Re: [T3] Torsion bars

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

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 .

Going thru a VW dealer parts book updated to at least May of 72, I find nearly 
a page of different rear torsion bars for type  3s. The dual part numbers 
indicate L/R. The dimensions are diameter x length.  

Swing axle:

311 511 115/6 B, 22mm x626mm, no paint marks
	type 31 and 34, 67-8

311 511 115/6, 23mm x 626mm, 1 white paint ring
	type 31 and 34, thru 66 with Z-bar
	type 36, 67-8
	type 36, 69-on with swing axle and Z-bar

361 511 115/6, 24mm x 626mm, 2 paint rings
	type 36 thru 66

IRS:

311 511 115/6 D, 22mm x 676mm,  no paint marks
	type 31 and 34

361 511 115/6 C, 23.5mm x 676mm, 1 white paint ring
	type 36

The question of which cars got which, and when, is really confused, and not 
nearly as simple as I had thought. Note also that there are some letter 
suffixes missing, so there might actually have been other bars used which had 
been superceded by the time my parts book was printed.

I don't have a Beetle parts book. Beetles MIGHT have used some of these same 
torsion bars, but these are all 311 or 361 part numbers, so it looks unlikely.

What parts book were you using?

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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