| PEPPE |
Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:00 pm |
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i'm helping a friend sorting out problems on an american import split bus bought in belgium.
the bus has only the center torsion leafs (3 in each tube) in the front beam.
you can see inside the beam from one side to another (!).
i read that it is an oldschool method of lowering, but how much is it safe?
best/economical method is to buy good used leafs, since these are not available easily as spar, right? |
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| Erik G |
Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:43 pm |
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what year bus? I know later splits are the same as early bay torsions
Yes, old school lowering trick. |
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| WideFive |
Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:56 pm |
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PEPPE wrote: i read that it is an oldschool method of lowering, but how much is it safe?
Correct, and not much safe.
PEPPE wrote: best/economical method is to buy good used leafs, since these are not available easily as spar, right?
Correct, use SPLIT ('55-'67) leaves. Bay and Split leaves are dimensionally the same, but VW gave them different part numbers for a reason :wink: |
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| PEPPE |
Sat Jul 07, 2012 7:59 am |
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| maybe that the spare numbers are different because most split ones are welded? |
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| WideFive |
Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:17 am |
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Early Bay are the same as Split, forgot about that :oops: '55-'69 are the same (not welded '66-'69).
Swap yours out for a good full stack and you'll be good. |
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