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on 27/6/2003 6:40 PM, Jim Adney at jadney@vwtype3.org wrote: >> These ball joints don't have the notch that was shown in my Bentley, they >> have a >> straight shaft that is flatted (for lack of a better word) on each side, sort >> of >> like this: >> _ >> (_ ) > > I guess I don't know what to make of this. 3 of the replacement ones (can't remember the brand) I put on my '65 were like this too, they had the flats on them, but no notch to give you an idea which direction to point them in. I got 1 Bilstein one, (because they were out of stock and had to order it in) and that was exactly the same as the original ones. Could it be they have a special cam on them so that as long as you have the flats to the sides, it doesn't matter which way round the shaft is facing? Ben Doughney '75 1200L '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