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<x-flowed> On Sep 15, 2004, at 9:10 PM, John Jaranson wrote:
Curious.....you say the z-bar was only on 67-68 swingaxles. Yet, Sophy has the z-bar. She is about a Jan 66 car based on her VIN number (366149035). Must have the M267 option.
He thinks he might be mistaken on this now. saying that for bugs, this
type of flange on the axle retainer, ( and corresponding O ring seal. )
were only on '68 bugs. but they might have been there on '67 type
III's
It looks like your mechanic knows his stuff. The O-ring was only used on 67-on
swing axles. The axle tube looks like it is a special that had to be bought
with the retainer plate already in place. The left tube is 361 501 105A (has
white paint dot) and the right one is a 361 501 106A. Basically all these parts
were just used on the cars that got the Z-bar, which was 67-68, plus the late
M263 swing axles that we didn't get in the US and a few early M267 swing axles
that also came with the Z-bar.
I have actually been thinking about a modification that is mentioned on Bill Fisher's book to make the z-bar a full-time camber compensator by adding spacers so that it is in effect all of the time not just under heavy load. It apparently will make the rear a bit stiffer, but that would be ok. Anyone have experience with this modification?
http://www.aircooled.net/gnrlsite/resource/articles/handling.htm
--fess
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