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clyve Officially Full-On Dubber

310 posts · joined Feb 2011 ·

#947857
ok greatings dub god .
ui am after the simplest way to do the rear rubbers on the swing arms on my 72.....ie do i need to take it all apart or can i do it with the wheel off, shock off and undo the spring cover etc
many thanks and how long to do each one?
I salute all your knowage🥷

Lucky Phil Wolfsburg Wizard

480 posts · joined Aug 2010 ·

#947885
Need more info.
What sort of beetle?
Swing arm or IRS rear end?
And I am assuming it's the spring plate rubber bushes you are replacing.

clyve Officially Full-On Dubber

310 posts · joined Feb 2011 ·

#947911
ok i think its irs and yes its the rubbers sorry for being a bit vague its a 1600s i think not a 1303 as it doesnt have the plastic dash

Super1302 Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Jul 2008 ·

#947921
they only made L's or S's around this period so i have been told. will be irs. and they came with padded and unpadded.
hope that helps

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#947924
Super1302 wrote:they only made L's or S's around this period so i have been told.
Someone has misinformed you, they never stopped making the old beam front swing axle rear bugs until early 1975.

Clyve, sounds like you are wanting to replace the spring plate bushings.

Only other rubbers it could be is the trailing arm pivots but the others seem more likely.

You can follow my lowering guide over in the FAQ section, but you will need to remove the bottom few guard bolts and pull the spring plates right out of the car (torsion bars may come out with if they are rusted in) to replace the inner and outer bushings and just put them back in at the same height if you dont want to lower or raise it.

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#948000
clyve wrote:ok i think its irs and yes its the rubbers sorry for being a bit vague its a 1600s i think not a 1303 as it doesnt have the plastic dash
1303s have the large CURVED windscreen...
and the spare wheel lays flat....

1976 beetles were non supers and had a flat plastic dash..
although most have been taken off by now....

but Your 1972 beetle could be a SUPERBUG ...
flat dash and windscreen and spare laying flat..
NON SUPER - flat dash and windscreen but spare tyre/wheel sits upright... [doesn't lay flat]

IRS [CV Joints] has 4 rubber boots on the rear axles - two either side...

NON IRS - swing axle - has one larger rubber boot on each axle...

I hope that helps

LEE

pic of My IRS axle with two Constant velocity joints.. Lee

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