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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good
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vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk
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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good
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So is that the polite way of saying don't buy EMPI? 😂vwo60 wrote:When swayaway made there parts out of the red stuff they were very good, I had the gear box mounts for eight years with out issues, it is the cheap rubbish urethane the Chinese use that is the problem.
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
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Thanks Dave - you read my mind, order placed last night!
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My opinion may be a little biased however my advice would be chuck the red one in the bin. If you are keen to use it then make sure you carry a spare one! Who knows though, some people may have had better luck with these than I did.adlbeetle66 wrote:Oh no. I just bought a 'CB Performance' one, off the RPR website. Its black in the picture.
It turned up a red one, in an 'Empi' package. Rod told me they come from the same factory?
So not sure what to do now...
psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good
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I thought by 66 they had changed to the cage style of coupler? If so then the poly is OK for this just so long as the poly is a snug fit in the cage and the original pin thru the old rubber cage fits snugly in the poly bushes. Those hollow split pin cheap shite the aftermarket couplers use is woeful.adlbeetle66 wrote:Oh no. I just bought a 'CB Performance' one, off the RPR website. Its black in the picture.
It turned up a red one, in an 'Empi' package. Rod told me they come from the same factory?
So not sure what to do now...
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Yep, its the later caged style. Will give it a go, and maybe carry a spare 🤓psimitar wrote:I thought by 66 they had changed to the cage style of coupler? If so then the poly is OK for this just so long as the poly is a snug fit in the cage and the original pin thru the old rubber cage fits snugly in the poly bushes. Those hollow split pin cheap shite the aftermarket couplers use is woeful.adlbeetle66 wrote:Oh no. I just bought a 'CB Performance' one, off the RPR website. Its black in the picture.
It turned up a red one, in an 'Empi' package. Rod told me they come from the same factory?
So not sure what to do now...
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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Are you talking about Australia or Germany?psimitar wrote:I thought by 66 they had changed to the cage style of coupler?
psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good
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Why would Australia have been behind on such a simple part? Weren't they back to CDK by then?AA003 wrote:Are you talking about Australia or Germany?psimitar wrote:I thought by 66 they had changed to the cage style of coupler?
psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good
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Yea, that's genuine Brazil VW not German VW by the looks of it. Much of the Brazilian 'VW" stuff isn't so good.adlbeetle66 wrote:Well its a genuine VW one anyway 😀
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No they were Australian made then.psimitar wrote:Why would Australia have been behind on such a simple part? Weren't they back to CDK by then?
psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good
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Oh, now that could get rather confusing 🤪AA003 wrote:No they were Australian made then.psimitar wrote:Why would Australia have been behind on such a simple part? Weren't they back to CDK by then?
We really didn't have a '65 to '67 Beetle, just '64 models.
Ours had king pin suspension until '68.
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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good
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Well my early 60s linkage connected just fine to my IRS gearbox with a cage type coupler but I think the big different is that the hockey stick on early boxes has just a locating dimple in it for the grub screw and not a hole for the cages pin.lolight70 wrote:Related question
Can a late cage coupler be used instead of the earlier style?
hellbugged 48's and straight cuts
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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good
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I wondered if I got that the wrong way around 😂hellbugged wrote:Pictures clearly show wolfburg west with linked coupler
Yes caged style work on 60's beetles
All hockey sticks are dimpled
