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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Problem is that after 30 years the original setting probably wont set the height to where it should be nor would it be even on both sides. I found this problem with the front... Id set it to about where it should be, get it as even as possible, then tweak things on a level surface when the whole car is togeather. As for the rear... oh boy! perhaps the rears maintain thier spring rate better. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "craig.webb" <craig.webb@pgen.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 3:22 PM Subject: [T3] Setting front torsion arm and rear spring plate angles > Hi > > Latest challenge on the '72 squareback restoration is putting the front and > rear axles back on the nicely painted floorpan. > > I'm currently doing the front axle, just about to reinstall the torsion > arms. I picked up a better front axle for mine, but unfortunately this > meant swapping torsion arms and losing all the settings. Reading the bently > book, its all very easy to install with the special vw tool, however, since > I have no chance of getting hold of the special tool, how can I go about > getting my splines correctly orientated? > > How about this method: > > Set the floorpan level. I would do this by using a spirit level on the > tunnel hump flat piece by the gear shift aperture. > > I was then thinking of making up some kind of angle setting device. I can > use a cad package to print off a piece of paper with a vertical line and > another line at the correct angle setting (39 degrees and a bit - need to > check the bently). I would probably stick this piece of paper to a > wooden/metal template, that I can align with the torsion bar centre point > and the centre of the arm towards the balljoint. I can use a vertical > spirit level to get vertical and then rotate the arm on the splines to line > it up with the 39' setting. > > Anyone got any better ideas? My main problem is picking out the true centre > of the torsion arm. > > I was also thinking of a similar idea for the rear. That should be easier > because I can measure straight of the spring plates. > > Cheers > > Craig > > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>