FAQ 69
Question: I've got a 1974 bug thats lowered with spindles and beam in the front and I've adjusted the torsion bars in the rear. I recently bought some of those adjustable spring plates (they look identical to yours - they need that other hole drilled). My torsion bars appear to be too long.....they stick out like yours. I was wondering about how long the splines are, measuring from the end? Did you keep the stock torsion bars or did you swap them for 1968 bars? Answer: I haven't measured my rear torsion bars, but they are stock for 1973. You need to have spring plates designed for the late model longer torsion bars. Getting those spring plates on can be a chore. I greatly simplified the task by notching my spring plates. Notching has potential drawbacks, but it has worked very well for me. The other trick to getting the torsion bar back on is to use longer spring plate retainer bolts to pull the retainer and spring plate on. If those bolts turn out to be too long, replace them one at a time with shorter bolts. Do this before tightening the whole assembly down.
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