STOP right now !!!! Make sure you have the right tires. You will not believe what difference it makes when you run the right tires on your Vanagon, be it a passenger van or Westfalia. I purchased 4 Michelin - 195 14 "C" load tires and the beast handles like it was on rails. Before the purchase the van handled like a wounded snake. Claudio Cella 1987 Vanagon GL 7 pass ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Lail" <wlail@OU.EDU> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 8:03 AM Subject: poor cornering - too much sway
> Lubbers, > > Billy Bones sways far too much when I corner, and this summer driving in the Sangre de Cristo mountains > in New Mexico was incentive enough for me to do something about it. I replaced the shocks with Bilstein > heavy dutys - nice ride, but no help in cornering. Would I gain much by simply replacing the torsion/sway bar > bushings? Are OEM bushings okay our should I go with urethane bushings? > > I've read quite a bit about this in the archives, but most references are for aftermarket sway bars, not just > rebuilding the old ones. What's the current thinking on this topic? > > Many thanks, > > Warren > 88 Westy "Billy Bones" |
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