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These bushings are available from West Coast Metric. I believe they fit all aircooled VW's, except maybe bus. A friend of mine and I just replaced these on my 62 T34. Piece of cake. However, reassembly is a little tighter due to the new, thicker bushings. Doug > -----Original Message----- > From: emilio tiraboschi [SMTP:tipotre@hotmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:22 AM > To: type3@vwtype3.org > Subject: [T3] Rear suspension bushings and another little question > > Hi all! > mechanic told me that the negative camber (a little more at the left side) > > of my 1970 automatic notchback could be caused by: > > 1. worn rubber bushings at the spring plate/torsion bar connection or > 2. wheel bearing or > 3. worn rubber bushings inside(?) diagonal arm > > Is it right? And, if so, can I replace bushings using Beetle or > SuperBeetle > ones? > The other question is related to a minor oil leak. I think it comes from > the > vertical metal breather pipe that, in my car setup, is not connected to > the > oil filler tube, but has something like a rubber cap with a small hole at > the end. The right heat exchanger cover (asbestos?!?!) is oily, there are > no > leaks coming from pushrod tubes, valve cover gaskets, crankase pulley. Any > > suggestionsabout fixing it? > > Thank you in advance for replies!! > > Ciao > emilio (rome, IT) > 1970 notch AT carb > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Extra Storage: piena libert? di esprimersi e comunicare > http://www.msn.it/msnservizi/es/?xAPID=534&DI=1044&SU=http://hotmail.it/&H > L=HMTAGTX_MSN_Extra_Storage > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org