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Title: Short axle swap Post by: gyles on August 01, 2009, 18:32:16 pm Dunno if it's been discussed before, but I am looking to swap the stock long axles on my '72 1200 bug for race axles. Thought it would be a good time to swap for short axles at the same time, just for the look of it 8)
Can anyone who has done this before advise if it is a straight forward swap requiring just the shorter axles and tubes, or are there hidden problems around the corner ??? After the swap, will my car feel any different on road and strip, or will it drive the same :-\ Title: Re: Short axle swap Post by: deano on August 01, 2009, 23:03:10 pm When you say "tubes" you should be looking for the end castings... Tube lengths are the same between long axles and short. Of course, sometimes you can switch out the tube and castings as a whole, to make the conversion.
Title: Re: Short axle swap Post by: Lids on August 02, 2009, 09:15:22 am there is a thrad on here somewhere, complete with the HOT VW's article.
Title: Re: Short axle swap Post by: gyles on August 04, 2009, 10:40:12 am OK, thanks for that.
Been looking but can't find that other post anywhere ??? Anyone got any more info? What's a good brand of race axle and which are the ones to avoid? Title: Re: Short axle swap Post by: Diederick/DVK on August 04, 2009, 10:48:33 am mostly specs show SAW axles.
please post the link when you find it :) Title: Re: Short axle swap Post by: Lids on August 04, 2009, 11:00:18 am hope this helps :)
Title: Re: Short axle swap Post by: gyles on August 05, 2009, 10:40:38 am hope this helps :) Thanks for that. How to confuse a stupid person ;) |