VW Bus Front Beam Removal | 1969 Bus Revival Project | Episode 26

In this video I remove my stock front beam from my 1969 Baywindow Bus. I plan to install a narrowed front beam from California Import Parts - CIP1. I had already installed some drop spindles from EMPI a few weeks earlier and when I test drove it my tires were rubbing on the outside edge of my fenders. I Finally decided to order the narrowed beam that I will install in part two of this video.
Other note, my bus is a 1969 which came stock with drum brakes. I have converted to a disc brake kit from EMPI. That is what pushed my wheels out plus the wheel adapter that I added to allow for the 5x205 bolt pattern. EMPI only allows for a conversion from pre 1971 to 1971 and later wheel hubs. This hub has the smaller 5 bolt pattern I think it’s 5x113. I wanted to keep the vintage wide five bolt pattern that came on the 1968 and ‘69 models.
Leave a comment if you have questions, I’ll try to help out. There is limited info on KZbin and forget about the forums on The Samba.

[@pstreetgarage7304]

Nice job. Came out pretty good

[@SanDiego_VDubLife]

Thanks bud.

[@oscar_dubs]

Hell yeah homie!. Great job.

[@SanDiego_VDubLife]

Jaaa thanks dude. When is your next video update on the buggie?

[@juniorclassicvwbugs924]

Good job brother

[@SanDiego_VDubLife]

Thanks dude

[@sparkyspokes]

Great video.

[@SanDiego_VDubLife]

Thanks Sparky. Let’s see how your bus is doing now that the garage is straightened out 😁

[@pstreetgarage7304]

I just watched this again for the second time. If I just want to drop my beam to clean it. Could I leave the brakes and shocks on. Not really interested in changing the ride height

[@SanDiego_VDubLife]

Oh yeah for sure. Many people do that because they want to change out the entire front end. But it is a lot of work just to do a cleaning. Unless you are gonna do maintenance I would just leave it and use a lot of degreaser. If you are addressing rust issues than yeah drop it.

[@juniorclassicvwbugs924]

What was the main reason you removed the beam?

[@SanDiego_VDubLife]

I removed it to replace it with a narrowed adjustable beam

[@juniorclassicvwbugs924]

How do you like it.

[@SanDiego_VDubLife]

@@juniorclassicvwbugs924 love it works fine. Only two issues so far. I need a new set of torsion bars to stiffen up the suspension since I’m lower so I don’t scrap when I hit dips. The other issue is I need to adjust the steering limiter. Hopefully I can. I need to take a look. My turning radius is shorter than stock