Type 3 (\'65) front locknut conversion

mackaymanx Custom Title Time!

1,611 posts · joined Jan 2006 · 2 May 2007, 2:44 pm

#588826

Here is how I went from the double locknut and tab washer to the split nut on my '65 notch. I find the split nut much easier to adjust, the nuts and caps are from a sbug

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MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 2 May 2007, 4:15 pm

#588839

Sook....:vader

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mackaymanx Custom Title Time!

1,611 posts · joined Jan 2006 · 2 May 2007, 4:21 pm

#588841

This from the man who wants to aircondition his Manx😂

[ Edited on 2-5-2007 by mackaymanx ]

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dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 2 May 2007, 7:18 pm

#588879

Same thread?

westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 2 May 2007, 7:38 pm

#588885

mackaymanx wrote:This from the man who wants to aircondition his Manx😂

[ Edited on 2-5-2007 by mackaymanx ]

I've gotta cool the hot air that gets in.I thought the thread pitch was different on the earlier stubs??

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mackaymanx Custom Title Time!

1,611 posts · joined Jan 2006 · 2 May 2007, 7:52 pm

#588889

Yeah the thread pitch was the same, I know the early beetle is different to the late beetle. The type 3 must be the same all the way through.

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