No Rear Suspention Movement

I bought a used CMC on a VW pan. The rear suspention does nor move at all. It is in the high possition. What should I check or try to fix it?

Is the engine in it? If not, it'll go all the way up and takes a whole lot of weight in the back seat (jumping up and down) to make it move.

If the engine is in, the same back seat jumping should move the back up and down a couple of inches or so. That will quickly tell you if something is "frozen" or not. You might have a frozen shock absorber, but I doubt that the suspension is frozen.

Then get a good VW service manual and read the section about removing/replacing/adjusting the rear suspension torsion bars (or check under the "knowlege" section of this forum). They're not especially hard to set, just time consuming and can be dangerous if not given proper respect, since the rear springs (torsion bars) are under tension and the trailing arms can hurt you if you don't take precautions when removing/adjusting them. There are probably several guys on the forum (including me) who can talk/email you through the process when you get to that point.

Good luck! Gordon

Kenneth, are you saying that when you drive it around your rear suspension doesn't move? Need a bit more info.
Ron

The engine is in the car. Since I bought it used it has not moved. I have large jack stands under the rear shocks. It appears to be locked up. I was wondering if there is a binding point that might be common?

It is unlikely that the rear has seized up. Could be that the wrong shocks have been installed. It is also possible that there are air adjustable shocks with too much air in them. My car doesn

I removed the shocks and they are fine. The torsion arm are still pointing downward without any movement. Is there any ideas other than having the torsion adjusted?

Could you post a photo of the suspension? An unlikely possibility is that the spring plate has slipped off the stop and is wedged in the down position. Is this an IRS or swing axel car?