[T3] Coil, Calipers, and Front Beam

[Keith Park]

Pull the lower bars and arms and have a look, if they are straight and
concentric go for it, if not, let us know... you can bend and arm and not a
beam especially if the beam is solid and not rusty but you wont really know
till you put new arms in it and try to get an alignment...  what happens it
is knocks the caster out and even in a stock height normal setup the caster
is often half to 2/3 of the 4 degree spec it should be, so you don’t have
any to spare.

Keith


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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Adriel
Rowley
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 3:26 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Coil, Calipers, and Front Beam




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> From: topnotch at nycap.rr.com
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 15:06:58 -0400
> Subject: Re: [T3] Coil, Calipers, and Front Beam
>
> No, not really, it bends the ends of the beam where the lower tubes are
> mounted, hard to see that.
>
> I checked the length of the beam with a strait edge, and there is not any
> bend to it.  To me, that is a good sign right?
>
> The torsion bars are equally set in the arms, is that what you are talking
> about?
>
> Where the bar comes out of the arm on the inside (inside the beam) if its
in
> the center of the round arm then your OK, you cant tell anything on the
> outside end.
>
Thank you for clarifying!  So, should I mount it, or wait?


Thank you,
Adriel
 		 	   		  
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