Re: T3: type3 front end

[Greg Merritt <gregm@umich.edu>]

At 12:10 PM -0500 3/22/98, Pelham palmer wrote:
>     I have a 71 type3 that I have just resently  purchaced and have put a
>great deal of man hours into to get it back on the  road. Know that I have
>it running, new tyres, carbs,floor work, etc... I have  come to find that
>the front end sway bar (top tube of front end) is loose inside  and causes
>the car to shake unless breakes are applied do you have any  sugestions
>please I am ready for this car to be on the road it has sat for to  many
>years.

(Pelham--your entire return address is: "Pelham palmer" <>.  There's no way
to send this to you directly!  I hope you're on the list! -Greg)

	1) loosen the upper right trailing arm by loosening the locking
screw & backing off on the bolt that threads directly into the end of the
sway bar on that side
	2) tighten the upper *left* trailing arm set screw--the sway bar
dimple gets beat up on this end!
	3) tighten the right side trailing arm (not too tight--check a
manual for this procedure!)
	4) tighten the right side trailing arm's locking screw

	It's possible that you've got bad axial thrust rings or bearings
(or even ball joints, if you're not certain it's the sway bar!), but do
first as I've described above.

	Have you got a Bentley manual?

-Greg
'69 & '71 Squarebacks
'63 Beetle