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| posted on February 2nd, 2006 at 06:22 PM |
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removing spring plates
..on a 55 beetle? It's got the extended torsion beam that sticks out past the spring plate cover.. I've tried hammering it and jimmying it with a
crowbar, but it doesn't want to budge..
help?
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| posted on February 2nd, 2006 at 06:56 PM |
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yeh, very very annoying arent they mate
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| posted on February 3rd, 2006 at 12:04 AM |
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yes, they certainly are... so just keep on trying to bash them out then?
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| posted on February 3rd, 2006 at 06:24 AM |
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Remove the rear guards so you can get better access the spray some kero or similar behind the spring plate to lubricate it a bit use the jemmey
or crow bar
they go off with a BANG as well be carefull
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| posted on February 3rd, 2006 at 07:25 AM |
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i got mine off a few months ago... just pried them off with a bar and they popped off.. found once they cleared the travel stop (had the car on stands
and guards off etc) then they came easy.
try lubricant and rust penetrator etc...
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| posted on February 3rd, 2006 at 09:48 AM |
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A RP7 bath it is then... thanks, I'll let you know how it goes..
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| posted on February 3rd, 2006 at 01:03 PM |
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You'll have a shed load of trouble getting them off until they've cleared the lower travel stop, because until that happens the torsion bars are
still under tension and are therefore tending to grab hold of the spring plate (internally). You're also in danger of doing yourself some serious
damage if you try and clear the lower travel stop without the spring plates being gently lowered past the the "stop" as they will still be under
considerable tension - there are a couple of threds on this site I think relating to how you can achieve this safely, such as:
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=36586#pid350174
Had the same trouble myself the first time, and the general concensus of opinion regarding why they were so difficult to get off was lack of
lubrication on the actual torsion bar splines.
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| posted on February 8th, 2006 at 09:41 AM |
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I convinced the plates to come off the torsion bars with a lot of hammering with a mallet from the medial side. turns out that the outter splines
didn't have any grease on them at all! The inners were a bit greasey, but they were a bit cruddy. So I wire brushed both ends and regreased them and
now they slide in and out with the minimum of fuss..
I'm doing a drop of 3" or one inner spine - does anyone know/remember where the spring plates sit with no load? Is it under or above the stop-lip of
the shock support member?
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| posted on February 8th, 2006 at 09:48 AM |
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You should have measured the degrees B4 u took the plates off.
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| posted on February 8th, 2006 at 09:51 AM |
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I scribed a line on the member coz I didnt have a protractor.. I also measured the true vertical distance from the upper shock mount bolt to the sprng
plate, and that measurement was only 5mm less after rotating it one spine... but it may have moved a little since the bush isn't pushed back in all
the way..
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