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eriksonalex1307 Samba Member
Joined: June 26, 2022 Posts: 27 Location: Indonesia
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 6:32 am Post subject: Rear Wheel Height Measurement for Beetle 1961 |
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Hello... could anyone know what it the correct Measurement for Standard / normal rear wheel height ?? Would it be possible to get the correct standard Height By adjusting The plate that i circled on the photo ??
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ZEKE65 Samba Member
Joined: December 16, 2018 Posts: 334 Location: Right Coast, Florida
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 7:29 am Post subject: Re: Rear Wheel Height Measurement for Beetle 1961 |
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You will need a digital incline meter, or some way to measure the angle. But I found this chart when I was setting my rear end up. The measurement is taken with the arm off of the lower stop, and hanging down. You have to be really careful getting the torque plate off of the stop because it will snap down, and can injure you. You can place a jack under the arm with a chain around the jack to the car to keep it from raising up. Or you can buy a screw jack type tool to do it. These are the angle to have a stock height. With the car level.
_________________ 1965 VW Sedan, 1968 C10 Step BB, 99 C5 |
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eriksonalex1307 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 5:52 am Post subject: Re: Rear Wheel Height Measurement for Beetle 1961 |
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To be honest , i'm still confused. Anyway thank you very much for the chart... appreciated it very much |
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Q-Dog Samba Member
Joined: April 05, 2010 Posts: 8700 Location: Sunset, Louisiana
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eriksonalex1307 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 6:57 am Post subject: Re: Rear Wheel Height Measurement for Beetle 1961 |
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Thank you for the picture.. so what degree should be the original one for 1962 beetle ?? |
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ZEKE65 Samba Member
Joined: December 16, 2018 Posts: 334 Location: Right Coast, Florida
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:05 am Post subject: Re: Rear Wheel Height Measurement for Beetle 1961 |
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17 1/2 degrees _________________ 1965 VW Sedan, 1968 C10 Step BB, 99 C5 |
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eriksonalex1307 Samba Member
Joined: June 26, 2022 Posts: 27 Location: Indonesia
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 11:06 pm Post subject: Re: Rear Wheel Height Measurement for Beetle 1961 |
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Thank you so much |
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rcroane Samba Member
Joined: January 03, 2013 Posts: 2000 Location: Springfield, Virginia
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 3:38 am Post subject: Re: Rear Wheel Height Measurement for Beetle 1961 |
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Make sure you read up on how to adjust the torsion bar spring plates. There are plenty of threads on the subject and some videos. It's not a simple job and, as pointed out, you can injure yourself. Also, the spring plate angle quoted above assumes the car is level, so you'll need to compensate for that when adjusting the torsion bar splines.
This tool makes the job easier/safer.
https://www2.cip1.com/acc-c10-7047/ _________________ '65 Sunroof Bug |
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