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pgtips Samba Member
Joined: July 23, 2009 Posts: 860 Location: essex
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danfromsyr Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2004 Posts: 15129 Location: Syracuse, NY
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:34 am Post subject: Re: It's it safe to undo this arm |
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it should be fine the weight of the wheel pivots on it but is held in place sort of by the spring plate, shock and axle.
why not undo the front transmission mount and lower the transmission a little 'carefully'.
I spy with my little eye a radiator and 010 automatic.. *nice.. |
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Wildthings Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:55 am Post subject: Re: It's it safe to undo this arm |
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I agree, lowering the front end of the transaxle would be the way to go. There are a lot of hose, wires, and such that connect between the engine and the body that will limit how much of a drop you can do, but you should be able to drop the nose of the transaxle several inches without having to disconnect much. |
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pgtips Samba Member
Joined: July 23, 2009 Posts: 860 Location: essex
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:35 pm Post subject: Re: It's it safe to undo this arm |
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I did consider dropping the trans a bit but didn't want to (didn't know how much it might) stress anything.
With 2 options I'll see which is easiest tomorrow for access, if the trans drops without problem that will probably be easier to get to. I assume it would need support.
Yes Subaru auto, 010 (or 090 I can't decide even though I built it, both pretty similar.) Was originally 003 so little bit more went into it but I'm happier with a later box, more spares etc. My 1800 blew up so justified the upgrade.
What I'm doing here is fixing an annoying leak which I'll write up next week.
Thank you as always for replies,
Pg _________________ 1975 1.8l FI Auto Westy - Subaru converted
1971 356 kit 1600 TP - semi/stickshift
1971 1302 LS - semi/stickshift
Trim ring info here -> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=559668
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=451210
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=479721 |
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pgtips Samba Member
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