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OK, so assuming that you have, along with all of the stuff you've replaced, thoroughly greased the torsion bar trailing arm bearings (those four grease fittings on the ends of your front beam) and the left front is now traveling nicely up and down and settling in more-or-less the same place every time you bounce it (it won't be exactly the same place, but close), and it's STILL lower on the left front corner (along with a slightly higher right rear corner), then the answer all along has been that the rear torsion bar/spring plates are out of adjustment.

 

Yes, having the rear end off can cause the front end to be off, and because of the physics involved with the suspension, a little difference at the rear causes a slightly larger difference at the front.

 

Here is everything you'll need to know to adjust the rear:

 

https://www.speedsterowners.com...rear-ride-height--vw

 

I no longer use talcum powder on the rear torsion bar rubber bushings.  I found that they tend to dry out and squeak in a year or so with the powder, so I've gone to CV Joint grease instead with better results.

 

I also tend to adjust the rear with an eye towards the regular driver's overall weight.  I only weigh about 150 pounds (and some of you guys thought I was bigger than that, huh?) so I made mine sit 1/4" higher on the left.  For heavier folks and if they want it adjusted like this, I tend to crank in a bit more resting height so that when they get in it levels out.

 

gn

 

 

Last edited by Gordon Nichols
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