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Title: 26mm torsionbars Post by: wide-5 on February 11, 2009, 10:47:32 am Hey.
I'm about to convert to 26mm torsionbars in the rear of my 60 -1. My question about this is, what's the preload on bars like this? Or do they have any preload at all? Petter Title: Re: 26mm torsionbars Post by: vwtaiwan on February 11, 2009, 10:53:46 am Hey. I installed 30mm torsion bars on 56 bug with stock weight, and the bars just change 2 degree when put on the ground. I'm about to convert to 26mm torsionbars in the rear of my 60 -1. My question about this is, what's the preload on bars like this? Or do they have any preload at all? Petter Title: Re: 26mm torsionbars Post by: BeetleBug on February 11, 2009, 12:09:11 pm I`m afraid you have to try to find out. I have 28 mm and do not have any preload at all, still a bit to high. Some recommend 1/4" above the stop and I will try that later.
Best rgs BB Title: Re: 26mm torsionbars Post by: Harry/FDK on February 11, 2009, 19:43:01 pm I went to 26 mm on my Mex, and had to go one spline lower to get to standard height.
Title: Re: 26mm torsionbars Post by: Ron Greiner on February 13, 2009, 01:26:47 am I put 26 mm bars into my 68 bug and set the pre load @ 11 degrees on left side and
10 degrees on right side. if they are new bars you will have to reset them after a while. Title: Re: 26mm torsionbars Post by: wide-5 on February 13, 2009, 10:10:30 am Great answers.. :)
Thank you guys. Petter. Title: Re: 26mm torsionbars Post by: wide-5 on February 22, 2009, 23:05:11 pm Something went wrong with my order, so i got a set of 28mm instead..
No worries about that.. I'm just happy. ;D So then I try this 1/4" over the stop theory. Thanks again.. Petter Title: Re: 26mm torsionbars Post by: BeetleBug on February 23, 2009, 09:05:35 am Something went wrong with my order, so i got a set of 28mm instead.. No worries about that.. I'm just happy. ;D So then I try this 1/4" over the stop theory. Thanks again.. Petter And you will find out that it will be close to perfect... in my eyes :) Title: Re: 26mm torsionbars Post by: Jon on February 23, 2009, 09:20:28 am Are you racing the car? I have 28's on my car, installed with 0 preload, but I think that might be a mistake... the ride height is perfect but it still squats to much on a glued track... I need to think about how to solve it.
Title: Re: 26mm torsionbars Post by: wide-5 on February 23, 2009, 21:55:26 pm In the moment i'm just prepairing my ride to join the race later. ;)
The engine i have, is just a mild mod 1600. So it's not much of a racer.. :D But later i hope to get a more powerfull engine, and start racing a bit.. |