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 breville
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| posted on January 9th, 2004 at 08:17 PM |
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camber adjustment
hi there
I have a 72 S bug on which i have lower the fron about 50mm by lowering the perch onwhich the spring sits
Needless to say i have a pronounced lean now
What can I do about bring it back to square?
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| posted on January 10th, 2004 at 05:08 PM |
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lower rear
I take it you mean that u want to lower ther rear. Ihave just read in how to hot rod that beetles dont handle that well when angled down as it
increases lift of the vehicle therefore if you lower frony you should lower rear? (the way i read it ? ).
The suspension on the rear of my 71 s bug looks to be adjustable by simply twisting a spline on the reer shock absorber. i have not had to do this as
yet as my 71 bug is not lowred at the front, but am going to try to use these shocks to lwer my 76 irs rear? I read a thread on here not long that
said all u had to do was twist this spline but i am not sure if these shocks are standard as a mech that did my brakes hinted that they weren't
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on January 10th, 2004 at 09:53 PM |
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Shocks will not lower the rear of the car !
Adjusting the splines means the splines on the torsion bars.:thumb.
To adjust you need to pull half the suspension apart, and to set correctly you really should understand how all the suspension components work
first.:thumb
If you were going to improve the handling of the car, you would also fit type 3 torsion bars at the same time as doing this job..
Breville, are you talking about the camber on your front wheels (leaning in at the top), or the difference in height between front and rear ???
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| posted on January 11th, 2004 at 12:03 AM |
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Hi guys,
I kinda have a similar question about setting the chamber. I intend to install lowered spring on my SB but I need to set the chamber so the rubber
won't rub against the fender.
FYI: Riviera rims with 195/60
Thanx
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breville
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| posted on January 13th, 2004 at 11:54 AM |
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im talking about the front end camber (tops leaning in)
I also have a problem with rubbing only on the left side
15" 165's
regards
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