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By the way, you can not race a swing axle VW in an SCCA event unless you have a camber compensator. Tim Dapper > > Volksfolk@aol.com wrote: > > > > I have a camber compensator on my square that I got from > > a '66 bug and it fits good. Its the kind that goes from each > > spring plate and rests on the frame horns.It looks like a stock > > item(nylon straps,good quality),but it kinda looks like a leaf > > spring from a truck. But at least it works right! > > > > Volks folk- > > '65 square > > '64 notch > > There are at least two kinds of camber compensators, with a number of > variations. Both look like a leaf spring. > > One kind is attributed to EMPI, and mounts with straps over the > transmission mounting horns. > > The other has a plate which uses existing transmission assembly bolts to > mount to the bottom of the transmission. These, almost always, result in > transmission leaks. > > Of the second variety, there are several variations. Many of them are > made so the spring will bolt to the transmission mounting plate by means > of a hole drilled in the spring. Others have a sleeve on the mounting > plate that holds the spring in place. The kind with the hole drilled in > the spring are likely to break at that hole. > > There are a number of ways that the springs are held in place or rest > against the axle ends. They all work. > > Tim Dapper