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On 19 Aug 2004 at 22:00, T JENKINS wrote: > 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 . I don't have easy access to the Beetle part numbers, but we've covered the type 3 bars here many times. I will double-check this tonight and post the different part numbers and diameters for the different type 3 cars. I have some negative experience with the Sway-a-Way bars. They are not pre- stressed, so there is no L or R. Quite a few years ago a customer of mine had a broken OE front bar on his 914/4. Since OE Porsch parts were quite dear, we just replaced both of his bars with Sway-a-Ways. Within 2 years one of them broke and Sway-a-Way replaced them (except for my labor) under warrantee. Two years later the same thing happened. This was on a street car that I really don't think was abused. I'm not impressed with their quality. They LOOK nice, but the paint was even peeling off in the typical torsional twist mode, not just where the bar broke. There was no significant rust on the new bars when they failed, so this was just a simple torsional stress fracture. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~