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On 28 Jun 2003 at 21:59, Ben Doughney wrote: > 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? It's possible that today's available replacements have eliminated the OEM style of offset, so that there is no longer any eccentric (and hence no adjustment available to the lowers.) You can test this rather easily by just turning one and seeing if anything moves around. If this is the case, you will want both of your lowers to match. It is also possible that they just left off the notch, leaving the mechanic to figure out the correct way to put them in. It should be easy to tell which it is, but you'll have to note the current position then loosten and turn it. The eccentric motion is easy to see. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org