Question about front springs for an '87 Vanagon Westy. Planning to rejuvenate the front suspension of my '87 Westy now with 500,000 kms, I purchased a set of front springs from the Bus Depot, part # "251 411 105 A 952, front, BOGE, standard height for Vanagon or Camper". Today I disassembled the front end of my Westy and removed the springs which to my knowledge have never been replaced previously. When I put the old springs next to the new ones I saw that the new springs are more than 1" shorter than the ones I removed. Puzzled to say the least. So what I want to know is: Bus Depot: Did you send me the correct springs ? Wrong spring in the right box ? Or ?? List members: Has anyone had this experience ? What did you do ? Will the shorter springs work or are they just plain wrong ? Something's not right and I need help please !! Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg (Forsale) & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) ) Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html) _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm) _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 07 ~ 10, 2007 |
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