[T3] Today's questions

[Brent Bottolfson]

It's been ages since I have posted here.

For #1:
Drop spindles have been made by two people:

Bert in UK made 2 runs of 50 from billet, but they are all sold now.  
They sold for about $700/pair.
Russell at OldSpeed can weld custom drop spindles using original cores.  
A bit less than Bert's.
Here is the OldSpeed FB page:  
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Speed/169701649711870

Some people stuff in a Type 1 beam and use Type 1 drop spindles, but 
most of us turn our noses as it's a big sacrifice in ride quality.

-Brent
> Jim Adney <mailto:jadney at vwtype3.org>
> Monday, May 18, 2015 11:08 PM
> On 18 May 2015 at 0:32, Ray Gifford wrote:
>
>> Hey gang, decided to use the list to get some question answered.  You
>> guys seem very willing to sling about your knowledge, so I am holding
>> out my cup.  I have a 65 notch, 12v (I assume it was converted?), it
>> has been converted to 4 lug and front discs by PO.
>>
>> 1. I want to put drop spindles on it, and I have been eavesdropping
>> here about some different front ends around 72?  Do I need to worry
>> about that and/or figuring out what front end it has on it? Or will
>> any set of DS work? I assume they have to be type 3 drops?
>
> In order to reuse as many of the parts you already have, you should
> stick with early, '66-71, Type 3 disk brake parts. That said, I've
> heard that someone tooled up to make Type 3 DSs, but that project
> fell thru, or at least they are NLA. Someone else here may know
> better.
>
>> 2.  My windows suck. Sticky, grabby, very hard to get up and down.
>> Anyone know of a diagram on how this system is supposed to be so I can
>> see what I need to do to fix it?
>
> The common problem is dried up grease in the channel that clamps to
> the bottom of the glass. There's a slide that needs to ride back and
> forth in that channel and it moves MUCH better with fresh grease.
>
> You have to remove the door panel and then the inner plastic liner.
> Preserve the liner to reinstall later, as it is critical to keeping
> water from destroying the door panel when it rains. Once those are
> out of the way, you can roll the window down partway and see the
> channel, which actually faces away from you. Still, you can reach in
> and clean it out with a rag, and then smear fresh grease in there.
>
> This will make a huge improvement.
>
>> 3.  Is a type3 swing axle different than a type 1 SA?  Looking at
>> replacing mine and have access to a T1 tranny.
>
> They are mostly the same, but there are minor differences. The ratios
> will probably be different, and if the Type 1 is '73 or later there
> are differences in the nose cone and one of the main bearings under
> the nose cone that make swapping difficult or unadvised. There are
> also differences in the length of the axles that depend on the year.
> The Type 3 version also has larger brakes. None of this will be
> obvious at first, but in the end, it's probably best if you can
> figure out a way to stick with the Type 3 tranny.
>
> Ray Gifford <mailto:ray at mendomail.com>
> Monday, May 18, 2015 4:32 PM
> Hey gang, decided to use the list to get some question answered. You 
> guys seem very willing to sling about your knowledge, so I am holding 
> out my cup. I have a 65 notch, 12v (I assume it was converted?), it 
> has been converted to 4 lug and front discs by PO.
>
> 1. I want to put drop spindles on it, and I have been eavesdropping 
> here about some different front ends around 72? Do I need to worry 
> about that and/or figuring out what front end it has on it? Or will 
> any set of DS work? I assume they have to be type 3 drops?
>
> 2. My windows suck. Sticky, grabby, very hard to get up and down. 
> Anyone know of a diagram on how this system is supposed to be so I can 
> see what I need to do to fix it?
>
> 3. Is a type3 swing axle different than a type 1 SA? Looking at 
> replacing mine and have access to a T1 tranny.
>
> Ok... That's all I will hit you with today, tyvm.
>
> Ray
>
> 65 notch
> 64 bug
> 69 bus
>
>
> Ukiah Wireless
> Broadband for the Rest of Us
> 707-356-9434
> _______________________________________________
> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3 at vwtype3.org
> To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:
> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org
> If you need more help, contact: gregm at vwtype3.org
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.vwtype3.org/pipermail/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20150519/2af73c58/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: compose-unknown-contact.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 770 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.vwtype3.org/pipermail/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20150519/2af73c58/attachment.jpg>