[T3] trivial pursuit: the type 3 addition

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/12/2012 7:56:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk writes:

Brian,  I'm not sure why you said the bolts are 30mm long when they're not!
Is that  the trivial bit?   Anyway, we now know they're 15mm and  18mm
depending on earlier or later than mid-'65, and the upper one (sway  bar) is
20mm.




This is because he first asked this question over on the Samba, and I gave  
him the wrong length. :O  I was going off of my memory when I did (still  
sipping coffee). The reason he was asking, was because he had a stud in the 
end  of the torsion bar (since his car is on an air ride system), that had 
sheared,  causing the opposite side trailing arm and torsion bar to come out 
while  driving at speed on a highway. In his case, he can't tighten the bolt 
against  the beam (like on a normal t-3), as it's a pivot point now. I think 
he's looking  for something that would run the length of the threads in the 
bar, and still  leave just enough length outside to allow the bar to pivot, 
but not be loose.  Hence the reason for asking how deep the hole and 
threads are in the torsion  bar.  

Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
64 T-34 Ghia (Wolfie)  
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120
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