Date:         Wed, 9 Jan 2002 23:05:19 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Swithcing springs to correct sway to the left on a camper
Comments: To: developtrust@HOME.COM
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Boy I'm going to sound old with this one.
Back in the 60s I worked for a GM dealer and we all know their cars
weren't really great back then.
The short version.
We often rotated springs in both the front and rear to compensate for
droop. The turning of the spring in the seat pockets actually made a
difference.
With MG midgets, MGs, Triumphs you just buy new springs because I think
Lucas manufactured them since they all drop within a few years and the
hammering self destructs your frame, spindles etc.
So you might just give them a turn and see if it helps but ten years of
leaning heavy on one side may require shims or possibly new springs.
I considered swaping mine left to right on both the front and rear but I
ran out of beer.
Make a stick with your current height marked and make your changes, I'd
like know if the stick gets longer or shorter.

Stan Wilder

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 20:20:38 -0800 developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM>
writes:
> After my trip to the VW graveyard to find stock spring seats I found
> them
> not even taken off the vehicle yet AND they were only about 1/8 inch
> thick
> anyway. An unproductive journey.
>
> I wondered on the way home if anyone has ever switched springs on
> the back
> from left to right and visa versa to correct for the sway to the
> left?
>
> Because the front springs are so much more work, new springs seem
> like a
> better idea there, or using a 1/2 inch plastic kitchen cutting board
> to make
> a custom made leveling shim for the front left as one archive post
> suggested
> (For front 5 & 3/8 diameter with 3 & 1/2 hole in the center.) I
> found
> archive measurements for the back shim also made from a 1/2 inch
> plastic
> kitchen cutting board (6 and 1/4 inch diameter and 1 & 3/4 inch
> center
> hole.)
>
> Has anyone on this list ever switched springs on the rear to correct
> for the
> sway?
>
> William Polowniak
> 1989 Vanagon GL
> 1988 Mercedes 300 SE
>
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