Worst VW Sand Rail Just Gets Worse  

This is very encouraging. As I consider my first rail build, I am glad there are people far more incompetent than myself at measuring and have built rails that work. 😆 🤣 😂

I used to be a welder/fabricator for Caterpillar and that project would bother me too. Throw it out back and buy the other one imo.

I'd sell it as is, or stick a 40 horse motor in it, tell the new owner about the frame as most people aren't gonna care. You think you've got problems, I'm in the UK and my new rail is so rusty from being found in a field, that I've gotta replace the whole bottom 12 inches of it with new tubing

Need an update

Not to be a kill joy but the 3 rib and the beetle transmission are identical internally. Only difference is the ring and pinion ratio. Reverse through 4 the gears themselves are identical width and strength. Ratios vary depending on year. Just be careful buying a rail I’ve seen the bottoms of the tubes rotted out. I’ve built at least 10 in my time my last being Honda v6 powered with a 6 rib with super diff. The frame horns do bend easily so I’d investigate that the 1” in 6’ is minimal your tilt is most likely bent frame horns.

how do you look at your neighbour the same lol

Sandrail frames bend and twist all the time. It's always going to be off by some amount. Doesn't matter in the sand anyway. Trade in some unnecessary stress for some fun and just drive the shit out of that thing then toss it. DUNEBUGGY!!!

cut it up fix it.

Did you sell it yet? Where are you located?

any updates?

What happened to the klx300r

Fix it! otherwise its just scrap.