[T3] Beam Progress

[John Jaranson]

Nice work Max.

Later,
John Jaranson
www.carartbyjohn.com



On Feb 23, 2016, at 9:53 PM, Max Welton wrote:

> So I thought I would finish this off for anyone here who cares.
> Left to right; one of the ISP West bushings I removed, an original from a 71 beam and one of my oil impregnated bronze replacements. Notice how much shorter the ISP bushing is. It's made of delrin I think and a smaller OD than the original that they literally slid most of the way out of the beam when I pulled the trailing links out. 
> 
> So that's a problem. 
> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466365.jpg
> OD comparisons:
> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466362.jpg
> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466363.jpg
> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466361.jpg
> For installation I used a 3-lb hammer with this home-made driver.
> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466369.jpg
> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466366.jpg
> Even with a wood driver, the ID of the bushings closed up just enough to require some reaming in-situ. I was pleasantly surprised with this adjustable reamer set from Harbor Freight.
> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466375.jpg
> http://www.harborfreight.com/11-piece-adjustable-hand-reamer-set-38577.html
> Refill of the top tube consumed most of two grease cartridges in my pneumatic grease gun.
> Today was alignment day for me at Mike's Frame & Alignment here in Colorado Springs. This is one of those places you dream about finding locally. The guy that started the business doesn't use specs from a database, but really understands the peculiarities of this suspension arrangement (and how it differs from the type1). It's the only place I'll take my aircooled cars.
> The car now tracks straight and true with the near-neutral streering response I asked for. Max Welton http://www.maxwelton2k.net/
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