Re: [T3] Strange Days

["Kris Kuckowicz" <chached_jag@hotmail.com>]

Thanks for the advice Phil.  That was the problem exactly. . .although mine 
had slipped out away from the tranny.  Needless to say I found out why it 
got this way.  The driver's side rear shock was shot.  And the bushings were 
barely there.  Lot of good they did I guess when the tire blew at 75 miles 
an hour.

So tomorrow, after work, I go and buy new bushings.  But I don't know 
exactly how to put it all back together.  Are there any instructions on how 
to adjust both sides again?  I looked in my manual, but it simply says 
reinstall torsion bar.  Reinstall spring plate.  Nothing on how to set it up 
at a nice stance that won't kill the CV's.  Any ideas anybody?

Thanks for everything once again,

Kris
69 Paneled Square (on jackstands)


>From: phil <squarepeg67@yahoo.com>
>To: type3list <type3@vwtype3.org>
>Subject: Re: [T3] Strange Days
>Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 08:33:03 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Krys,
>It's always something... Here's my guess, as this is
>what happened to me recently:
>  The noise you heard was probably your torsion bar
>slipping from the spines. If the bar slides back at
>all (toward the tranny) it can lose contact with
>enough of the splines that keep it in place. The bars
>are under great tension and when they slip out  -BANG!
>
>Pull off the torsion bar cover plate (4 bolts) and see
>if it is still in the splines. If not, you'll have to
>re-adjust both sides. I had to tap the torsion bar
>back out toward the wheels from the other side when
>this happened to my car. It was also a car the had
>been badly lowered by the p.o.
>-Phil
>BTW, where was it raining yesterday?
>
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