<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Nice work Max.<div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Feb 23, 2016, at 9:53 PM, Max Welton wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>So I thought I would finish this off for anyone here who cares.<br>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. <br><br>So that's a problem. <br><a href="http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466365.jpg">http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466365.jpg</a><br>OD comparisons:<br>http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466362.jpg<br>http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466363.jpg<br>http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466361.jpg<br>For installation I used a 3-lb hammer with this home-made driver.<br>http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466369.jpg<br>http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466366.jpg<br>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.<br>http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466375.jpg<br>http://www.harborfreight.com/11-piece-adjustable-hand-reamer-set-38577.html<br>Refill of the top tube consumed most of two grease cartridges in my pneumatic grease gun.<br>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.<br>The car now tracks straight and true with the near-neutral streering response I asked for. Max Welton http://www.maxwelton2k.net/<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <http://lists.vwtype3.org/pipermail/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20160224/188d9c8c/attachment.htm><br>_______________________________________________<br>VWType3.Org mailing list - type3@vwtype3.org<br>To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:<br>http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org<br>If you need more help, contact: gregm@vwtype3.org<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>