Re: [T3] Torsion bars

["T JENKINS" <coopertwpk@msn.com>]

actually they are all the same torsion bars going through the parts books vw 
has the same numbers listed for all type 3s and apparently they don't seem 
any different from bug torsions for new torsions sway-away  makes new 
torsions at all different rates to give any ride you may want .


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Torsion bars


> On 18 Aug 2004 at 0:00, Radoje Spasojevic wrote:
>
> > Anyone know where I can find new rear torsion bars for a '71 Type III 
> > squareback?
>
> New ones would probably be impossible to find, but good used ones should 
> be
> available from lots of sources. They are hard enough to replace that it 
> might
> be easier to just replace the whole rear subframe.
>
> Make sure you get squareback parts, as all other type 3 torsion bars will 
> be
> thinner.
>
> There's a squareback IRS subframe at the side of my house. Where do you 
> live?
>
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