Date:         Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:22:08 -0000
Reply-To:     karl filc <kfilc@SYMPATICO.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         karl filc <kfilc@SYMPATICO.CA>
Subject:      Re: shocks/ alignment
Comments: To: Michael Snow <slowmachine@COX.NET>
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Once I had a Ford F250 and it was amazing to see the difference between a 2
wheel and a 4 wheel alaignment. I would do this once a while. Two wheel I do
every spring because of the ice patches and curbs in parking lots you hit
while the snow is too high to see them.

Now I have two Vw's and do the same. It's a bit pricy but worth the mony.

Hartmut
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Snow <slowmachine@COX.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: shocks/ alignment


> >> And are our wheels four wheel aligned??? ... or is it just the front???
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > By the book, the Vanagon does get all four wheels aligned. However I've
> > never seen anyone actually do it.!
> >
>
> I had a four wheel alignment done on my 1982 Westy a few months ago.
> I'm positive that they did all four wheels because I sat in the bay and
> assisted the technician with some of it.  It was a difficult job and the
> shop manager was hounding the mechanic to hurry up and finish for the
> last hour or so.  I suspect that only the front wheels would have been
> done if I wasn't there to supervise.  I had to break out the Bentley and
> show them the alignment specs for the rear.  The numbers were not in
> their computer.
>
> Michael Snow
> 1982 Westfalia 1.9D
> 1986 GL
> 1987 Syncro GL
>