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 sinecure
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| posted on June 10th, 2006 at 11:40 PM |
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Steering damper
My type3 kit car has what appears to be a steering damper. Are these standard on VWs? It looks like a factory fitting to my untrained eyes.
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| posted on June 10th, 2006 at 11:57 PM |
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Yep. Certainly standard on type 3s, would assume beetles and kombis have them as well.
What is a type 3 kit car?
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| posted on June 11th, 2006 at 12:03 AM |
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Thanks for the info splittychick!
Its a fibreglass body over a type3 chassis. In members rides search for "sabre".
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| posted on June 11th, 2006 at 11:26 AM |
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beetles came with them in the 60's.
btw.. car looks cool. :thumb
see.... air and water do mix 
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| posted on June 11th, 2006 at 12:48 PM |
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Yes, Beetles before 1960 didn't have them....
so if You have an early beetle....
You could add a steering damper to improve Your steering
All type 3s had them.....
as they were designed in the early 60s not early 1938...:P
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sinecure
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| posted on June 18th, 2006 at 07:41 PM |
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OK, next question. Should I be looking at having this re-built? I'm doing the tie-rods, should I do the damper at the same time?
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| posted on June 18th, 2006 at 07:47 PM |
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Buy a new one
Pay your debts, CxxT
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| posted on June 18th, 2006 at 08:08 PM |
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They are not expensive....
well Beetle ones aren't....
Are You using Gas or oil shock absorbers??
I had Pedders comfort gas on the front of My 68 Beetle
and they didn't do anything when You hit a bump....
Certainly NOT comfortable.... :P:P
so now I have oil shocks and they are much better...
as the oil shocks are NOT pressurised...
Front has been lowered...
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| posted on June 18th, 2006 at 10:53 PM |
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Gas pressurised oils are on the menu. Bad idea? It already feels grains of sand on the road.
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