why wont it fit - help · Aussieveedubbers

airhead Casual Dubber

24 posts · joined May 2011 · 18 May 2011, 7:30 pm

#841731

got a box off a 76 bug, changed the gearbox nose cone to suit, hmmm wont fit.
gearbox too long, rear cradle 1 -2 inches short of going in. huh.
question is, do i need to change the front rubber bit on the chassis side. got me beat.
i have a superbug. 😬
the nose cone is hard up against the front mount.

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3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 · 18 May 2011, 8:51 pm

#841761

have you got the gear box mount with the two banana mounts that bolt onto the bell housing end back to front ????

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2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 · 21 May 2011, 4:13 pm

#842070

Ok, so the rear cradle points to the rear from the framehorn not to the front for a start.

Now depending what year the box is going in you may not need a diff nosecone but just the correct front mount. Later bugs had a 3 bolt chassis mount but earliers had differing types of 2 bolt.

More detail is required. generally post 60's bugs used the same box with different mounts 😉

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7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 · 21 May 2011, 4:20 pm

#842072

post some pics so peeps in the know can help you out..

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