Date:         Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:17:10 -0800
Reply-To:     Tromper <tromper@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Tromper <tromper@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Spare Tire Matching
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So 86 is the year they changed the latch?? or is it mixed in every year??

JT

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Matthew
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 8:04 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Spare Tire Matching


There are two different styles of spare tire holders!
I have two 1986 syncros. They are pretty much the
same, but the front catch piece is shorter by about 2"
on one, requiring a skinny spare tire.  If you are
having trouble getting yours to fit, look to see how
long the catch part in the front the carrier is. One
style is ~3" and theother is about 1" long. If you
have the short one, lengthen that catch.

Modifying your carrier to fit a larger spare is easy.
You can do it a a few ones. One is to bend the rear
hinges on the bus down. that will get you 1" more in
the back. Then you can lengthen the front part, or
just use a longer bolt throught the catch.

If running even bigger tires, cut off of the spare
tire carrier the portion that is rear of the hinges.

-matthew
86 syncro westy
86 syncro singlecab


=====
Matthew Pollard         "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry     So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.ftir.chem.uidaho.edu



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