Re: [T3] What *was* that popping sound?

[Aaron Clow <vw_variant71@yahoo.com>]

--- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote:
> My GUESS is either that you broke a torsion bar, or
> one of your shocks was 
> frozen up and finally let go.

OK, newbie question #623... What is the torsion bar?
Is it part (the extention) of the beam that reaches up
to meet the top of the shock? 

> Shocks can get seized up and "frozen" in place. I
> would expect them to let go 
> suddenly if you put an unusual load on them. 

Actually, now that I think about it, the car was hit
before I got it in the front passenger area... I
wonder if it did some structural damage that was
exacerbated by putting pressure on that side? I guess
better in the garage than on the road if something did
happen...

> It's a foam pad that is there to prevent cooling air
> from "escaping" over the 
> top of the cooler without doing any cooling. The
> originals are all crumbling by 
> now, but I have replacements that seem to be better
> than the originals.

I'll contact you offline about this... Thanks!

Aaron

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