Category: Other People’s Parts

So I decided I’m just going to give away a lot of the parts I have no need for. If someone local needs them then why not? I already have given away 1 full set of original Super Beetle brake drums. They are pretty rusty both inside and out, but the tolerance looks good enough…

Got a little work done in the garage today. The hurricane level winds dropped the wind chill into the 20s so it wasn’t very pleasant to be out there even with the garage door closed. Still working on the strut and suspension tear down. The sway bar will just not separate from the damn 1302…

So I’ve been working on those 1302 front struts and spindles off and on for weeks and was making zero progress in separately the spindle off the damn strut bottom. No amount of heat, soaking, whacking, etc. that I could do with my tools in my garage made a difference. We got the gland nuts…

I managed to make some progress in the garage today. I tackled those 1303 struts. I got the springs off. None of it too difficult. Front brakes all separated well and I’ve salvaged the backing plates to see if anyone wants them. Of course, I turned my focus back to the 1302 struts and didn’t…

So today was another futile day in trying to separate the struts from the spindles on those old parts. Two sessions of penetrating catalyst have resulted in nothing so tomorrow I think I’ll pull out the torch and try to see if heat will make a difference.  

So the two 1303 control arms I purchased off The Samba Classifieds from Avery’s Air-Cooled finally arrived. These were the two I found and paid for earlier in the morning before I went down to southern Ohio and was sold the entire 1302 front suspension, spindles, and control arms for $30 total. I’ll have Mak…