Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:56:10 -0800
Reply-To: Mike Collum <collum_westy@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Mike Collum <collum_westy@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: '85 not level?
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My '85 Westy rides high in the front by about 2".
And, strangely enough, my '84 GL rides about 2" high
in the rear. (Low in the front?)
I was begining to think that, somewhere along the way,
the rear springs on my '84 had been replaced with '85
types .... and the rear springs on my '85 with '84
types. I even thought about swapping the rear springs
between vehicles .... but not seriously. <G>
There is snow on the ground as I write ... so I'll
wait 'til spring and insert spacers in the rear of the
Westy. I don't like having to look for an unlevel
campsite or always having to use leveling chocks just
to keep the fridge happy.
Mike
'85 Westy (Nose in the air)
'84 GL (Bowing like a playful puppy)
--- Joachim Preiss <spielmobil@EARTHLINK.NET> 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
>
> Here are my questions:
> (1) Are these numbers significant at all, or am I
> paranoid?
> (2) Should these number be the same for front and
> rear?
> (3) What are typical numbers for Vanagon WBX
> Westfalia? Maybe some fellow list
> members would take a tape measure and walk out to
> their VW.
> (4) My shocks 'feel' good, but could that be an
> indicator for my (rear) shocks
> to fail?
>
> Maybe I should just load some bricks between the
> driver and passenger seats to
> bring the front down a bit.
>
> Thanks for the input
> Joachim
> '85 Westfalia
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