irs removal help..

jigga Officially Full-On Dubber

249 posts · joined Oct 2007 · 14 May 2011, 3:43 pm

#841103

Hi all..

im wanting to remove the irs trailing arms off a beetle to use in a conversion. Trouble is im not sure how to go about it. can anyone asssit?

Also, what bits and pieces will i need for the conversion? obviously i need to weld in new boxes to mount them, but what else?

thanks

STIDUB Over it.

1,497 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 14 May 2011, 3:48 pm

#841104

irs arms, spring plates, handbrake cables, gearbox, axles, cv's, stub axles... thing thats about it?

17mm inhex socket and a breaker bar will get the arms off, keep the spacer/washers that come with them

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vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 14 May 2011, 4:35 pm

#841109

you need a jig to align the new box section onto the torsion tube

if you dont get the correct alignement then forget about it

where r u located???

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jigga Officially Full-On Dubber

249 posts · joined Oct 2007 · 14 May 2011, 5:44 pm

#841124

located in wa. jig is fine. im just not sure of how to actually take the arms out?

flipflopsurfer Seriously Crusin Dubber

172 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 15 May 2011, 11:41 am

#841225

I did this about 2 weekends ago. Remove the brakes and backing plates, remove drive shafts, undo bolts holding everything to the springplate and then there is a big allen bolt on the front of the control arm, undo and pull out, remove the arm.