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Did this work for you? I.e. did the springs settle in such a way that the distance between axle & chassis is roughly what's in the big green book (post #5 above)? I think I'm having exactly the same problem as you i.e. I've refitted my old springs (having cleaned, repainted and greased the...

Brilliant -- thank you!!

This weekend as part of a rebuild I've refurbished the clutch master & slave cylinders on my S3 LWT. Since the engine is not in the vehicle, there is nothing in front of the clutch fork & associated bearing. I have bled the system and, as expected, when I depress the clutch pedal, the fork...

Thank you, both, for your replies. I have refitted the slave cylinder and won't worry about the absence of the spring. :-)

I'm servicing the slave clutch cylinder in my S3 LWT. According to the workshop manual there should be a conical spring inside it, but there isn't. Does this matter? Thanks!

This is brilliant -- thanks, folks!! I'm fitting replacement swivel balls & bearings, so I've assumed the old shims are largely irrelevant. FWIW I've got an o-ring round the bottom pin. Depending on what the feeler gauges tell me about the symmetry of the fit of the ball, I guess I'll decide...

Am rebuilding my 1975 S3 Lightweight -- currently working on front axle. When I took it apart, there was a shim on the *bottom* of the swivel ball housings (between the housing and the steering arms) as well as the top. It turns out that these are shown in the parts manual ("as required"), but...