not ducting enough air into the wheel spindle, are wheel offsets too high, can cornering loads of this dangerous shit box be that severe?