Monthly Archive: June 2016

I readjusted the torsion bars yet again. Here you can see the swing plates positioned just above the bottom mounting hole. I screwed up again though…you see, I neglected to add a dab of grease on to each end of…
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My buddy Kevin came over today to give me a hand. We unbolted the Heim joints. I dug out my old torsion bars. He showed me how to install them into the torsion tube. I put on the spring plates…
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Spent a couple of hours this morning (off and on) trying to figure out how these damn bearings go in. Well, I understand how they do…but, I don’t understand how the items in the rebuild kit go on. Each has…
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Drove over to Lorton, Virginia. Stopped in at “The Buggyman” VW Shop. I picked up some new wheel bearings and the gasket rebuild kit for each rear hub. I’ve never had to rebuild hubs before…hope I can figure it out!-Keith…
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Okay, so today I think I’m going to go ahead and cut off the old shock absorber mounts on the rear trailing arms. I don’t have to do this…I could just as easily leave them be. The set up I…
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