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Hello- > I had never even considered those- that sounds like major work! Come to > think of it they do look very rusty- I keep meaning to clean them up and > paint them. > So how do I measure/tell if they are really bad? Or should I just assume > that they are because of the sagging? First check the pivot bolts and make sure that they still exist. If they still do (and I'm assuming they do :-), then just get new arms. When you take off the old ones, take one old and one new over to a table. Place a bolt/rod/etc through the pivot ends, then put the outer-most face of the trailing arms (the part where the wheel would go) flat on the table. Compare old to new... the difference in the angle of the bolt (that is up in the air) should be SOOO notable that your naked eye will see it and you'll exclaim "Holy crap! No wonder my camber sucked!" :-). > So would you recommend changing just the outers or doesn't that make sense > without the inners as well? I think I'll try these first and see what > happens. Do both. Taking the trailing arms out is 80% of the work, anyway. > Sounds like a lot of work- but will investigate. I've got an old porsche > place quite close and last time I dropped by to say hello I didn't get the > condecending response I thought I'd get when they saw my car- they actually > admired it! (rust and all!) The snob vs. cool-guy has very little to do with Porsche vs. VW and a lot more to do with clean-hands-and-lots-of-money vs. the-rest-of-us :-). Most Porsche mechanics are a-okay. The only problem you may hit with the 944 arms is the bolt pattern. IIRC, it is identical to a '71-up T1 pattern. To make it work for the T3, IIRC, you just have to drill one new hole in the spring plates, or alternatively drill and tap one new hole in the trailing arm (IIRC it's that one bolt closest to the front that IS threaded...). Or, if you're like me, you use the other three bolts and leave out the fourth, increase the torque spec, and consider the loss of the fourth bolt an excuse for more clearance against your way-too-wide tires :-). Remember that all '71-up T1's, 924's, and 944's only had three bolts... just 68-70 T1's and T3's seem to have four. <shrug>. > > Take care, > > Shad Laws > > Same to you, and thanks No problem! Hasta, Shad Laws LN Engineering - Aircooled Precision Performance http://www.lnengineering.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org