rear torsion bar tube - beetle

battybat Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 19 Mar 2005, 1:06 pm

#321855

Hi guys

what sort of grease for this?

cheers

Terry

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battybat Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 19 Mar 2005, 2:36 pm

#321894

and...

when you take the torsion bars out it releases the pressure and they move down!

do you put them back in in the position they come out - as seems possible, or do you have to re-apply the torsion, which seems difficult!

perhaps should of left them in, bt I wanted to see whether they needed greasing!!!!

the grease seems obvious now - and I was told rubber grease for the bushes

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lugnuts Custom Title Time!

1,070 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 20 Mar 2005, 12:28 am

#322200

The rubber bushes go on dry so ive heard,maybe some talcum powder.:thumb

BiX Veteran Volks Folk

2,499 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 20 Mar 2005, 7:57 pm

#322476

best to put them back at the same angle (unless you want o lower or left them). once the tension has been released. you should have measured this. best way is to put a trolley jack under them and jack them up and then put some pressure on the end plate to pull them over the lip (also use a large screw driver, but be VERY VERY careful, as there is alot of force in them if they slip!!)

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16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 21 Mar 2005, 7:06 am

#322645

Use plenty of Moly black grease ..... you need a protractor to set up the correct angle for the trailng arm.

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