Date:         Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:32:00 -0500
Reply-To:     "Carrington, Tom" <tcarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Carrington, Tom" <tcarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Subject:      Re: New shocks problem
Content-Type: text/plain

I don't think KYB makes the GasAdjust (Hi pressure)shocks for the front. I
have the KYB GR-2's (Low pressure) on the front of my crewcab, and hope to
install the GasAdjust on the rears late in the Spring when I put a new
clutch in.

TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com
http://www.relitech.com/tomc
http://volksweb.relitech.com
85 Vanagon Crew Cab
82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
65 Notchback

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark McCulley [SMTP:transporter99@HOTMAIL.COM]
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 10:02 AM
> To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      Re: New shocks problem
>
> Did you put the KYB GasAdjust shocks on the front? If so these shocks are
> generally considered to be too stiff for use on the front. You'll probably
> want to replace these with an oil-filled shock like the OEM shocks.
>
> MM
>
> >From: Alain Thibault <alain@INTERGATE.BC.CA>
> >Reply-To: Alain Thibault <alain@INTERGATE.BC.CA>
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: New shocks problem
> >Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 01:01:58 -0700
> >
> >Hi
> >I just had some new KYB shocks installed on my van.At the back it seems
> >ok but the front wheels drive very rough...like if there were no shocks.
> >My old ones (10 YEARS'OLD) were doing better.It's particularly noisy
> >(bang type of noise) on bumpy road as the weels do not seem to absorb
> >the bumps. Is there any kind of adjustment that can be done on shocks?
> >Also, could driving in these conditions damage any other parts of the
> >suspension  ?
> >Thanks
> >Alain Thibault
> >Vancouver,BC
>
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