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On 1 Aug 2005 at 10:12, Matthew Jones wrote: > I'm stripping down a '72 front beam which I took from a > parts car. The car had ~60K miles on it, and had been > standing for many years. I believe the mileage is genuine. > My question is - with this mileage, and evidence of good > maintenance, should I expect the bearings etc. to be OK and > just clean & rebuild it all ? It sounds like you got a winner. If the trailing arm journals are fine, then the bearings are most likely also fine. The only other thing I would check is the external metal that was under the rubber bushings that held the beam in place. I find that water often collects there and causes rust. If that part is okay, then the beam itself is fine. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~