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 donn
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 posted on April 30th, 2011 at 09:05 PM |
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Rear suspension differences
Are the rear suspensions from a square and an L bug basically the same except that the square simply unbolts from the pan?
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68AutoBug
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| posted on April 30th, 2011 at 09:10 PM |
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do You mean a squareback type 3?? Donn
[type 3 variant]
the early ones would have been swing axle [5 stud wheels]
and the later ones would be CV joint rear end [IRS]
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| posted on April 30th, 2011 at 09:27 PM |
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Type 3 IRS is basically the same as Type 1 IRS, yeah.
Squarebacks had heavier torsion bars and double spring plates for carrying a load, but the parts from one will swap across to the other no probs.
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 posted on May 1st, 2011 at 06:58 AM |
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My 68 auto beetle has IRS with twin side torsion plates
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| posted on May 1st, 2011 at 02:21 PM |
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As Lee says, some Beetle IRS systems had double spring plates and some had single. Mine is an S bug and has single spring plates.
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