Removing and installing metal bush and upper and lower needle bearing — VW

Special tools and workshop equipment required

VW 768
VW 767

Fig.23
Install upper metal bush and upper needle bearing

Press drift into until the metal bush collar lies on the suspension tube. The marking shows outwards.

A -
VW 768

Fig.24
Install lower metal bush and lower needle bearing

Press drift into until the metal bush collar lies on the suspension tube. The marking shows outwards.

A -
VW 767

Fig.25
Install metal bush and lower needle bearing Installation dimension without drift

a. Metal bush
top 122 + 2 mm / bottom 132 + 2 mm
b. Needle bearing
top 3. 5 + 0.2 mm / bottom 5 +0.2 mm

Repairing instruction for front axle type 1 with offset metal bush.

Note:

For this change see time units on page
40-65

Symptoms on the vehicle when the metal bush has moved

a) When braking, the vehicle moves towards the side on which the bush has moved.
b) When driving on uneven roads the steering wheel can not easily be controlled.
c) If the vehicle is lifted up on a platform and one of the front wheels moves upwards and downwards the wishbone play is to big.
This work can also be performed with the tool VW 771.

Self-made tool

Make a narrow and a wide rod out of old or used torsion rods of the type 1 as follows:

1 -
Narrow rod
2 -
Wide rod

Procedure

1.- Remove front wheel, swivel joint, wishbones, front torsion rods on both vehicle sides from upper or lower tube, depending on the side on which the bush is moved.
2.- Remove grease from the inner tube.
3.- Observe condition of metal and plastic bushes. Usually the plastic bushes are in good conditions and in the right place. The metal bushes sometimes move in direction of the inner tube.
4.- The metal bush must be guided with the changed narrow torsion rod until it engages into the plastic bush, see following figure:

Lead metal bush through the plastic bush.

1 -
Changed narrow torsion rod
2 -
Front axle beam
3 -
Plastic bush
4 -
Loosened metal bush

5.- Bring metal bush with wide torsion rod in the right installation position. When doing this lightly knock opposite side of the tube:

Lightly knock until the metal bush is seated correctly into the plastic bush.

1 -
Front axle beam
2 -
Plastic bush
3 -
Metal bush
4 -
Changed rod
5 -
Plastic hammer

6.- To avoid that the metal bushes moving again in the plastic bushes, the marked places on the tubes should be punched lightly using a hammer and a drift.

Punch lightly the three marked places on the tube.

A -
Front axle beam
1 -
Hammer
2 -
Drift