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 battybat
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| posted on March 19th, 2005 at 01:06 PM |
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rear torsion bar tube - beetle
Hi guys
what sort of grease for this?
cheers
Terry
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My other car is a scooter, and it's in even more bits than my beetle. One day they will both be back together.......
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battybat
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| posted on March 19th, 2005 at 02:36 PM |
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and...
when you take the torsion bars out it releases the pressure and they move down!
do you put them back in in the position they come out - as seems possible, or do you have to re-apply the torsion, which seems difficult!
perhaps should of left them in, bt I wanted to see whether they needed greasing!!!!
the grease seems obvious now - and I was told rubber grease for the bushes
http://www.dtsband.com - Rock and Roll is NOT dead
My other car is a scooter, and it's in even more bits than my beetle. One day they will both be back together.......
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lugnuts
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| posted on March 20th, 2005 at 12:28 AM |
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The rubber bushes go on dry so ive heard,maybe some talcum powder.:thumb |
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BiX
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| posted on March 20th, 2005 at 07:57 PM |
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best to put them back at the same angle (unless you want o lower or left them). once the tension has been released. you should have measured this.
best way is to put a trolley jack under them and jack them up and then put some pressure on the end plate to pull them over the lip (also use a large
screw driver, but be VERY VERY careful, as there is alot of force in them if they slip!!)
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 vw54
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| posted on March 21st, 2005 at 07:06 AM |
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Use plenty of Moly black grease ..... you need a protractor to set up the correct angle for the trailng arm.
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