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 posted on November 15th, 2004 at 02:30 PM |
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Limited Slip Diff in a Beetle gearbox?
I took the County Buggy on the beach this weekend and no problem except getting OFF the beach where I got bogged in deep soft sand. As I cant fit any
larger tyres I think a LSD will do the job.
Has anyone got information on fitting a limited slip diff in a beetle gear box? Where can I get one, cost???
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| posted on November 15th, 2004 at 03:55 PM |
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Do a search in the tech articles, it's been talk about in several threads prior. I'm to lazy to look them up for you you'll have to search them
down yourself 
But I can tell you there was no easy answer, allot of things discussed but all $$$ or not suitable.
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| posted on November 15th, 2004 at 05:13 PM |
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Thanks Mike. I remember seeing some thing about it but didn't know where to look
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| posted on November 15th, 2004 at 05:14 PM |
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Didn't the country buggy (and some kombis) come with LSDs?
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| posted on November 15th, 2004 at 09:37 PM |
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What tyre pressures were you running? They will make more difference than an LSD. I've seen a standard Beetle with cheese cutters go well on the
beach with lowered tyre pressures. Hell I've even seen an EB Falcon up the beach.......
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| posted on November 16th, 2004 at 10:16 AM |
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Let the tyres down to 22 ~ 25 psi. The front tyres are only 4 inch rims as I cant find any 6 inch at the moment so that could be part of the
problem.....also my technique... bigger run up next time!!!!!
and I did see a mazda 2wd van on the beach!!
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| posted on November 16th, 2004 at 10:37 AM |
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22psi !!! Let em down more then that!
I run the Manx at 5psi on the back on the beach, and 10-12psi on the front (to stop the tyre falling off the bead)
Even when on the road the Manx has 15psi all around.
Drop your pressures. You'll be absolutely amazed how much difference it makes.
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| posted on November 16th, 2004 at 07:54 PM |
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Yeh, OK. I was reading books that say no less than 22 psi but I suppose thay are talking about the 2 ton 4WD's
I recon if I can find some 6 inch 5 stud rims for the front it will also make a difference because I can put on some wider tyres instead of the 165's
I'v got now.
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| posted on November 16th, 2004 at 11:08 PM |
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You dont really need wide tyres on the front, the skinnier they are on the front the easier it is to turn out of the tracks.....wider on the back will
help as that is where the driving force is.....but yeah I usually run about 10psi in the back tyres of my Kombi when its on the Beach and havent had
any problems at all.
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| posted on November 17th, 2004 at 07:20 AM |
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22 PSI on the beach... lucky You got that far....
the standard recomended tyre pressure for Beetles and Country buggies was :
18 PSI..... for the front tyres...
and 27 PSI for the rear tyres...
On the beach about 5 PSI....
thats why You will need a small air compressor in the boot...
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| posted on November 17th, 2004 at 09:09 AM |
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on my baja with desert duellers with a 4x4 construction tyre (10x15x something) I could take the valve out (0psi!!) and still not have them deform,
but the new passenger radials (205/75/15) 10psi and they are nicely deformed. anything under 10psi and you run the risk of peeling it off the rim if
you arent careful.
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| posted on November 17th, 2004 at 10:26 AM |
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I'v got the compressor and more importantly a snatch strap!
I'll try 10 ~15psi next time. It was really the first long run on the beach (Tewah, north of Noosa) although I did try it at my local beach
unofficilly to tow a surf club trailer onto the beach with out letting down the tyres, no problem even in the soft sand.
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| posted on November 17th, 2004 at 12:04 PM |
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hey man u arent the guy with the black beast based on the country buggy pan that i met at the cooroy IGA are you?
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| posted on November 17th, 2004 at 01:28 PM |
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No, mines orange. You can't miss it!
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| posted on November 17th, 2004 at 01:38 PM |
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| posted on November 17th, 2004 at 03:20 PM |
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how does it go on sand with the reduction boxes?
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| posted on November 17th, 2004 at 05:08 PM |
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Well, to me it seems to go great but I havn't driven any thing else on the beach! It was interesting to pass all the heavy metal 4wd's as thay had
to slow down for the wash outs and I just kept on cruising! I could also cruise at a comfortable speed in top gear (speedo cable missing at the moment
and tacho also not working).
I'm still learning but I think with out the reduction boxes you need more power, then you need a gear box to handle the extra power (kombi?), then
you need big wheels to handle the extra power and so on.
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