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Probably the stabilizer bar at the drivers side has a groove worn in it from the setscrew and you can't get any more draw with the bolt on the passenger's side. If you check the upper trailing arm on the drivers side and there's a depression where the bar is, that's what's happened. You can loosen the set screw and knock the bar back, but it won't hold because of the groove. This happened to me, I just flipped the bar over and spotted a new dimple on the other side. Disassembly necessary, figure a Sat. afternoon shot. I also used JB Weld to take up the slack around the bar in the trailing arm on the driver's side, it had wallowed out pretty badly. I'm still looking for a replacement. Unless you been driving it with the thing really shimmying, you probably don't need bearings. This is a cheap fix if you flip the bar(and don't need bearings). When I was in the Bay area, my TIII parts guy was Bud's Bugs wrecking yard in Concord, don't even know if he's still there, it's been a few years. Check the Yellow Pages. The only place to get major front-end parts(except brakes, bearings, ball joints and tie-rod ends) is off wrecks, I'm afraid, for the majority of us, and they'll probably be in as bad a shape as what you have. There may be a few NOS front-end parts out there, but they're pretty scarce. I don't know why VW didn't put a flange or a flanged bolt on the bar to start with, that setscrew arrangement to hold the left end is pretty cheesy. Check Bentley on the bearing replacement, I think you'll find that frontend beam replacement looks better and better, if you have to go that route. It also has the wear limits for the bushings. Some of the other listers may know better, but I think all the later frontends are the same, except for brakes on the last ones. As far as cost, it's what the traffic will bear. Bud gave me a break sometimes if things were in low demand and he was about to crush the stuff, other times, things were in high demand and priced accordingly. Depended on how many sand-rail and dune buggy builders needed TIII running gear parts at the time. Fenders and bumpers were always high. On Mon, 28 Sep 1998 22:34:02 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: >Hi everybody, > I'm not on the list anymore, but I miss it. any input would be >appreciated and even though i try to keep up with the list on the web, >please try to e-mail me directly. > >My '69 square has the warn torsion bushing blues, i think. I've tighted >the adjuster nut as much as posible, (it used to make the shimmy stop, but >not anymore). unless there are any otherways to tighten things up: > >I need to replace the torsion bushings, (how do i go about that? or would >you all advise against it? > >OR do I need a new Front end assembly. (does anybody know of a place to >buy them new? I live north of Sanfransico, is there a Bay or Redding >connection? > >Can I get away with using a Junk Yard front end out of a 70 squareback in >my '69? how much should it cost? (~like $100 maybe ??) How do I know/ >test to find out if it's better than the one I have now? > >thanx in adance for any and all input > >ned >'69 squareback >arcata CA 95521 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subjbscribe