Re: [T3] Raise it up.

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 2 Aug 2005 at 11:58, Dave Hall wrote:

> With the extra high mileages common in the USA, it might bring life-time into
> play though.  The manual shows how to check them - you need to make up a special
> lever to do it properly.  Bentley has a picture, but not the measurements.
> You're just taking the pre-load off the torsion arms I think.

I wouldn't expect our nice smooth highways to cause the ball joints much extra 
pain. If you drive lots of gravel, potholes, or off-road, then that would be 
different.

Bentley has the measurements, too. The "clamp" overcomes both the torsion bar 
preload and the spring force from the internal spring. [IIRC, the lower ball 
joints have the internal spring, but the uppers don't. This gets reflected in 
the different specs for upper and lower joints.]

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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