Re: [T3] what's the difference?

["Jim Adney" <jradney@facstaff.wisc.edu>]

On 10 Mar 00, at 11:10, Kooser, Jake wrote:

> I want to rebuild the front beam on my fastback, and I'm thinking of
> using one of two extra ones I have.  That way, I could do all the work
> on the beam independent of the car, and then just drop the old beam
> and toss the re-newed one in it's place.  My question is, how much
> difference is there on the beam between years?  Also, how can I
> identify the spare beam so I know what year it is?  The car is a '73
> fastback.

I know that early beams (-64) put the upper grease fittings farther 
toward the center. The diameter of the tie rod end bolts/nuts 
increased somewhere around 66. The inner wheel bearing spindle 
diameter increased in mid 68, and the caliper mounts changed in 
the last month of 71.

I think the beam itself didn't change from 66-on.

I think squares got a larger diameter anti-roll bar in all years.

-
Jim Adney, Associate Researcher
Plasma Physics
University of Wisconsin, Madison

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