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On 13 Aug 2005 at 13:22, Dave Hall wrote: > > The only plastic you have to worry about (on the LATER beams only) are the > > thrust rings on the upper arms and rubber seals on the lower ones. > That's the problem reading the manuals - just cross-checked with the parts book > and you're right, it's just a metal bush from '65. I wonder why the 68-on > Bentley still shows plastic sleeves in the upper beam if they aren't there? They ARE there. It's just that they were never replaceable, so they don't show up in the parts lists. Presumably if you bought a new replacement beam body they would be installed in there already. > Good news for welding though - there seems to be a housing for the torsion arm > inside the beam outer housing. Should make it easier for welding up the casing. > It might make sense to remove the other torsion bar in the lower housing. Is > that the one that rusts out first? I've two here that look fine on the upper > but are through on the top surface of the lower. Yes, that lower "shelf" is where they always rust thru. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~