Narley DudeŽ wrote:
> It has come to that time for me to replace rear wheel bearing and such
> while I'm at it, in which I need to bring up this question of "what"
> to look for:
>
> I have a 72 SB convertible. If you look at the rear wheels instead of
> being nice and vertically straight or slightly inwards... mine are
> leaning outwards. Not a "slightly"...more like a step or two beyond.
> (if that makes any sense)
> What is doing this? How do I adjust/fix it?
> Trailing arms messed up.... maybe?
> Any suggestions are welcome.
>
>
> Narley DudeŽ
Old IRS Beetles with many miles show this. If there's no
sign of severe accident damage, then the spring plate/torsion bars
have to be reset.
On the bearings, see the how-to article in the Mech section
of my web site.
Speedy Jim
http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/