Derrek,

Could you tell me where you bought the sway bars for you Vanagon, and any other information that would be relevant.

Thanks, John

----- Original Message ----- From: "Derrek Wittmann" <kerred@HOTMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:06 AM Subject: Shims Swaybars CVs and Steve's Spings

> I got a set of Steve's springs. They are great. My van was restored to the > stock ride height plus a little. I added shims on all four corners. > 12mm(1/2") in the front > 19mm(3/4")+12mm(1/2") in the back. > With all the shims I have added it is a little too tall in the back. This > lead problems with my old cv's. I had to replace them with good used ones. > The new steeper angle of my axle had changed the range of motion that my CVs > were going through. It was just too much for my worn out CVs. I still have > a slight vibration. I should take the small shim out but I like the way it > looks. The rear axel to fender lip height is 18". The addition of a 1" > swaybar in front made the biggest difference on the reduction of sway. > Later I added a rear swaybar which I did not feel the effect of as much as I > did the front. > > Derrek Wittmann > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "phil stanhope" <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 6:17 AM > Subject: Re: [VANAGON] New springs on my 1989 Vanagon with shims for the > lefty camper sway > > > > Could you say that this is a better solution to reduce > > sway than to add front and rear sway bars? I would > > much rather do this if it REALLY reduced swaying, and > > from reading Developtrust's posts it seams to be so. > > > > > > Phil, > > 84' "Westy Millenium Falcon" > > > > > > >