I did my 62 Ghia with rubber ones from John Connolly at Aircooled net. NO PROBLEM Make a set of guide bolts and cut off the heads etc. Makes installation much easier. Eric
----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Date: Sunday, May 18, 2008 8:58 pm Subject: [vintagvw] IRS Spring plate bushings... To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List > Hi Gang, > > I am in the process of resetting my rear suspension angle (bit > of sag on the old girl's bottom) and also replacing the spring > plate bushings. I'm looking for opinions here: > > Should I replace the bushings with a set of OEM rubber ones made > in Mexico that I have on hand or, should I go with the poly type > of bushing (a la Energy Suspensions et. al.)? The car is > essentially stock. How much stress is actually on these > bushings? The new OEM Mexican-made parts seem softer than the > original German ones and I'm concerned the rubber will not hold > up as well as the orignals. Is squeaking still an issue with the > poly bushings? I haven't been able to find a source of German- > made bushings or I'd have gotten them. > > Thanks, > Mike > 73T1 > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
