[T3] Axle Beam Clamp Replacement

[Dave Hall]

I've removed several front beams without recalling any special problems.
I'm pretty sure I would have undone the clamps first, and then the upper
bolts.   If a nut or bolt looks rusty I'll squirt some easing fluid on it.
I usually tweak it a fraction tighter to break the grip, and then undo.
Sometimes if it starts to tighten while undoing, I'll add a bit more fluid
and do up a turn or two then try again.

VW bolts back then generally seem to undo without major problems - better
than the '80s cars and later.

Use metric wrenches (preferably 6-point sockets if you have them).


Good luck,
Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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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 Gary
Forsmo
Sent: 14 January 2014 23:14
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Axle Beam Clamp Replacement

>Mike Fisher wrote:
>They are big bolts, but i never had any trouble getting them apart.

Mike ... you say: "big bolts" ... are all the bolts the same size?
Does the Bentley specify the size?  (I haven't looked, yet.  My book is
kinda packed away.)

Is your experience working with "rust-belt" Type 3's?
I know you've parted out lots of cars.
Do you have the luxury of parting out those (desirable) west-coast cars?
Or have some of them been the "rust buckets" we (almost) always see in the
mid-west?

Have you ever removed those Axle Beam Clamps with the Axle Beam mounted *IN
*the car?

Just asking.
 --
Gary "Frito" - '69 Variant, FI, MT
Rockport, TX (winter)
Lake Geneva, WI (summer)
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