Type 4 steering damper NLA

[Bill K.]

Aircooled.net and bughaus.com both are out of type 4 steering dampers and report they are NLA

I was able to get the last one at bughaus, so I'm good for now.

Any ideas for future replacements?

[albert]

hy bill , they sale that in many place , try ,,cip. 1 ,,, and samba ,,,

[Specky VW freak]

Came across this problem myself. Even bought some NOS dampers, but the seals had gone and they didn't last very long.

As a result my 412 sedan currently runs with a super beetle one that had the end cut off and a Type 4 one professionally welded on in its place (damper kept in bucket of water while this was done to keep damper cool).

[raygreenwood]

With just a little work there are a number of generic dampers that can work. I measured some out a few years back from the generic truck dampers available at Pep boys. A few of the 1" models juuuust barely fit.

Right now, I am running two type 4 dampers. They run "spoon style"...end to end...with a simple bracket holing them together. It works nicely for roads with lots of washboard. Ray