Date:         Thu, 15 Jun 2000 07:22:59 -0500
Reply-To:     Chris Smith <chris.smith@aquila.com>
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From:         Chris Smith <chris.smith@aquila.com>
Subject:      Re: Always slanted a "little" to left.. hmm..??
Comments: To: Yoshi <dolphin@mars.netspace.or.jp>
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At 06:16 PM 6/15/00 +0900, Yoshi wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>My 87Westy is always slanted a "little" to left(Drivers side).
>Which Westy has the same inclination, too?

Hmm.. that collates to a story in USA Today ( I wish we received a real
newspaper here) that shows that the entire world is leaning to a more
liberal political stance.. oh.. you mean listing to port?.. now that's
something else.

>I unloaded all baggages from Westy..
>Then I checked the following symptom. They had no problem, too.
>
>1) Westy runs straight. A steering wheel doesn't have a strange habit.
>2) Tire pressure is normal.
>3) I don't replace Shocks and Outer/Inner bearings.

Welcome to the wonderful world of westy tilt.  If you look inside, you'll
see that all the really neat cabinets and water tanks and propane tanks are
all on the drivers side.  there is some serious weight with those.  Heck,
water is 8 pounds/gal (1 Kg/L ) with a 12 gal ( aporox 48 L ) tank there is
a bunch of weight right there.  All that weight over time will wear the
left springs faster than the right, and you'll develop the lean.  Westfalia
replaced the rear springs with stronger ones to compensate for this, but
many have either worn out these springs, or had them replaced with stock
springs.  Either way, the lean shows up sooner or later.  A good spring
shop should be able to replace them with nice strong and even springs.

Good Luck
Chris