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Re: New Torsion Bars (was Shocks & stuff)


--- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote:

> I used to work on a 914 for someone here. They
> replaced, I think, 3 
> swayaway 914 bars in a row. Each one lasted about a
> year. I 
> wasn't impressed. IIRC, the swayaway bars are not
> prestressed, 
> which means that L & R are the same. This makes it
> easier to 
> make and stock them, but my experience with their
> durability was 
> just very poor. When we took out the broken bars we
> also found 
> that their paint had splintered off of the bar where
> it twisted.

Yipes!!!

If I recall, they do have prestressed bars as well,
but I think they list those for racing applications.

Aaron

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