my IRS rear suspension upgrade

[helowrench]

Opening this up in case anyone has questions while I am upgrading the rear suspension on my 70vert Beetle.
Suspension disassembled, and today, I mounted the trailing arms back in place with new rubber bushings.
WARNING: this will be slow.

Torsion bars were the standard 19mm wish stock bars. Measured .768 od with the paint on them.
924/944 23mm bars are now installed at a 2* less preload, for my attempt at not having a stupidly hard rear suspension. Time will tell if they need to be readjusted for ride height.

The other suspension upgrade will be the 924/944 sway bar that is going to be mounted, after the diagonals go back on. Diagonals will have the urethane bushings installed, and bearings greased, and resealed.

Rob

[Bruce.m]

How are you mounting the sway bar? I welded on new 924/944 chassis mounts to the torsion tube.

[helowrench]

I will post pictures, as that is the main reason for this thread.
I am using U Bolts, and a few other bits.

[TedzBug]

Did you get pics of this?

I'm doing almost exactly the same thing this weekend..... But maybe waiting to do my swaybar, as the front hasn't been upgraded and I am on narrow tires still....

[helowrench]

Ted,
Thanks for the reminder.
I will try to get the pics up.
I am not complete, I still have to drill the spring plate for the drop link.

[TedzBug]

I did the swap, not enough preload. (Sitting slammed, about 2" from hard bumpstops)

Got the pass side readjusted last night, driver side tonite....... (height looked good, we'll see after a test drive tonight)