Re: [T3] Raise it up.

[fess <fess-vwtype3.org@fess.org>]

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On Jul 21, 2005, at 9:11 PM, Jim Adney wrote:

> Are you removing the bottom ball joint first? The torsion bar force 
> should be
> pushing it out (be careful) but it may help to spread the pinch clamp 
> slightly.

I'm attempting to remove the bottom ball joint first.
and the bottom ball joint only, as I just want to adjust the height,
and keith's FAQ says I don't need to take the rest apart.

> The ball joint stem is a cylinder with a round bottomed groove in the 
> middle.
> Sometimes it will tilt and jam once it is a bit more than half way 
> out. You may
> be able to look at it and see which way it needs to go, and just yank 
> the
> knuckle in the right direction.

hmm. this could be the case.

> Hmmm, but you're lowered right now, right? So your torsion bar may no 
> longer
> have any tension in it. You may need to apply some force of your own. 
> Look at
> the VW jack and see if there's any way you can slip it in there in a 
> way that
> might help.

yeah, it was fully lowered to the stops.

I'm going to assume I've either binded in there as you've said, or I 
haven't opened  the pinch enough.  But I have this suspicion that it's 
related to there being no tension in the top arm coming through from 
the other side from the other lower torsion arm because it's already 
lowered [ that make sense? ]  In which case I'll have to figure out 
something to use a a clamping device on the two arms.


thanks for the help. I'll let you know how it goes.

--fess

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