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Date:         Sat, 12 Jan 2002 10:37:04 -0500
Reply-To:     Gary Stearns <gstearns@OPTONLINE.NET>
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From:         Gary Stearns <gstearns@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Leveling the van- shims made of teflon or nylon.....what's up!
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A far less technical response: when I wanted to level the ride height on our '88 GL, I made spring spacers out of plastic kitchen cutting boards. I think of them as nylon but I doubt that, polyethylene maybe. Cheap, readily available, easy to cut and shape, after almost 2 years, no change at all. No warp, no crack, no flow, no rot, rust or corrosion, and it didn't go off in my pocket!

Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Lewis" <maestroman@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 10:11 AM Subject: Re: Leveling the van- shims made of teflon or nylon.....what's up!

> Acrylic plexiglass [brittle;see below] > > Hmmm, anecdotal evidence on PMMA or polymethylmethacrylate (limited > statistical basis of 2 units) 16 + years, no change in thickness, > transparency or phase. Hard to do better, easy to do worse. > > Frank Grunthaner > You're right about the acrylic Frank: should've just noted problem with solvents; aging NOT a problem[with acrylic =8) ] JinNJ


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