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Re: [T3] 67 PIGLET


On 21 Mar 99, at 4:41, Stan Schaefer wrote:

> There's a set screw on the
> left end that is supposed to dig into the surface of the bar and keep it
> from moving.  It digs in, all right, but cuts a groove.  On mine, I had to
> flip the bar and start fresh on the other side, the groove was so long, I
> couldn't get the adjustment bolt tightened enough to keep from shimmying,
> it bottomed out.  Rather poor design, I thought.

I agree, a rather poor design, but MOST of them seem to get by. If 
this is caught early, you can just tighten the setscrew, I have seen 
this succeed on several cars.

The "groove" started out as a shallow dimple for the set screw to fit 
into. So if you need to flip the bar you should drill a matching 
dimple on the other side. I think the bar is too hard to expect the 
set screw to just bite in and hold.

Jim
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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