Hi All,

I have a few issues with the car's rear axle;
  • The rear beam axle bush will need to be replaced at some point
  • One of the rear wheel bearings doesn't want play adjusted out, despite several attempts. Following one of BigCol's previous posts, I think the rear stub axle may need also need replacing.
I thought that this would be oppurtune occasion to replace the MK3 TDI axle with a plus axle from a Golf MK3 VR6. This would potentially confer the following advantages;
  • Rear anti roll bar
  • Rear disc brakes, rather than drum brakes
  • Hopefully, no need to replace the stub axle, since this should already be on the axle.
I am thinking of sourcing a good VR6 axle from a trusted breaker.


Has anyone actually performed such a swap ?
Does this axle swap sound plausible, and what issues would be faced ?

Obviously the 5 stud discs would need to be replaced with 4 stud discs (e.g. Golf MK2 GTI).

Would this be a relatively simple straight swap, or are there many subltle differences between the MK3 TDI and the MK3 VR6 ?