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restcon Samba Member
Joined: October 26, 2020 Posts: 37 Location: Columbus Ohio
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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:47 am Post subject: Rear Suspension - IRS? |
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Is the rear suspension on a 74 Thing and independent suspension?
Are there torsion bars and what do they do? |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12850 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 7:15 am Post subject: Re: Rear Suspension - IRS? |
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Yes, your ‘74 has IRS & yes, it has torsion bars. Torsion bars are the springs that hold your vehicle up. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
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Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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KAmes Samba Member
Joined: February 16, 2014 Posts: 876 Location: Illinois
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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:47 pm Post subject: Re: Rear Suspension - IRS? |
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Torsion bars are inside the tube at the pivot where the rear suspension moves. There is a separate one for left and right sides, hence independent. The end near the center of the car is fixed in place, while the outer end pictured is attached to the moving part of the suspension. The bar twists as the suspension compresses and then springs back.
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Wildthings Samba Member
Joined: March 13, 2005 Posts: 50338
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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 1:38 am Post subject: Re: Rear Suspension - IRS? |
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On a rear engine VW IRS refers to a suspension system using CV joints verses one using swing axles. Both setups are actually independent rear systems |
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