Vw Bug Z Bar

The z bar can be made to replicate the cc characteristics by removing the inherent play in the linkage.

Vw bug z bar. This article is about my discovery of and installation of the missing equalizer spring that volkswagen had installed in the 1967 year and early 1968 year vw bugs. The z bars used on 67 and 68 swingaxle bugs was nothing more than an overload spring used with the smallest diameter torsion bars vw ever made to give a more luxurious ride. Suspension sold each. To complicate things the equalizer spring goes by many names making it elusive to what its true function really is.

Guides sleeves and bushings that you will need to complete this task. This air cooled vw z bar kit contains all the bushings that you need to rebuild both sides of your z bar restore the factory style anti sway system on the rear of your vw. This kit includes all of the damping rings stops. Vwc 113 501 833 113501833 rear z bar anti roll bar pivot lever with bushing left or right side beetle ghia 68 77 with swingaxle transmission 67 68 usa models only not for i r s.

Rear anti roll bar z bar and sway bar. 1967 1968 z bar bushing kit. Many many 67 beetle owners around the world appreciate the fruits of your labor. They are not anti roll sway bars.

What the z bar does not do is limit the simultaneous downward movement of the axles tubes but vw did alter the camber of the rear wheels to limit the negative effects of this. Vw provided the z bar at nearly the same time ralph nader was cracking down on the corvair for it s dangerous swingaxle handling traits. The z bar on the rear was activated when the passengers sat in the back. They only come into play when the load overcomes the torsion bars and the rubber bushings contact the arms.

Both 356 s and fourmula v s commonly used z bars to improve the handleing of thier cars albiet without the built in play of the vw system. Just giving a explanation hot to install a vw beetle z bar rear suspension. 1967 vintage volkswagen beetle z bar. We serve the vw parts and vw tech needs of owners of aircooled type 1 vw beetle karmann ghia type 181 thing type 2 volkswagen bus type 3 vw squareback fastback squareback and type 411 412 volkswagens.

Jay salser on march 8 2017.