Re: Rubber meets the metal

[Marty Gray <pinball@camalott.com>]

At 19:23 9/30/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Toby, that's not been my experience (or maybe I'm doing something
>wrong).  I replaced the outer torsion bar bushings on the rear of my
>Square with the polyurethane ones from Bugpack, and have had a terrible
>squeak ever since.  Is there some magical lube I can put on these
>babies, or should I replace the inners too, and that might fix it.  I
>had trouble getting the spring plates off to do the inners (I think
>Craig Woolston had mentioned the same problem, but I wasn't around to
>hear the answer), meaning I couldn't get them off.  I know it's a
>repeat, but can anyone tell me how to get the spring plates off of my
>'71 Squareback?
>
>Jake Kooser
>'71 Squareback (the little girl)
>'66 type 1 roadster (the project)
>

I'v got urethane bushings (CB Perfomance) on my spring plates, both inner
and outer. Getting the spring plates off required lots of prying and I
sqirted a little brake cleaner into the inner bushings to try and break
them free from the torsion housing. Don't use too much or it will remove
the paint from the torsion bar and it will rust.
I put white lithium grease on the inside of the bushings to help get them
on and then covered them with talcum powder before installing them. I don't
have any squeaks.
Later,
Marty

Marty Gray           |Without Weapons the       
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96 Dodge Ram / 68 VW Fastback (The Egg)