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On 31 Jul 2004 at 22:41, vwsquareback@mycingular.com wrote: > So my question to the list is should I go out and find a later > steering box and swap it back out or do I just cut my losses with the > tie rods and purchase some early ones. What I really want to know is, > is a early steering box as good as a late model one. did they improve > do I have a down side on running a early box on my car. I'm not sure, but the early tie rod ends may not have the same threads into the tie rod, so this may not solve your problem. You must have a '67 or earlier beam on there. There are several good reasons to try to find a correct front axle beam for your car: The axle stube got thicker and stronger in mid '68, and the brake calipers got larger (requiring different steering knuckles) in very late '71. There is a '72 front axle beam in the grass outside my garage right now.... -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~