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Title: rum snout machine down
Post by: iceneweb on September 06, 2011, 10:58:24 AM

Need to get my type 3 wide 5 drums machined down for the shorter 71 bug irs axles. Where's a good place to take em? Anyone know the exact amount to take off? Thx, Mark

Title: Re: rum snout machine down
Post by: steveo_32 on September 30, 2011, 09:42:09 AM

most general machine shops can do it, take off four inch's....................really, would i lie? to you?

Title: Re: rum snout machine down
Post by: iceneweb on September 30, 2011, 09:44:43 AM

I might not need to get that done after all, but I do need to get my beetle irs control arms shortened. Goddamn pita!

Title: Re: rum snout machine down
Post by: steveo_32 on September 30, 2011, 09:57:03 AM

okay, depending on what axles you have and backing plates ect. offset spring plates or not,
Rough guess is about 1/2 inch off the snout.

Title: Re: rum snout machine down
Post by: Bruce on September 30, 2011, 09:23:50 PM

The number parrotted about the interweb is 5/8". 
I've been meaning to gather the parts together to measure the actual difference in mm, but haven't gotten around to it.

Title: Re: rum snout machine down
Post by: iceneweb on September 30, 2011, 10:09:23 PM

Bruce, are you referring to control arm shortening? I read on the Steeringboxscraper site thread (not Samba) about IRS that 3/4" per arm needs to be cut out.

Title: Re: rum snout machine down
Post by: iceneweb on September 30, 2011, 10:10:32 PM

Which is close enough to 5/8" I guess. ;)

Title: Re: rum snout machine down
Post by: Bruce on October 01, 2011, 12:09:22 PM

Control arm?  I thought we were talking about the brake drum?

Title: Re: rum snout machine down
Post by: iceneweb on October 01, 2011, 06:01:05 PM

Quote from: Bruce on October 01, 2011, 12:09:22 PM

Control arm?  I thought we were talking about the brake drum?

i put em together and it looks like they wont need to be machined.

however . . . . . . ive got the problem of my type 1 irs control arms being pushed out too far due to the wider torsion housing on a type 2. so, having read lots of steeringboxscrapers

http://www.steeringboxscrapers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2774

i have to decide whether to narrow my torsion housing (nah), find longer axles (no luck), or shorten the control arms. on page 5/6 of the above thread, i read that 3/4" is the recommended amount to shorten them by.