Re: [T3] Torsion bars

["T JENKINS" <coopertwpk@msn.com>]

I had a vw parts cross reference book to interchange parts Ill check again 
on the parts disc I have .


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] Torsion bars


> On 19 Aug 2004 at 22:00, T JENKINS wrote:
>
> > actually they are all the same torsion bars going through the parts 
> > books vw
> > has the same numbers listed for all type 3s and apparently they don't 
> > seem
> > any different from bug torsions for new torsions sway-away  makes new
> > torsions at all different rates to give any ride you may want .
>
> Going thru a VW dealer parts book updated to at least May of 72, I find 
> nearly
> a page of different rear torsion bars for type  3s. The dual part numbers
> indicate L/R. The dimensions are diameter x length.
>
> Swing axle:
>
> 311 511 115/6 B, 22mm x626mm, no paint marks
> type 31 and 34, 67-8
>
> 311 511 115/6, 23mm x 626mm, 1 white paint ring
> type 31 and 34, thru 66 with Z-bar
> type 36, 67-8
> type 36, 69-on with swing axle and Z-bar
>
> 361 511 115/6, 24mm x 626mm, 2 paint rings
> type 36 thru 66
>
> IRS:
>
> 311 511 115/6 D, 22mm x 676mm,  no paint marks
> type 31 and 34
>
> 361 511 115/6 C, 23.5mm x 676mm, 1 white paint ring
> type 36
>
> The question of which cars got which, and when, is really confused, and 
> not
> nearly as simple as I had thought. Note also that there are some letter
> suffixes missing, so there might actually have been other bars used which 
> had
> been superceded by the time my parts book was printed.
>
> I don't have a Beetle parts book. Beetles MIGHT have used some of these 
> same
> torsion bars, but these are all 311 or 361 part numbers, so it looks 
> unlikely.
>
> What parts book were you using?
>
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