Date:         Fri, 1 Nov 2002 19:01:01 -0600
Reply-To:     Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET>
Subject:      Re: '85 not level?
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My 85 Westfalia is like this too - ever since I bought it in 93.  I just
assumed that the rear springs had started to sag.  That's fairly common, is
it not?  Although it is level and does not lean to the left.  Are the spring
shock combinations different for different years?

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Collum" <collum_westy@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: '85 not level?


> 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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