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on 26/7/2003 8:25 PM, Chris J Valade at redyouth@juno.com wrote: > If I can't find a bubble protractor (I'm going to look for one > tomorrow), how can I make certain that the lower torsion arm is in at the > right angle? I'm eyeing it the best I can based on the pictures in > Bentley's, but that is far from a sure method. When I was fiddling around with the suspension on my Fastback, I took some measurements for the stock height. I measured from the top of the shock absorber bolt, to the bottom of the shock absorber mounting stud (with the spindle off, shock out, and arm hanging in the relaxed position). This measurement was 452mm at the stock height, so that should give you a starting point. I found that turning the bar one inner spline, and the arm one outer spline in the opposite direction, that changed the arms position by 1mm so there is a very fine adjustment there, and it will take a while to get it spot on, and both sides matching. Ben Doughney '63 1200 - Ringo '71 1600TL '65 1500N - Val http://members.tripod.com/~superkafer/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org