After much procrastination I finally put in new wheel bearings on my T2...Actually it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Luckily my dad had tons of bits for the die-grinder and it wasn't too hard to punch out the old races...



Following the install we took it for a spin and its perfect No more humming noise while cruising...



One thing I'm confused about though is concering the image I attached. I noticed that the left front spring has a sort of spacer in it. Unfortunately I don't have my digital camera now so I quickly cad modelled what it looks like. The weird thing is this mechanism is only on the left side...not on the right front spring. And I don't have them on my 91 n/a either...The car sits level, handles fine, and isn't raised/lowered. I couln't tell the material but it almost seemed like more of a molded solid plastic or wood feel...definately wasn't home made or custom. Any ideas? Thanks

 

those things are to help sagging springs, its a domestic car thing



mike

 

Nice picture.

 

yeah, thats really good for a doodle, i thought you nabbed it from a catalog or something



mike

 

haha...i have no excuses...I'm either the sketch or CAD jockey at work...



Thanks for the info Mike...



hmmmm ...I wonder how long its been on there...oh well