[T3] Shake that front end! Wobble, Wobble, Wobble!

[Dave Hall]

No Type 3s don't have 'normal wheel slop', but they can develop it as they
wear.  The front axle is different from a Beetle. 

What you describe sounds like the anti-roll bar needs adjustment.  The upper
bar just holds the upper torsion arms together, but gradually they can
become slack due to wear.  There's a sequence to adjust them, but sometimes
the set-screw that is locked into a dimple in the flat end of the bar can
loosen and elongate the dimple, requiring a deeper dimple to be drilled, or
even sometimes a new dimple drilled on the other side.  Otherwise, it's a
perfectly normal adjustment to make.

The Bentley manual explains it in Front Axle Section 8.1

Get someone to wobble the wheels while you look for movement where the upper
torsion arm meets the axle beam.

Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of Ken Main Mail
Sent: 06 October 2014 00:13
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: [T3] Shake that front end! Wobble, Wobble, Wobble!

Ok gang,

 

I would like to know how loose the front wheels are.  Grab the top of the
front tires, wheels stay on the ground and SHAKE it back and forth, hard.
Do both wheels.  I want to know how many are loose with wobble play.

 

I micked mine both axle shaft and bearings and they are the same gap. 29mm
for shaft.  29.10 mm for bearings.  I want to see if these type 3's  should
have normal wobble slop.  My 69 beetle is tight.  My 65 Porsche 356c it
tight.  Anyway this is a good test to check your wheels as well.   You don't
want that wobble thang.

 

Please respond.  Thanks,

 

Kenny Rogers

 



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