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Dake Samba Member
Joined: September 02, 2014 Posts: 481 Location: Georgia
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 11:23 am Post subject: |
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So we are working on the breaks and all is going well when We get to the Spacer on the front Spindles and it is hard to get them on. I then find when I am trying to get the inner bearing on it is also tight. and I can not get the outer bearing on at all. I posted a forum to ask for suggestions.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7800102#7800102
Hear are the pictures of the Drivers side break plate.
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Did you heat them before you put them on. I heated mine and they fell on. I had a pipe the right diameter to hold and tap the spacer to make sure it was seated. You can heat them in the oven. |
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tb03830 Samba Member
Joined: December 02, 2009 Posts: 1045 Location: Leavenworth, KS
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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So last night I took a second outer bearing and it fit right on. What the hell. The bearing is the issue. I have a second set of Spindles and the second bearing fits on it also but the first outer bearing I used does not fit. The inner diameter is 20.00 mm and the inner surface of the bad bearing is 19.88 mm. Never seen bearings machined wrong????? _________________ "Sic Vic Pacem, Para bellum - Pray for peace, prepare for war."
1964 Convertible Bug - 1600cc SP engine with a stock H30/31 Carb and SVDA Distributor - Swing Arm Highway Flyer Tranny, Gene Berg's Temperature Dipstick, 2.5" drop spindles, 2" narrowed adjustable front end. Chromed OEM fan tower. |
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txoval Samba Member
Joined: January 23, 2004 Posts: 3540 Location: The Woodlands, TX
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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Just a question before you get too far. Did you test fit the body onto the new bulkhead/Napolean Hat before you fully welded it?
That's a major replacement and I hope all is lined up.
Good luck on the build |
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tb03830 Samba Member
Joined: December 02, 2009 Posts: 1045 Location: Leavenworth, KS
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Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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So I and my son finally make our first goal. We got the front together. Our next goal is to get the tranny and rear wheels back on.
_________________ "Sic Vic Pacem, Para bellum - Pray for peace, prepare for war."
1964 Convertible Bug - 1600cc SP engine with a stock H30/31 Carb and SVDA Distributor - Swing Arm Highway Flyer Tranny, Gene Berg's Temperature Dipstick, 2.5" drop spindles, 2" narrowed adjustable front end. Chromed OEM fan tower. |
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tb03830 Samba Member
Joined: December 02, 2009 Posts: 1045 Location: Leavenworth, KS
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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:14 am Post subject: |
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So My son and I have decided to get back to work due to alot of life getting in the way. My son sat down and cleaned the tranny after makeing sure it worked and ahd no damage. He decided to paint it and make look pretty and clear coat it. We are now goun to work on the arms for the tranny. I think it looks good. Not sure how long it will look this good but...
_________________ "Sic Vic Pacem, Para bellum - Pray for peace, prepare for war."
1964 Convertible Bug - 1600cc SP engine with a stock H30/31 Carb and SVDA Distributor - Swing Arm Highway Flyer Tranny, Gene Berg's Temperature Dipstick, 2.5" drop spindles, 2" narrowed adjustable front end. Chromed OEM fan tower. |
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VeeDubWolf Samba Member
Joined: July 12, 2010 Posts: 656 Location: Yakima, WA
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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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With good surface prep before paint, and perhaps a good coating of wax over the paint, it should look that good for a while! Very nice! _________________ Two Bugs-
'70 rust-bucket sunroof sedan
'69 PO hack-job special
-Plus a wide assortment of various parts'n'junk |
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mikec4193 Samba Member
Joined: July 15, 2014 Posts: 287 Location: Mechanicville NY (Upstate)
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 11:16 am Post subject: |
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Hi tb3830
Love those first pictures of the "before" of this project. If that old bug could talk....wow...that paint job is crazy cool...
thanks for posting on here...
My son lives in Lawrence Kansas...love your part of the country for sure... you guys are an awesome bunch for sure....keep up the good work...
MikeC _________________ Dad bought his first Beetle on Dec 17, 1953. |
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tb03830 Samba Member
Joined: December 02, 2009 Posts: 1045 Location: Leavenworth, KS
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Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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So my son and I worked on the Tranny and got it back in. We will next work on the brakes and associated pieces on the rear of the car.
_________________ "Sic Vic Pacem, Para bellum - Pray for peace, prepare for war."
1964 Convertible Bug - 1600cc SP engine with a stock H30/31 Carb and SVDA Distributor - Swing Arm Highway Flyer Tranny, Gene Berg's Temperature Dipstick, 2.5" drop spindles, 2" narrowed adjustable front end. Chromed OEM fan tower. |
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Chuey Samba Member
Joined: October 18, 2010 Posts: 854 Location: Oceanside, California
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Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:22 pm Post subject: Just saw this thread. |
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I liked the original paint.....at least, most of it.
Chuey |
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tb03830 Samba Member
Joined: December 02, 2009 Posts: 1045 Location: Leavenworth, KS
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 8:36 am Post subject: |
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So My son was playing Forza 6 and decided to put some work into the paint job of the the 1963 Beetle he built i nthe game. Take a look at what he built. Looks almost exactly like the UHG Bug.
Go to this link to see the You tube video he made with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCrV5d7EdG4 _________________ "Sic Vic Pacem, Para bellum - Pray for peace, prepare for war."
1964 Convertible Bug - 1600cc SP engine with a stock H30/31 Carb and SVDA Distributor - Swing Arm Highway Flyer Tranny, Gene Berg's Temperature Dipstick, 2.5" drop spindles, 2" narrowed adjustable front end. Chromed OEM fan tower. |
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Joseph DR Samba Member
Joined: December 20, 2004 Posts: 180 Location: Texas
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:27 am Post subject: |
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Hahaha! That's cool! Great build BTW. _________________ 1964 Beetle |
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tb03830 Samba Member
Joined: December 02, 2009 Posts: 1045 Location: Leavenworth, KS
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Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 12:09 am Post subject: |
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So we got one pan on and we are working on the other. We used a jig to drill holes in the pan to weld it properly. Once we welded the pan on we ground the welds and put RTV Sealant on the joints to fully seal the area. Once dry we covered it in FlexSeal.
_________________ "Sic Vic Pacem, Para bellum - Pray for peace, prepare for war."
1964 Convertible Bug - 1600cc SP engine with a stock H30/31 Carb and SVDA Distributor - Swing Arm Highway Flyer Tranny, Gene Berg's Temperature Dipstick, 2.5" drop spindles, 2" narrowed adjustable front end. Chromed OEM fan tower. |
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VWCHI81 Samba Member
Joined: April 30, 2014 Posts: 53 Location: Kenosha, WI
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Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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Looking good. Nice jig setup for drilling the holes in the floor pans. I'm getting ready to install replacement floor pans as well. Curious, where did you order your replacements from? I'm considering WW for mine, they seem to be the best quality in terms of repro and original gauge... _________________ '69 Bug Matching Numbers
'60 SC Awaiting It's Turn
'69 Build Thread http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=624692&highlight= |
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tb03830 Samba Member
Joined: December 02, 2009 Posts: 1045 Location: Leavenworth, KS
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:31 am Post subject: |
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We got the pans from JBugs but we also got a front clip, rear clip, heater channels, quarter panels and the bulkhead from WolfburgWest (WW) They are OK quality. We have had to convince them to fit in placed but it is not too bad. The metal on everything except the Bulkhead is of average quality but is very thin compared to the original stuff. On the lowest settings of my wire welder I had to be very careful not to blow through on every weld. On positive side I contacted WW on the damage to the pieces as they arrived and they sent me a $50.00 gift card for further purchases even though the damage was done by FEDEX not them. I was not looking to complain only to let them know. _________________ "Sic Vic Pacem, Para bellum - Pray for peace, prepare for war."
1964 Convertible Bug - 1600cc SP engine with a stock H30/31 Carb and SVDA Distributor - Swing Arm Highway Flyer Tranny, Gene Berg's Temperature Dipstick, 2.5" drop spindles, 2" narrowed adjustable front end. Chromed OEM fan tower. |
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tb03830 Samba Member
Joined: December 02, 2009 Posts: 1045 Location: Leavenworth, KS
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:32 am Post subject: |
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Got the drivers side pan all cleaned up and sealed. We are now working on replacing the hubs and getting the break lines put in.
My son is very happy on how it turned out.
_________________ "Sic Vic Pacem, Para bellum - Pray for peace, prepare for war."
1964 Convertible Bug - 1600cc SP engine with a stock H30/31 Carb and SVDA Distributor - Swing Arm Highway Flyer Tranny, Gene Berg's Temperature Dipstick, 2.5" drop spindles, 2" narrowed adjustable front end. Chromed OEM fan tower. |
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tb03830 Samba Member
Joined: December 02, 2009 Posts: 1045 Location: Leavenworth, KS
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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So we got more work done today. We got the break lines I. What a pain to put in non-prebend lines. I also found that our Master Cylinder has 4 points for break lines and a filler point. One point is for the back two lines and one each for the front two lines. Anyone know why that is? Never seen that before.
_________________ "Sic Vic Pacem, Para bellum - Pray for peace, prepare for war."
1964 Convertible Bug - 1600cc SP engine with a stock H30/31 Carb and SVDA Distributor - Swing Arm Highway Flyer Tranny, Gene Berg's Temperature Dipstick, 2.5" drop spindles, 2" narrowed adjustable front end. Chromed OEM fan tower. |
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57BLITZ Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2012 Posts: 2385 Location: DEEK - U.S.A.
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 12:21 am Post subject: |
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tb03830 wrote: |
. . . our Master Cylinder has 4 points for break lines and a filler point. One point is for the back two lines and one each for the front two lines. Anyone know why that is?
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You will certainly want to install a stoplight switch! Sorry . . . it goes into the front hole . . . gotta redo the rear hard-line if ya wanna do it correctly! _________________ Jesucristo es mi Seņor y Salvador! |
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glutamodo The Android
Joined: July 13, 2004 Posts: 26298 Location: Douglas, WY
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I agree, that rear line needs re-done. Also, those are kind of sharp bends compared to how VW did it.
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tb03830 Samba Member
Joined: December 02, 2009 Posts: 1045 Location: Leavenworth, KS
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:34 am Post subject: |
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Sorry guys. You ever have one of those moments when you know it is wrong but everything in you says the way you are doing it is right. After I posted the pics I was like WTF. I know it is wrong and show humility .
I will fix it and repost soon. I am missing some pedal parts and am waiting on them. I am not sure I will change the sharp bend unless I have issues. It seems to work for now. _________________ "Sic Vic Pacem, Para bellum - Pray for peace, prepare for war."
1964 Convertible Bug - 1600cc SP engine with a stock H30/31 Carb and SVDA Distributor - Swing Arm Highway Flyer Tranny, Gene Berg's Temperature Dipstick, 2.5" drop spindles, 2" narrowed adjustable front end. Chromed OEM fan tower. |
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tb03830 Samba Member
Joined: December 02, 2009 Posts: 1045 Location: Leavenworth, KS
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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So we decided to start the sand blasting on the body and we found out that we had weather coming in. So we decided to build a sand blasting booth that we could heat and collect the sand up. We will put a door in the rear also. I think it will work fine. I think we can later use it as a paint booth.
_________________ "Sic Vic Pacem, Para bellum - Pray for peace, prepare for war."
1964 Convertible Bug - 1600cc SP engine with a stock H30/31 Carb and SVDA Distributor - Swing Arm Highway Flyer Tranny, Gene Berg's Temperature Dipstick, 2.5" drop spindles, 2" narrowed adjustable front end. Chromed OEM fan tower. |
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