How to keep a Bus stock and all stock height questions

Mortimer Bondurant · Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 11:05 am Post subject: Are these dropped spindles?

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This 67 Deluxe is dropped in the front and stock height in back. We want to return it to stock height and assume that these spindles are aftermarket dropped ones. Can anyone confirm that this is the case? If so, do you have a recommendation on where to buy replacement stock height spindles?

p.s., the torsion bar also looks altered since it doesn't have caps on the ends and you can see its innards on each end. Does this suggest that the lowering job included other work besides just replacing the spindles?

Thanks.

Mort

EmpiGT · Samba Member Joined: January 27, 2005 Posts: 994

Those are dropped spindles. Offer up a trade for some nice stock spindles. I have a very nice set of stock spindles pulled from a 67 if you're interested in a trade.

If you're rear caps are missing some body may have dropped the rear. It's hard to tell without seeing pics. But that's not good to be missing the caps. Get some back on there soon!

cdennisg · Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 5:07 pm Post subject:

I think they were referring to the ends of the front torsion leaves, not the rear torsion bars.

The leaves are normally exposed like that.
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Mortimer Bondurant · Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 7:49 pm Post subject:

This is true: I'm referring to the front torsion bar. You can see in my pic the end of the front torsion bar that almost looks like it was cut-off with a blow torch. My problem is that I've never seen a stock one so I don't know jack... I've seen reference in the forum posts to narrowing a front end so I suspect that's what it is but, again, I don't know why that's done or nuttin.

EmpiGT · Samba Member Joined: January 27, 2005 Posts: 994

That is a stock width front beam, look at each of the tubes in the center and see if it has adjusters. or just the set skrew with a nut on it.

WideFive · Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:20 pm Post subject: Re: Are these dropped spindles?

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vwjedi · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:37 am Post subject: Re: getting it up

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busboyjake · Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:58 pm Post subject:

I bought a bus with an IRS conversion. It was lowered when i got it, but i raised it back up to stock, even traded the drop spindles for new stock ones straight up.

Now I've found a guy that wants to trade my IRS kit for his 67 big nut RGB set up. Sweet! I really missed the gearing of stock bus transaxles, especially 1 and 2.

I'll be almost back to stock. It sounds like there's a lot of this going on. It's pretty sweet that it all bolts on/off Wink

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cage66 · Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:41 pm Post subject:

mightymouse · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:43 am Post subject:

cage66 · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:48 pm Post subject:

You forgot narrowed torsion housings.
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I understand what you are saying but springplates can be made new now, I think the only thing hard to reproduce/replace would be the beam and those are still fairly easy to find cheap.
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mightymouse · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:32 am Post subject:

Whoever narrows torsion housings on a bus is a retard. Thats for drag cars. Wink

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Riff Raff · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:34 am Post subject: Re: bus ride height

andy rowe · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:13 am Post subject:

there are lowered beams now with the caster reset,i dont own as my bus is stock height Very Happy

Kharon8 · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 1:48 pm Post subject:

Slightly higher than stock now:
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Runs on stock rims and 6.70-15 while stock is 6.40-15. Looks very good but the engine lacks torque now, stock (and quite old) 1200cc engine, 34hp (DIN). Acceleration on 4th is almost non-existent and even small hills or wind decrease the top speed drastically.

Much better in that sense when it was running on 14" rims and 185/65 tyres, shorter gears.

I measured the difference in circumference of these two: Almost 10"(!).

Something between these two might be a good idea or the engine rebuild ... that's something that is on the list anyway. Just a matter of when.
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matthew henricks · Samba Member Joined: January 02, 2002 Posts: 132

Some advice/info.

If i want to take the sag out of my stock 65 rear end do i need to pull the tranny to do that? Can you get the redux box's far enough away to re-set the rear torsion bars or is that not possible?

Stock 65 with 14" rims running 165's.

Just got her back on the road after sitting for 7 years and it really bugs me that the rear end sags so much.

http://astromechbuilder.com/mechloader/v/mjhenks/bus+front+2.jpg.html

cdennisg · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:29 pm Post subject:

matthew henricks · Samba Member Joined: January 02, 2002 Posts: 132

Thanks,

That picture was taken some time ago. Just got the bus out of storrage (7 years) and it is worse.

Will try and post a better picture.

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