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What a previous mechanic did for my lock plate problem is drill a small hole in the heat of both bolts and thread a loop of iron core wire thru them, then tightened the wire. Drill the hole thru the bolt head on the side where you'd put a wrench; the hole will run perpendicular to the shank. See below: _____________ | | | | | | O | | <--location to drill hole |__|_______|__| in both bolt heads | | (drill all the way thru) | | |___ _| |__ __| |_ ___| |_____| The wire will look like a loop, as though you made a real small necklace with two bolts hanging from it. Twist the wire together like a twist-tie (like how you would tie up a garbage sack) and make sure it's pretty snug! This has lasted me for *years* and is much more durable than the lock plate in my opinion. Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L '75 Porsche 914 stock 1.8L for sale ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: '71 Squareback front end Author: type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE Date: 3/11/97 12:42 AM ... #1 item is the (front)upper torsion(stabilizer) bar. My '71 did that very thing when I first got it, don't think anyone had ever tightened it up. There's a clamp screw with a lock nut on the passenger side upper arm with a bolt on the axis of the arm. Loosen the lock nut on the clamp screw, then loosen the clamp screw. Tighten the bolt up, I'll bet you find you have quite a few rotations before it stops. There's supposed to be a lock plate under that bolt, but every Type III I've seen has had the locking tabs broken off. The Bentley book has the procedure you're supposed to follow for tightening with proper torque values. Tighten the clamp screw up and the lock nut and you're done. There's a setscrew at the opposite end of the bar on the driver's side, it's got a conical point which is supposed to keep the bar from moving axially(hah). The end of the bar should be about flush with the surface of the upper right arm(if you can see it under the grease ...