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I just completed an "ever so slightly" lowering of the front end of the '70 Squareback. With Toby's input, things went well. I want to drop the back end to level it out. I have 60-series tires and don't care for 3" of exposed rear wheel well. Hayne's doesn't get into as much detail on the back torsion bars as the front. How many splines are there on the rear torsion bars? Do I need to remove trailing arms and axles (CV joints) to do this? Speaking of trailing arms....one of the trailing arms was minus the shoulder bolt and bushings (removed free of charge by the PO). I've got the parts to replace them but I'm a little sketchy on the procedure. Haynes gets into the removal of the trailing arms, so in orde4çÍan excellent job, should I remove the trailing arm and place the bushings into the trailing arm? Or, should I try and mouse the bushings past the hangers and into the trailing arms, if that is even possible? If the answer to the rear torsion bar/lowering job is "remove trailing arms", answers to the above last two questions are academic. >From the political desk.....the number of SUV's not under passenger car emission guidelines more than make up for us resto-freaks that DO care about the environment. How many yupmobiles do you see off-road (well, right side up off-road) or hauling a load of lumber? The legislation that removed SUV's from passenger car emission standards (and placed them in the same emission-exempt category with pickup trucks) was put in place by politicians. How many politicians are into car restoration? Find one, let's bend his/her ear. Most humbly, Dave Timmins '70 Squareback (VOLKSY) '89 Cabrio ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org