944 turbo rear in a splitty

[paul_f]

Pillow,

Use Russ's top shock mounts - or if you have a lathe make your own. They are a piece of 20mm round stock about 25mm in length and tapped in the centre which you weld to the underside of the chassis rail, where the u shaped support is. I then used Mini front shocks due to the reduced distance.

Anything else will knock the bushes out of the shocks rapidly

Russ doesn't charge a lot for these

Paul

[MattKab]

Paul F, what shox are you using?

Matt

[paul_f]

Some Gabriel Red rider austin mini front shocks. Apparently they are 50% uprated - I got mine for 10 quid each from Brown Brothers - some guys on a mini forum recommended them. I removed the steel insert from the bushes and then pressed in the ones I had removed from the beetle rear cofaps I had previously.

Paul

[MattKab]

Thanks for the tip.. I'm helping a mate gather parts for a low IRS '66 Bus, may have some more Splitty questions...

Matt

[paul_f]

No problem, I recommend you speak to Oldspeed for the sway awat driveshafts cheap cheap!

[MattKab]

T3D supplied the '68/'69 parts, along with a pair stock T2 driveshafts, is there an issue with the length, did I hear?

Matt

[paul_f]

Oh if you are not running 944 rear then its not too bad, very low though and they are too long and the CVs will get knocked out quickly, as will the grease seals on the output flanges from the box, therefore soaking the CVs in oil.