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Guardian1
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Joined: May 16, 2015
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Location: Michigan, Dundee
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Good catch with the missing cotter pins TDCTDI (Actually missing on both sides) I will pick a few up the next time I am in town.
I managed to get the torsion bar set evenly on both sides, I set them at 23 degrees.
The good news is the job went smooth and I did get rid of the "squeak" caused by the lack of grease on the bushings, the bad news is, the wheel is still tilted. 
So before I commit to a bent trailing arm (Expensive buggers) could anything in here cause the "tilting"? I really don't see anything else it could be.
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Guardian1
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Location: Michigan, Dundee
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| Just as a side note, after indexing the torsion and adjusting the bar it rides SOOOOOOO much better! I also aligned the back and front wheels, wow what a difference. I cant wait to see how it rides with new gas shocks. |
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dustymojave
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Location: Lake LA, Mojave Desert, SoCal
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Well, I think it's time to hit up your fellow Michigan buggy folks to see if anybody has a line on a right trailing arm for your buggy.
Hit the classifieds for "Offroad Parts" and VW Bug 1968- later to see if you can find any that way.
A pair of boxed reinforced arms wouldn't be a bad thing if you're gonna offroad it, but you might need to fab some new upper mounts as mentioned earlier.
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Offroading VW based cars since 1965
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tripicana
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Location: colorado springs
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:07 am Post subject: |
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That right side inner pivot bolt might not be threaded in all the way, I seem to remember them being almost flush.
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dustymojave
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I agree that it might not be all the way in. But it doesn't look out far enough to allow the arm to make bad camber like that. Could be?
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Offroading VW based cars since 1965
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