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On 25 Aug 2006 at 13:22, Redfan Buckreezy wrote: > Actually, Berg (and I, awkwardly, it appears), was writing about "three > body mount positions" two of which are above the rear shock mounts...the > "third" I've not investigated...and upon reflection, (and a cursory, > revisited glance at the two above the shocks), I am inclined to abandon this > idea for something more practical. The rear subframe mounts to the body at least 5 places. There are the 3 you mention, plus 2 near the outer ends of the torsion bars. I THINK there are actually 2 more, but I won't swear to that until I look at a manual. These rubber mounts can shrink after time and leave the body somewhat loose, but I've never noticed any ill effects from it. It certainly seems possible, however, and there was a thread here on this subject a few years ago. > But, as looked at this, (and on a more practical note), I remembered > contacting Mr. Adney about some "snubbers" for the shock mounts both fore and > aft so I'll reiterate this need now. Any chance anyone has sources (or > stocks) of these? If you mean the rubber subframe to body mount bushings (not the shock absorber bushings) then I have some from the cars I've parted out. They are used and date from '71-2, so I can't be sure how good they are, but they are better than the ones that came on my '69, which spent a long time in some very hot part of southern california. Those were shrunken, hard as a rock, and some were cracked all the way thru. I replaced all those that I could access easily without removing the subframe. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~