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 ·
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
vw54 ·
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???
jigga ·
located in wa. jig is fine. im just not sure of how to actually take the arms out?
flipflopsurfer ·
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.