<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><span>Thanks Daniel.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_3078"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_3079">It doesn't look or sound any different. The car is still a rusty POS. </span>But it sure drives nice. Directionally stable but very responsive to steering input.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_3078"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_3078"><span>Of course after the Landcruiser, this thing feels like a go-cart. :-)</span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_3077"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_2967">Max Welton http://www.maxwelton2k.net/</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_2807" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_2806"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_2805"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_2804"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_2803"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_3270"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Daniel K. Du Vall <dduvall@1peter4-10.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "type3@vwtype3.org" <type3@vwtype3.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 24, 2016 5:48 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [T3] Beam Progress<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_2874"><br>Nice work MAX. Can't wait to hear how it drives now. And see some pics or video.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Daniel Du Vall<br clear="none"><div class="yqt0675830983" id="yqtfd07259"><br clear="none">-----Original Message-----<br clear="none">From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org" href="mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org">type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org</a>] On Behalf Of Max Welton<br clear="none">Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 8:53 PM<br clear="none">To: Type 3 List <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:type3@vwtype3.org" href="mailto:type3@vwtype3.org">type3@vwtype3.org</a>><br clear="none">Subject: [T3] Beam Progress<br clear="none"><br clear="none">So I thought I would finish this off for anyone here who cares.<br clear="none">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 clear="none"><br clear="none">So that's a problem.<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466365.jpg" target="_blank">http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466365.jpg</a><br clear="none">OD comparisons:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466362.jpg" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_3269">http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466362.jpg</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466363.jpg" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_3264">http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466363.jpg</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466361.jpg" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_3268">http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466361.jpg</a><br clear="none">For installation I used a 3-lb hammer with this home-made driver.<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466369.jpg" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_3267">http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466369.jpg</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466366.jpg" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456360226922_3266">http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466366.jpg</a><br clear="none">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 clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466375.jpg" target="_blank">http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1466375.jpg</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.harborfreight.com/11-piece-adjustable-hand-reamer-set-38577.html" target="_blank">http://www.harborfreight.com/11-piece-adjustable-hand-reamer-set-38577.html</a><br clear="none">Refill of the top tube consumed most of two grease cartridges in my pneumatic grease gun.<br clear="none">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 clear="none">The car now tracks straight and true with the near-neutral streering response I asked for. 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