68 beetle axle bearing seal assembly

[fivelugshortaxle]

converted my 68 long axle to short axle. Does anyone have a picture of the assembly of bearing and seals? It seems a bit confusing to me because the old bearings that came out are a smaller diameter than the bearings that Rancho sent me. The larger bearings actually seem to be too big....as in width....bearing assembly cap does not mate flush when assembled but it will with the smaller diameter bearings. Should I just go with the smaller bearings or what?
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If the new bearings are different in any way from what you took out of your long axle tubes, I would contact Rancho. All 60's swing axles used the same outer bearing at the wheel. The bearings sit in the end of the axle tube differently from the 68 long/long set up to the 66 short/short setup, so you will need the 66-earlier caps for your backing plates. A search for "axle seal" came up with this in the gallery.

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[deadkombi]

Hi mate, I measured some bearings out of my short axle set up and they are 72mm diameter and 19mm wide/thick. All the best cheers.

[neil68]

[mcmscott]

ALL SWING AXLE AXLE BEARINGS ARE THE SAME, with the exeption of t-2 swings
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[fivelugshortaxle]

A lot about this 68 is odd. The spindles were even different.....the hile where the steering arm goes in was actually smaller than normal also.
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Good things come to those who wait.
2332 with lots of goodies....
Rotating assembly balanced by Brothers VW
4340 84mm crank
AA 94mm p&c' s
Total seal 2nd ring, rest are Grants
5.5 h beams
Magnum straight cuts
Steve Long XR310 on a 106
CB 1.4 rockers
CB Magnaspark 2 distributor
NGK D7ea plugs
A1 lowdown 1 3/4 with single muffler
Dellorto 48's with 40 venturies
Kennedy Stage 2 with Daiken disc

[mark tucker]

yes those 68's are apparently a lot different with the steering arms connected to the rear axles like that. I wood be lost too. I think rancho sent some irs bearings by mistake. but what I was wondering was.... it says swing alxe bearing cap-late style.....but...the parts list dosent list a "CAP".....

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[fes]

The caps are definitely different from shot axles to long..here's the problem I ran into while doing the Rancho short axle swap in my Ghia..The caps numbers share the same numbers, however, one is suffixed with an A..The difference in depth is about 1/4"
You might also have to machine 5/8" off of the nose of your drums like I did..

From Samba gallery..
Here' my setup for my '68

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[fes]

Yes..perfectly
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