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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........

Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.....  

 

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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
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).
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
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