Date:         Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:50:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      NAPA usually has it...
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  Even parts for Vanagons.   Today I was doing some long-deferred
maintenance, getting a head start on my pre-winter trip chores.   My front
alignment has been bad now for a while, probably since I got the van......
so the RAO 8s are wearing the inside shoulders, more on the left wheel.  I
decided to dismount the front tires and swap them around to use up the
remaining tread, and to address the poor alignment while I had the wheels
off.......needs some camber adjustment, at least.

  I've not messed with the vanagon suspension much, so I discovered I
needed a 14mm hex key to move the camber settings...and of course, didn't
have that one.    Off to the city.... and I went to 4 likely auto and tool
supply houses....without any  luck.. Anyhow I found the tool at NAPA in The
Dalles, Or (pretty small town)....  I've seldom been 'skunked' when I go to
any NAPA....though the one in a really tiny town we frequent often has to
order out and get stuff  for me sent in the next day......

   Anybody have any sage advice on reducing the negative camber my front
obviously has?   Any gotchas I might encounter or hidden complexities that
won't be readily apparent or outlined in the Bently book?    I don't have
an alignment rack or lasers but I can usually do most vehicles acceptably
well without that fancy stuff...