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Steering Damper - on a beetle

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battybat Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#204739
hi

is it normal to have a steering damper on a beetle? - hydraulic type one - like on a bike, from the beam to the steering arm

if it is unusual I'll get a pic taken and posted so it's more obvious what I mean

cheers

terry
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GL1972 Wolfsburg Wizard

432 posts · joined Aug 2003 ·

#204740
Sure is normal.

Brendan

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#204973
beetles had steering dampers standard from '59??, not sure of year when they started
Jon

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

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#204984
Yes,
All Beetles after 1959>> had steering Dampers...
like a small shock absorber....
they make the steering smoother....

Lee

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2,946 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#205100
can yo retro fit one on a 54 then?
...and Robert's ya father's brother...

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

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#205615
You would have to fit the tie rod from a model that had the steering damper... for one end and the other end just bolts onto the torsion bar tube... just weld a bracket...

A front swaybar would help with the handling too...

and they just clip onto the front suspension....

Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

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2,946 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#206120
cheers lee
...and Robert's ya father's brother...