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On 29 Mar 2004 at 7:57, Schlegel, Richard wrote: > On 29 Mar 2004 at 0:59, Mark @ Mo-Sys wrote: > > > I finally got round to replacing the rear suspension rubber bearings > > this weekend and boy was it hell! > > Rubber Bearings? I've never heard of this? :-) More commonly called rubber bushings. The rubber just twists internally when the part moves, so they are perfect for small amounts of reciprocating motion. > The tune up went great! I took it to a shop by my house (recommended by > a friend that owns a shop that works on my suburban) to get the timing > and dwell set (I don't have the tools right now). Watch garage sales, swap meets, and eBay for a dwell meter. I strongly recommend that you get a timing light that has an inductive pickup, rather than the older style which connects directly to the high voltage. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org