Volkswagen Golf Mk1 COMPLETE Rear Axle Restoration!

[@naimderrickrose16s79]

Thanks for that vidéo that will help me in the restauration of the Golf 2 of my grandma 😁

[@ACDC1998Zippo]

Good idea to uprade to an axle with an anti roll bar. Personally I would have gone a bit further by installing poly bushes.

[@bramdejong7355]

Memphis, take a look at the left hand brake Cable. It is rubbing against the Wheel!! (24.29 in video) The right side seems to be ok.

[@thelizardus]

great job spotting that

[@TheGunner2013]

I see That to 🧐🧐

[@tornikechelidze5970]

You’re A Lifesaver ❤️

[@Bantamscooter]

'Going to start by taking everything apart'. **A wild angle grinder appears**

[@jakobkonradsen1248]

So satisfying watching all those fresh parts go in

[@GWaveSounds]

this is the most productive car channel on vw, everything is transparent and easy to understand, great camera angles well done

[@bryansmith6000]

Excited to see more of the Golf!!

[@TheNorthernmunky]

Brilliant video as always mate. Good work

[@atishinderjeet6426]

Great video. I'm a MK1 owner currently replacing brake drums and backing plate. First attempt. This video has been very helpful.

[@MarcosAurelio-nm7ei]

Greetings from Brazil!!! Great job, this MK1 looks beautiful, too bad we don't have this car in Brazil. Here we only have it from the MK3 and here the Golf is a very appreciated car!

[@hermanj7418]

Hallo Memphis, die achteras jongen dat heb je weer netjes gedaan ikzelf heb in de garage gewerkt en als ik zie hoe jullie dit doen vind ik helemaal prima en zeker als je die leuke uitleg er ook nog eens bij doet, dit noem ik nou gewoon hobbyen met eenvoud. Groeten Herman

[@TheNorthernmunky]

I love that you said “take a gander” that’s such a cockney term! Brilliant!

[@MrHuismeester]

Weer een stukje vakwerk ! Leerzame video daar ik geen enkel idee had hoe zoiets nu in elkaar steekt en moet je zeggen dat het wel veel werk was, maar dat het eindresultaat meer dan oke is ! Alles ziet er weer als nieuw uit en dat geeft een mooi aanblik als je onder de auto kijkt. Vakwerk dus en m,n complimenten !!

[@jeffkelly636]

My project is quite old & rusty - when it comes to fasteners. I soaked those 4 nuts holding the rear beam pivots, in pbblaster several times - over several weeks- and wire brushed the threads, nervous I would shear a stud off. After a few weeks of multiple soaking of pbblaster, those nuts came off without an impact, just broke loose with a ratchet by hand. I'm so glad for quality videos like this Memphis.

[@guzziwheeler]

You need to push up the spring-loaded wedge of the automatic brake adjuster before taking off the brake drum. You can easily reach the wedge with a screwdriver through a hole for the wheel bolt in two o´clock position. After this, you can take off the drum with one hand.

[@Nerz845]

me who likes Volkswagens, especially golfs: *happiness noises*

[@Cher007]

Definitely need to do a rear disc brake conversion when swapping in that 2.0 you talked about, gonna need all that stopping power :)

[@ellasOLE22]

Not true, rear drums are good enough. front brakes though need upgrading.

[@oswold100]

You’re a great young man if only there were more like you!😊

[@pgapieper]

Weer een top video Memphis, ik leer veel van je: bij mijn 83iger GTi moet ik dit ook eens gaan doen, dankzij jouw video vertrouw ik erop dat ik dat komende winter mooi eens kan gaan aanpakken. Keep up your good work!

[@jesusmezquita]

Awsome job. i did the exact same upgrade and restoration on my mk1 only did electrostatick black paint on the beam and red on the anti roll bar.

[@BRB914]

Great video. Props from Westchester NY. I respect the time you take to make these videos. I have a buddy of mine I’m Canada who makes Volkswagen videos too. I’m definitely going to upload one soon. Take care and cheers

[@maheshmistry2653]

Just watched the video great restoration on rear axle , is worth doing a stonechip paint protection to axle .

[@carlkwasnjuk9518]

Very well done! Watching from Pennsylvania USA. I own a 2010 GTI with 6 speed manual and a 2008 Jetta Wolfsburg 2.0T with the DSG.

[@andersonroberts9815]

Hello Carl.. How are you

[@abdulmjeedasiri1482]

Your followers from Saudi Arabia, great content

[@matthewbell1968]

Woah, 86k subscribers and rising well done and thoroughly deserved Memphis this is a great channel 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧😊😊

[@Saarisjantteri]

Great video again! I had done several same things to my project mk2 Polo, its more fun to put everything back together with fresh paint on parts and finally see results how old car slowly turn back to new 🤟 Greetings from Finland!

[@maxisanglier7945]

Hello Memphis, just so you know, gti's come with rear anti roll bars from the factory ! Great video keep up 😉

[@miketeeveedub5779]

Brought back a lot of memories when I rebuilt the rear end on my Mk1 Jetta Gli Coupe. I would have like to have seen you push in the new rear main bushing onto its hanger bracket - that was a pain in the butt for me! Great job overall! BTW - go over to Imgur and search for "my 1984 Jetta GLi coupe" for some pics I took of my car. Cheers from Canada!

[@taunuslunatic404]

That refurbished axle looks great.

[@AntoniusK]

Another excellent video. Very satisfying to watch!

[@affordablevs]

Great work, keep it coming!

[@dorinbugnar5930]

Very nice video, too bad we can't do disc brake conversions congrats and have fun with the car

[@laszlovona]

I did this in early 2023.. It is tedious for sure.. I even samdblasted big parts in the garden..😭.. but eventually I went for powdercoating everything. I wanted to epoxy prime,.and 2K paint them, but powdercoating is a shortcut and relief after so much preparation. You have a very nice mk1 (I am not sure if you still have it, but if yes, pls keep it forever 😉). Cheers!

[@nigelbond4056]

Watching you work is both inspiring and relaxing: one of life’s little joys. You did such a great job with the rear axle. I’m always stunned by your knowledge and ability. The commentary is pretty awesome too 👍

[@nigel-Rollercam-channel]

Looks great I love the results, I typed a huge comment but youtube deleted it. Anyways you may want to consider ball joint extenders to retain control arm geometry and and big rear bar depending on how tail happy you want your Mk1 to be. I usually run my Mk1 without a front bar.

[@rabk5702]

You done a terrific job on that sub frame nice posting :-)

[@mariobarata2382]

Great job,well done!

[@El_Indio_OS]

Great channel, good editing and relaxing to watch

[@Lordosvk]

24:25 cearful wheel dragging in to hand brake cable.

[@raoulwouters7074]

If I may give you a tip. The silver caps are not impact resistant and can split or even break into pieces. Best that you take blow resistant caps, these are usually black and much stronger for these jobs. I also work a lot on cars and motorcycles. Speak of experience. Greetings from Antwerp

[@thecarenthusiast4562]

Nice work, but why not directly go for a disc brake upgrade in the rear? :D

[@kwwk692]

I think that is not allowed in Belgium

[@memphis5220]

Illegal sadly

[@dorinbugnar5930]

We live in Europe and the car must be as stock as possible or you will not pass inspection

[@Vytccka]

@@dorinbugnar5930 I live in Europe my country allows such conversions. i did that on my audi 100 c4 last summer :)

[@iebe4388]

Yeah, it's depends from country to country, he(memphis) lives in Belgium and here we pretty much can't do anything to our cars. But there is a light, they are redoing the oldtimer law's

[@AndrewKNI]

YES!! an excuse not to go to bed! Great video - fascinating to see your impressive skills in action. :-)

[@dagenhamdave2611]

Great attention to detail Can’t wait to see the 2.0 litre engine going in

[@Nutzername1273]

Very nice video and a really good looking result. All that was missing was a test drive or at least your opinion on the new rear axle after a driving it for a bit. I gues you’ll probably do that in one of the next golf videos. Im very excited for the engine swap!

[@paultaylor9652]

Great video again, admire your attention to detail.

[@davidblackwell7958]

Great work, looking forward to the engine swop 👍

[@danivaleiro8273]

I'm in love with that little car

[@vdbeke]

it looks like the brake line is touching the innerside of your rim (last shot) nice work! looks as new from the factory

[@julianguastadisegno]

I think is time to restore that workbenck too, great video man

[@jochemneeskens760]

Amazing video once again mate!! Keep up the good work, really looking forward to the exhaust on the e28!

[@tonylopes8175]

Hello and hope this msg finds you well and safe. Iove the work you've been doing to your rabbit plus that garage you and your dad built, it's just awesome. I live in New York Long Island and if your ever in the neighborhood let me know would love to chat about your car. If you were close I would lend you some tools lol. It's too bad you are so far, anyway keep up the great work, good luck with everything and take care.

[@jasonkeenan7381]

perfect timing, just starting mine this weekend

[@bimmerausspanien335d9]

You did a really good job! Congrats! the Golf looks amazing and it's super nice! greetings from Spain my friend :)

[@Wolfiejohn]

nice work and is awesome to have friends to help wish i had friends like y'all great job cant wait for more be safe buddy

[@emildan772]

VW golf Mk 1,my first car. A good car and reliable.

[@nikolaosstergiopoulos6888]

Very nice video. I want to do the same in my polo 86c and you give a lot of motivation. Keep the great work. Greetings from Greece

[@Dutch-vj2eg]

Nice! Why no upgrade to rear disks? It would improve brake response a great deal.

[@broomad]

Great work as always. Many thanks for sharing

[@Nutzername1273]

Cool! A new Video from Memphis! Let’s see what he did on the golf:)

[@durahel74]

Memphis, if you want to swap to a 2.0l engine maybe you need to think also about a upgrade of the rear drum brakes to disc brakes. :-)

[@nanueinmanu1754]

24:24 isn't the cable touching the wheel? Or is the wheel farther away from that cable when the car stands on the ground?

[@memphis5220]

Yeah i noticed that

[@inekelassooij840]

Mooi gemaakt top job geweldig 🧐👏✊

[@VIDEOSdeJOAOSOUSA]

Really nice work, waiting for more of your vídeos.

[@maxvanbeers4548]

Ooh man, wat een verschil! Heerlijk om te kijken👌

[@nickarko7468]

Very nice improvement to the Golf. We want to know how it drives now!

[@simondoesthings]

Notification squad! Always happy to see your upload. Just the very beginning shows how much your video production skills have improved

[@colinbubeneck947]

Goed bezig !!! Bin there done that years ago ;) You build an complete garage, next decend workbench.

[@nidalghazal1890]

Nice to watch hope the fix was good as you did not take a spin to test it

[@Hound87]

That was a really satisfying video to watch! Great work!

[@Ciulik102]

i got paint that takes a week to dry (so you can touch it) and you can not chip that its like a second layer of metal. the longer the paint takes to dry the better it will protect/stick

[@henkbakker3588]

Hey you forgot to mention if the ride is much better then before! Again it was nice to watch 😊

[@trm_neooreo1373]

Can't wait to see when you hiting the limits on the Nürburgring.

[@jimmyf9464]

Next time you should use bilt hamber deox c and gel for your next restoration... Will save all that grinding 👍

[@paulpateman6723]

Love this content Memphis 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍

[@cybersurfer2010]

In the BIN... lol... Nice work Memphis!

[@BEYTEK]

man this is perfect timing im going to be doing mine!! subbed

[@thebuilder3421]

when are you going to restore that table? :D it looks a bit wobbely :D

[@Telemarketer001]

SAFETY GLASSES when grinding or removing springs.

[@milesfrank6802]

this is the most stressful channel for that... always grabbing and poking at crazy rust with their bare hands as well.

[@oxcartracing]

Greetings from the US Missouri thumbs up number 81

[@maczkoadam]

Nice video! And we are waiting for the 2.0 litre engine conversion ! Whats the engine code of this 2 litre ?

[@santiagoferrereres651]

Nice video man!!!👌👌

[@ebra.him000]

Nice work 👍 that ARB seems pointless though being completely bolted to the solid axel only

[@paddrivers]

Good work....you rock man!

[@walterbutscher8438]

Good to see you working on this car. Can I ship you my cabby? What a great job. The black and silver with red springs make it look really amazing. You did a fantastic job. 👍

[@dankenney5212]

Thank you for using the protection guard on your angle grinder.

[@g90.61]

If you have the possibility, it's always better to torque any "suspension" related bushing to spec once the vehicle is on its feet under load or when everything is at a "driving angle" (not loose on the bench, or with the wheels loose on a lift). Not stating that you would damage or harm the bushings if you don't, but it's an extra..

[@darkmaster2052]

COMPLETE Rear Axle Restoration in just 25 minutes - how hard it can be

[@erikv5382]

Great to see that Eddy approves :-)!Wauw!

[@garyhaughton8780]

Thanks for your vids. That table looks like it needs a bit of TLC :)

[@richardpowell5369]

Got to say I'm surprised you didn't upgrade to disc brakes, poly bushes and a new set of adjustable coil overs. But it looks good.

[@peterhennigar7789]

Memphis I think you should have added some nevesever compound to your axle bolts in your brake bolts.

[@alex21102002]

why didnt you do a disc upgrade? idk if that couldve been done, thats why i am asking

[@leonardgoldberg2879]

You should try electrolysis for removing rust. It was a cheap and very effective game changer for me when restoring rusty parts.

[@EnriqueLopez-hb5jn]

Wow, how awesome, the job👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌

[@kathyzed8870]

beau travail, et surtout belle caisse

[@urqua495]

Is needed to use copper spray for the springs of drum brake pads. Just suggested

[@nate_meador89]

Looks so good!!

[@briansequeira5609]

Very nicely done

[@wojtekdobrowolski8084]

You might want to try powder coating suspenssion parts. It is not something you can do yourself, you would have to find a shop that would do it for you but from what I now it's well worth it.

[@arthurminck5464]

Stralen, en daarna alles poedercoaten scheelt niet alleen heel veel tijd, maar het is zoveel beter behandeld...😉