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Subject: RE: [T3] Type 3 front torsion arm replacement and bushes/needle My first *guess* is that the shocks are defective and are holding the car in position. There are no replacement bearings that I'm aware of. We're screwed when it comes to getting all those front axle T3-specific parts. Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com <-- Please use this address for email '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, ORPCA member Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/ >-----Original Message----- > My front end is riding on the bump stops and there is no spring >when the front is pushed down, but when you pull up on the bubper bar >the front end seems to stay at that height until you push it down, I'm >pretty sure its the torsion bars, could it be anything else. > >Also if the needle bearings need to be replaced are there now >replacement urathane bushes that replace the needle bearings and do >they require any special fitting into the axle beam. And taking out >the old bushes do you need special tools. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe