need pix of beetle rear suspension!

battybat Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 19 Apr 2005, 5:17 pm

#340098

anyone got any pix of the rear suspension of a 69 swing axle beetle - particularly the bump stop mounts and the other thingy on the swing arm

buggered if I can find any pics anywhere, and neither of my manuals has a pic for the swing arm versions

doesn't matter if it's on the car - looking for clues as to how it all goes back together - didn't realise I had to take my own pics when I took it apart!!

cheers

Terry

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Chewy Fahrvergnugen

889 posts · joined Jul 2004 · 19 Apr 2005, 5:35 pm

#340108

heres a pic of my 66

dunno if that helps??
what do you need to know?

The bump stops mount to the upper springplate/axle tube bolt.
The nuts are on the inside when you put them together (otherwise bolts heads hit shocks)

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battybat Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 20 Apr 2005, 3:52 pm

#340759

thanks!

confirms where the bump stops go

terry

http://www.dtsband.com - Rock and Roll is NOT dead

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battybat Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 20 Apr 2005, 6:34 pm

#340855

can't believe I'm asking this! any ideas what these bits are for, and where they go (boy do I wish I'd taken some pics BEFORE I ripped it apart!!)

I'm assuming they go somewhere on the rear suspension, looks like they fit round the swing axles?

cheers

Terry

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battybat Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 20 Apr 2005, 6:34 pm

#340856

and another pic of the same mystery bits

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battybat Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 20 Apr 2005, 6:38 pm

#340858

replaced the right hand rear quarter, patched the front left footwell and made a new section for the left front rail

a coat of rust killer, then a couple of coats of flat black rust cure paint (after a shitload of wire brushing, sanding and grinding) and it's nice and solid again!!

wish I could say the same for the body

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Jeza Officially Full-On Dubber

353 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 21 Apr 2005, 7:28 am

#341152

Can't remember how they fit, but they are the "Z-bar" pieces that fit to the swing arms. The uprights go through them and connect to the bar that goes across the top of the gear box.

Cheers
Jeremy

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battybat Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 21 Apr 2005, 10:57 am

#341252

hmmm, don't remeber there being a bar across the top of the gearbox! more research required I think...

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Special Air Service Chief "Gunna"

1,769 posts · joined Oct 2004 · 21 Apr 2005, 12:14 pm

#341299

The bar "across the top of the gearbox" is probasbly still attached to the body.

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ratty 63 Custom Title Time!

1,083 posts · joined Oct 2003 · 21 Apr 2005, 2:15 pm

#341356

Special Air Service wrote:The bar "across the top of the gearbox" is probasbly still attached to the body.

...or has been removed sometime in the past....

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battybat Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 21 Apr 2005, 4:11 pm

#341422

seems like there was no bar, another bit to get hold of!

where do these mysterious pieces of metal bolt onto the rear suspension/swing arm set up?

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lugnuts Custom Title Time!

1,070 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 21 Apr 2005, 4:58 pm

#341448

Dosnt help much but http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=196933 :duh

lugnuts Custom Title Time!

1,070 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 21 Apr 2005, 5:04 pm

#341449

And http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=140735 gettin closer:o

battybat Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 21 Apr 2005, 7:52 pm

#341586

cheers guys

reckon I got it worked out - they only seem to fit one way - will post a pic so you can tell me that there is another way...

hopefully it's good and I can get on with the rest of the rebuild

terry

http://www.dtsband.com - Rock and Roll is NOT dead

My other car is a scooter, and it's in even more bits than my beetle. One day they will both be back together.......