[T3] type3-vwtype3.org Digest, Vol 7, Issue 11

[Adriel Rowley]

Shari, we first need to know where you are at for shipping cost efficiency.  I have two beams here in Sandy Eggo California, but one needs hardware as got disassembled, but be easier to ship.


Thank you,
Adriel

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> From: greblegeips at wi.rr.com
> To: type3-vwtype3.org at lists.vwtype3.org
> Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 13:10:13 -0500
> Subject: Re: [T3] type3-vwtype3.org Digest, Vol 7, Issue 11
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> Need front end parts for '68 Notchback...
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> My '68 Notch has its front end torn apart at the Bug Shop, and I don't
> have the right parts! I need help trying to find (at the very least)
> an upper right torsion arm and the right size (35mm I.D.) needle
> bearing. I had intended to replace ball joints also, so I'm leaning
> towards just getting a complete front axle assembly, if that makes
> sense. I'm obviously not doing the work myself, so I appreciate any
> help in locating parts as quickly as possible.
>
> Shari (and Cloudy)
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> > Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:52:41 -0500
> > From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org>
> > To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> > Subject: Re: [T3] bushing for front control arm
> > Message-ID: <4DA21899.1235.2C20285 at jadney.vwtype3.org>
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> > On 10 Apr 2011 at 18:30, Shari Hawkins wrote:
> >
> >> I'm getting ready to get my '68 Notchback out again for the season,
> >> and I have a novice question for the group. Last autumn a mechanic
> >> told me I needed a "right front control arm bushing." When he had
> >> the car up, he grabbed the tire and showed me how he could jiggle
> >> the wheel. I had a really hard time finding a bushing, and the one
> >> part I could find ended up being the wrong size.
> >>
> >> Two questions:
> >> 1) Where can I find this part (if this is really even what I need)?
> >> 2) Is it okay to drive short distances until I replace the part?
> >
> > It seems likely that the first thing you need to replace is your
> > mechanic. I don't think our cars have anything that could reasonably
> > be called a control arm and there is no such thing as a control arm
> > bushing on a Type 3.
> >
> > There are a couple of possibilities for what he showed you. It could
> > be a worn or out of adjustment wheel bearing. That would be the
> > simplest.
> >
> > Grab the top of either front tire and yank it sideways, back and
> > forth rather hard. If you feel play go to the other side and see if
> > it's the same on the other side. If it is, get a friend to do this
> > while you lay on the ground and watch where the upper trailing arm
> > comes out of the axle beam. Do you see it moving in and out as he
> > yanks on the wheel. If you see it moving in and out more than a mm on
> > both sides, then it's most likely that the upper torsion bar (the
> > sway bar) has come loose. This is not too hard to fix. Do you have a
> > Bentley manual?
> >
> > It could also be one of the needle bearings inside the axle beam.
> > This is the hardest to fix.
> >
> > Let us know what you find and we can go from there.
> >
> > It's okay to drive short distances with any of these problems, but
> > you want to minimize it. Otherwise, you can turn an easy problem into
> > a very difficult one.
> >
> > Once you figure out exactly what the problem is, someone here will
> > probably have the part.
> >
> > --
> > *******************************
> > Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
> > Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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