I've never had anyone ask about the slight lean I have on my Westy and the thougt of loading one side with spacers to get it up 3/4" hasn't excited me. I quote from one of my recent posts " I considered swaping my springs left to right to correct the lean and then I ran out of Beer". Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 20:09:50 EST Frank Grunthaner <FrankGRUN@AOL.COM> writes: > Sorry, must chime in here. The use of Teflon spacers or shims in > this > application is a very bad idea. Bulk Teflon flows in response to > long term > static pressure. These shims will relax and change thickness over > time. The > effect would be particularly strong if the spring directly contacts > the > Teflon. I have readily moved 1/2 inch bar stock, 1/2 inch into 3/4 > inch thick > bulk Teflon. > > Frank Grunthaner > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. |
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