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 sdat
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| posted on July 8th, 2007 at 04:51 PM |
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IRS CONVERSION
I am building a buggy on a 68 pan and I want to convert my swing axle rear end to an IRS rear end. How difficult is it and what is involved. Also does
any body know where I can buy a reconditioned gearbox to suit.
Any help and advice would be much appreciated.
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| posted on July 8th, 2007 at 04:58 PM |
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You will need all the components from a Super beetle rear suspension:
gearbox, complete trailing arm assemblies, spring plates, torsion bars, driveshafts with CVs.
You will need to source pivot points: (either cut them from a late-model Type 3 subframe or buy aftermarket) and install them on your chassis. Not for
the faint-hearted; need to cut into the side of the chassis horns and accuratley weld the pivot points in place, preferably using a jig that you have
constructed/patterened from another IRS chassis.
Minor re-shaping (with a hammer!) of chassis horns is also required for CV joint clearance
Its much easier to use a factory IRS pan
HTH
[ Edited on 8-7-2007 by VWCOOL ]
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| posted on July 8th, 2007 at 04:59 PM |
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| posted on July 8th, 2007 at 06:32 PM |
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custom offroad in brisbane - http://www.customoffroad.com.au/
ive found them to do a sensational job with my irs conversion - come highly recommended.
nick
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