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 TorxKiwi
A.k.a.: Dean Newell
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| posted on September 26th, 2012 at 08:53 PM |
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L Bug Steering Boss
I picked up a great set of Golf seats on 3-point runners from 65busser and put the drivers seat in last night. All has gone well but its now a bit of
a squeeze for a fat bastard like me to fit in under the steering wheel.
I have a smaller steering wheel which I picked up a while ago, but the boss kit I got off e-bay is crap. I can fit it but if I turn the wheel I have
lights flashing on high beam, the horn blaring and God only knows what else happening as everything shorts out.
Does anyone have a boss bit that will fit an L Bug that they are looking to sell, or can someone recommend a supplier of a decent one?
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68AutoBug
A.k.a.: Lee Noonan
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| posted on September 26th, 2012 at 10:36 PM |
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Its a common thing with VW bosses...
they are way too short...
I did see one that someone had added a bit to the boss to make it thicker... lol
with an L bug You may need to check the size of your steering shaft splines..
they changed to the Golf size but not sure when [what year]
so they were smaller shaft..
Best of luck..
LEE
PS: Yes the steering wheel is too close to Your body getting into a beetle and getting other seats to fit perfect can be difficult too.. there
wasn't much room either side of the original seats
LEE
- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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Joel
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| posted on September 27th, 2012 at 07:29 AM |
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Dean, you just need to adjust the air gap between the steering wheel and the switch gear.
If you have a look under the dash you'll see where the steering column bolts up the holes are slotted so you can move it up and down to change the
gap.
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TorxKiwi
A.k.a.: Dean Newell
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| posted on September 27th, 2012 at 09:08 AM |
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Awesome. Thanks Joel .... it was giving me the absolute shits in the half dark last night!!!
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