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| posted on June 12th, 2003 at 06:39 AM |
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Beetle gearbox weight
Anyone know how much a swing axle gearbox weighs? It's out of a '69 1500.
A rough estimate is as good as any, I'm sorting out freighting one
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| posted on June 12th, 2003 at 08:07 AM |
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I would say about 50 kilos without the axles, as i can lift them easy, i just did bringing one to work to clean and de grease.
If you can remove the axles it would be easier to ship and handle.
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| posted on June 12th, 2003 at 08:15 AM |
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well a 3 rib IRS kombi box is 38kg (I weighed it).
And IRS beetle would be lighter, but a swingaxle beetle would be heavier than the IRS beetle.
So my guess for a swingaxle is 40kg. 50kg absolute max.
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| posted on June 12th, 2003 at 08:25 AM |
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Thanks guys, brilliant
Yep I was definately thinking of removing the axles. Havn't done it before, but it can be too hard  ...theres those famous last words again
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| posted on June 12th, 2003 at 08:48 AM |
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The hard part is removing the bearing from the axle ends, and getting the circlip out which retains the axle into the diff.
50kgs was a guess tam ate.
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