Raising the slammed.........

I'm looking at a Speedster....Its been lowered too far IMHO....The question is "How do you properly set up the torsion spring adjusters.....And hopefully ride height also......

I hate excessive trial and error, so any help is well appreciated........

After perusing the articles here on the Forum, you might want to sneak up on it a bit at a time and keep a watchful on available wheel travel - up and down - as you progress.

Good Learning!

Many articles on this Leon, Gordon has text on this some where too.
Not a huge job for the experienced as I watched a guy set up the ride height in under two hours on Al Shapiro's black speedster I built . ~Alan

Leon told me some of the specs on this car and the engine he has planned for it. Now I wouldn't share such a secret, but...


BOOYAH!

Leon:

Easy-Peasy. Adjusters in the front are the most difficult. If they're "Avis" style, they can be adjusted with the wheels off the ground by using a big allen wrench as a lever on the Avis stud. If they're bolt-adjust style then you just crank the bolt.

If they're the rear ones, I've written articles on it (with pics on speedstershop) and the spring plates can be adjusted in about an hour per side to within 1/4" of what you want. You can easily set up the entire car in an afternoon and 2-3 beers - that includes balancing it on all corners and drinking the beer.

gn

That's assuming you don't START with drinking the beer, right?

"You can easily set up the entire car in an afternoon and 2-3 beers "


What are you 5?

Gordon's article was great! I did mine in the allotted time mentioned but went to adjustable springplates for fine tuning. Do not use talc for lubrication!!!!!!!!!!!! Use the recommended grease to lube your grommets. I sought out pure talc as was recommended on Samba and it squeaks like a (fill in the blank)muther##$%&^(fill in the blank again).

Leon,

Per Lane's post on my last problem go directly to step #7 Drink Beer.
work a little bit and return to step #7 as needed..............

Greg is absolutely right on NOT using talcum powder on torsion bar bushings. This was the recommended 'lubricant' in the VW service manuals and it absolutely sucks. The Germans must have had a totally different baby powder back then (more cornstarch? LESS cornstarch?? - Dunno) but then, I remember hearing more than a few Beetles squeaking around when I was a kid (and 90% of them had squeaking generator bearings, too!!)

The last time I did a car (this past Summer), I lubed them up liberally with CV joint grease and put them together and the result was night and day - no squeaks or anything and they were super-smooth in action.

I've also corrected my article, now using CV joint grease and cautioning against using talc. I used NAPA stuff, but any CV grease with lots of teflon or molybdenum should work well and last for years.

gn