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 Pauld
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| posted on November 21st, 2008 at 08:55 AM |
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Accident damage
Ok ran the beetle into a kerb on my way home from work last night, i pulled the steering arm off this morning as it resembled a banana, so i put the
arm in the press to straighten her up a bit and rebolted it back in, oh and the steering damper has popped to, but anyway back on track, there seemed
to be a little bit of damage to the top of the swivel pin at the top (unsure of exact terminology) so when i put the car back on the ground its still
toe-ed right out, where should i start for solving this?
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| posted on November 21st, 2008 at 09:05 AM |
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Swivel pin ??? wtf is that, tie rod end maybe?
If it's a beam/torsion bar front end, the steering box may have moved on it's mount, but to damage a tie rod end, some serious hit occured.
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| posted on November 21st, 2008 at 09:21 AM |
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the two bits that swivel on the spindle, theres an upper and a lower, the bits that connect the beam to the wheel hub. the lower has what looks like a
pin facing up and the upper faces down. i think its real name is the kingpin
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| posted on November 21st, 2008 at 11:02 AM |
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I would start by having a professional look at it. The whole front end my need to come out if it has taken a good knock. Its the bits you can't see
that may cause alignment issues after an accident. Spewin!
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| posted on November 21st, 2008 at 12:38 PM |
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yeah that was my thought get it home and drop the front beam out as a whole and look at it all and work out what iv got and what i need, i was quite
annoyed last night and then reversing 300 metres back to the workshop so it wasnt sitting on the road overnight
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| posted on November 21st, 2008 at 04:13 PM |
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as it looks like a later bug ,you mean the ball joints ,if a hard enough whack you can bend the spindle or the arms its attached too
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| posted on November 21st, 2008 at 06:13 PM |
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Pod's got it. The arm gets bent in a big hit.
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| posted on November 22nd, 2008 at 08:29 AM |
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so does the beam...
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| posted on November 22nd, 2008 at 08:37 AM |
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take it to someone who really knows what they are doing if you dont..
bits that look like a banana after a whack doesnt sound sound good n the good old days of bush mechanics like bending back into shape are really not
required as there are many replacement parts on offer that can be replaced..
n theyre not that dear compared to other models on the market
my 2c
good luck with it n itll be interesting to see what actually got bent as a result..
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| posted on November 22nd, 2008 at 02:00 PM |
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I think He's talking about the trailing arms..
Bent??
thats some impact...
Best to get replacements
so Your steering- toe in etc will be OK...
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| posted on November 22nd, 2008 at 02:02 PM |
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Maybe another complete assembly is what You need...
check for cracked paint on the front torsion bars
if it bends it usually cracks the paint...
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| posted on November 24th, 2008 at 08:10 AM |
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yeah my bush mechanics are just so that its good enough to drive onto a trailer, has any one got a pic of the two types of front ends so i no exactly
which style mine has, its just this car seems to have bits pulled from everywhere so i cant be sure on anything
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| posted on November 24th, 2008 at 04:28 PM |
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Its a 68 model by the way
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| posted on November 24th, 2008 at 10:01 PM |
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You'll have a ball joint torsion bar beam front end.
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| posted on November 25th, 2008 at 10:03 AM |
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Cheers
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| posted on December 1st, 2008 at 07:40 AM |
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ok after further examination the left hand side has been twisted so i will need another front beam
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| posted on December 8th, 2008 at 11:31 AM |
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Did you get on to the guy I mentioned?
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| posted on December 11th, 2008 at 07:29 AM |
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theres a complete beam on ebay atm so im onto that one and it looks like going cheaply
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| posted on January 22nd, 2009 at 07:37 PM |
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Pauld,
You have a PM regarding the replacement beam you bought.
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| posted on January 27th, 2009 at 11:30 AM |
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well my beetle is finally back on the road got her sorted out this weekend and am incredibly glad to have it back after having it off the road for a
touch over 2 months, it looks good with the new wheels and tyres so will post a couple of updated pics up of it
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| posted on January 27th, 2009 at 03:26 PM |
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How did the weekend cruise go?
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| posted on January 28th, 2009 at 07:38 AM |
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it went pretty well
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| posted on January 28th, 2009 at 07:47 PM |
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Not bad dude, not bad at all. Any other dubs out or were you the only two?
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| posted on January 29th, 2009 at 10:27 AM |
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i think there was one other purple one out
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