Post by CrazyBrit on May 4, 2020 21:00:01 GMT -8
I have been on and off as to whether I should update my Split's rear suspension for several years. The gearing is so low that I find myself unable to keep up with traffic on the highway. And by that, I don't just mean modern traffic. I mean other old VWs... Although my reduction boxes are rebuilt later big nut, which supposedly gives higher gearing when coupled with the OG split case, they are loud, energy sapping and I'd like to remove them. I ran with a straight axle kit and dropped spindles a few years ago, but it required that I run the bus too low for my liking.
So, what does this have to do with a rusty POS 1968 Westy? Well, it is possible to use the rear end of an early bay under a split. There are different methods of doing this, some of which involve cutting or removing the framehorns, a road that I am not willing to follow. My plan is to go with bolt in. Anyway, more of that in another post.
Jim put me onto this bus late last year, and the owner was willing to give me the bus, if I was able to remove it. It has been sat in the backwoods of Nanoose since the mid nineties. I considered trying to haul it out myself, but it's location, completely frozen wheels and advanced state of falling apart made this impractical. In stepped Mid Island Towing, who dragged it rear end first out of the forest and up the highway. The rear end was lifted and the front end dollied! I am amazed it made it mostly in one piece. Either way, it was money well spent.
Although I now have a nice wide, empty driveway, it was partly dug up, and the asphalted areas covered in rock and piles of dirt until very recently. I only wanted specific parts, so the most sensible option was for this bus to go somewhere where it could see out it's days with others in a similar state, and be harvested for the parts I did not need to keep others running. Thanks to Reagh, it is now sat on his acreage with a multitude of others.
So, what does this have to do with a rusty POS 1968 Westy? Well, it is possible to use the rear end of an early bay under a split. There are different methods of doing this, some of which involve cutting or removing the framehorns, a road that I am not willing to follow. My plan is to go with bolt in. Anyway, more of that in another post.
Jim put me onto this bus late last year, and the owner was willing to give me the bus, if I was able to remove it. It has been sat in the backwoods of Nanoose since the mid nineties. I considered trying to haul it out myself, but it's location, completely frozen wheels and advanced state of falling apart made this impractical. In stepped Mid Island Towing, who dragged it rear end first out of the forest and up the highway. The rear end was lifted and the front end dollied! I am amazed it made it mostly in one piece. Either way, it was money well spent.
Although I now have a nice wide, empty driveway, it was partly dug up, and the asphalted areas covered in rock and piles of dirt until very recently. I only wanted specific parts, so the most sensible option was for this bus to go somewhere where it could see out it's days with others in a similar state, and be harvested for the parts I did not need to keep others running. Thanks to Reagh, it is now sat on his acreage with a multitude of others.
