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 crazyfiggi
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 posted on September 12th, 2004 at 09:14 PM |
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Bus beam?
Hey everyone, has anyone here redrilled a late baywindow beam to make it fit into a splitty? I have one that i want to fit into my splitty and cant
afford to pay a shop to do it for me so im thinking about doing it my self. How hard would it be? Any web sites or advice would be great
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Alex.
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| posted on September 12th, 2004 at 09:19 PM |
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Can't quite answer your question, but what year models are you talking about, as they did all vary!!!
I believe some early bay beams bolt straight in to some late splitties (not sure on years though).
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| posted on September 13th, 2004 at 08:53 PM |
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It is already fitted with a early bay beam but i have a late bay beam which is fitted with adjusters and i want to run the brake booster like a late
kombi so im trying to find a way to install it. Anyone? help?
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Alex.
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| posted on September 14th, 2004 at 01:10 PM |
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I snaffled this off Type2.com. I also found a post saying that the beams changed sometime through '69.
"Here are the ingredients and the recipe.
INGREDIENTS:
1. Beam from a '68 or '69 bus ('70 is rumored to work, but I've only
personally verified up to '69)
2. Trailing arms out from your favorite bay bus '71 to '79
as George states, the '71 & '72 will work, my preference was to
pull from a '79 knowing
it would be easier to get parts.
3. Master cylinder, Brake servo & mounting plate
4. Front/Rear Proportioning assembly, (mounted on frame rail roughly, a
foot or two to the rear of the servo.
I went ahead and added
caliper rebuild kit
new brake pads
wheel bearings & seals
Torsion arm seals
New tie rods
New ball joints
new sway bar rubber
RECIPE:
The whole thing was a bolt up affair. I rebuilt the '69 beam on my patio
from end to end. I then got some friends and loaded it into the back of my
DC and headed over to my friends shop to borrow his lift one Saturday.
I removed all the brake lines, & master cylinder assy.
disconnected the shifter, (shaft goes right through the torsion arms)
disconnected the clutch cable.
disconnected the throttle
disconnected the steering
removed the wheels.
removed the shocks.
I then lowered the bus down to where the beam was lightly resting on the
drums & supported the front under the steering pivot.
I removed the four bolts on each side and the beam started slipping off.
I slowly raised the bus and with a little wiggling from side to side, it
dropped right off the frame.
Here's the key here. I let gravity do the work and DID NOT put myself in
jeopardy.
I wheeled the old beam out of the way and pushed the new one in place.
I cleaned up the surfaces that the beam mounts to the frame and applied a
little axle grease on both the frame and beam.
I then with the beam lined up, slowly dropped the bus down onto the beam,
going back and forth from side to side until the holes lined up.
Bolted it up and double checked tightness all around and was almost done.
I then cut some brake lines and mounted the remaining brake parts. Filled
and bleed the brake system.
reconnected all the items that I disconnected above.
All total, it took me three hours by myself and I was back on the road.
The biggest time saver without a doubt was the use of the lift.
BTW, I also have the '79 brakes on the rear to match wheel patterns and
adapt the the CV joint trans that's in the DC."
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| posted on September 14th, 2004 at 05:30 PM |
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You can use the '70 and later beams but there is a fair bit more work involved, other than redrilling the lower mounting holes. It also needs to be
clearanced on the inside of the upper beam so it clears the splitty chassis, this should be done by heating the area with an oxy and smacking it with
a big hammer.
The later beam works very well as you can cheat with the new mounting holes and make the beam bolt up with some more caster than stock, so it steers
better in the wind.
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| posted on September 14th, 2004 at 08:22 PM |
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Thanks! I might give that a go soon.
Alex.
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| posted on September 14th, 2004 at 08:24 PM |
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Thanks! I might give that a go soon.
Alex.
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