Wow....I love this board. Right now my 73 is up on blocks as I go thru the
spring plate R&R procedure. Nice to get some feedback on this subject....I
fully understand and appreciate the dangers involved....
I've gotten the passenger side off okay using a floor jack and pry bar (to pull
the spring plate away from the control arm). It was a bit tricky because the
outer splines did not have any grease on them (or had hardened and dried up)
and the inner ones had very little. I had to press off the outer torsion bar
spline from the spring plate and in the process had to remove the pinch-set end
cap on the spring plate.....guess I'll have to Mig weld it back.
Thanks for the tip on using the longer headless bolts for alignment purposes.
My big concern is putting the plate back into position on the "shelf" of the
control arm. Since the torsion bar will be loaded at that point, I am assuming
you use a wood block and hammer to get the torsion bar and spring plate to
fully seat...it really doesn't say in the Bentley manual... or does the special
tool CIP1 sells do the trick???
I have read/heard the bushings need to be "lubed" with talcum
powder...apparently dry graphite causes problems with the rubber??? What about
plumbers grease? I have some of this stuff and it's 100% silicone...not
supposed to effect rubber...anyone try using it????
Thanks all.....
Mike
73T1
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike
To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 16:30
Subject: Re: [vintagvw] spring plate bushing..
Not difficult with the right tool. Just be careful releasing the tension
to get it off the lower stop!
Either a VW jack with bolt welded on top to secure it through the small
hole in the frame horn above the springplate, or this one;
http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ACC-C10-7047
Mike B.
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