Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 17:23:37 -0500
Reply-To: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
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From: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
Subject: Re: '85 not level?
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Exactly. Levels out very well with driver, 1 passenger and a full tank of
gas.
westydriver <westydriver@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>@gerry.vanagon.com> on
11/01/2002 11:42:51 PM
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Subject: Re: '85 not level?
you might also want to put about 300 lbs in the front and then check
the level. simulating a driver and pax into the equation. my 82 is
slightly higher in front with new shocks on the rear.
jimt
On Friday, Nov 1, 2002, at 12:35 US/Pacific, mark drillock wrote:
> For accuracy sake, you might want to compare measurements from the
> fender edge to the center of each axle. The measurements to the ground
> will vary with tire size and inflation pressures.
>
> Mark
>
> Joachim Preiss wrote:
>>
>> I remember reading on the list a while back, that the front on '85
>> Vanagons is
>> set up higher than other years, which sounds kinda strange. But this
>> was only
>> a single comment and topic was discontinued.
>>
>> Now I don't have a 2nd vanagon to compare with, but when I look at my
>> '85
>> Westfalia, it's obvious that the rear is sitting a lot lower than the
>> front.
>> So I took a tape measure and measured the distance from the pavement
>> to the
>> fender arch. Here are the numbers, both with a driver in the driver's
>> seat,
>> and same left & right):
>> 28" front
>> 26" rear
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