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--- 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 ===== -------------------------------------------- 1971 FI AT Squareback http://www.tiserves.com/VW/ vw_variant71@yahoo.com -------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org