Date:         Wed, 5 Nov 2014 16:58:09 -0800
Reply-To:     Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: '85 springs to a 90GL?
Comments: To: "SDF ( aka ,jim lahey' - Scott )" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
In-Reply-To:  <545AC68E.3070501@turbovans.com>
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wow... that's a good diagnostic... very good one.....

thanks Scott

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 4:53 PM, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

>  in my experience all 85 Weekenders have too-tall front springs .
> I replace them with 85 GL front springs and they sit level then.
>
> IMO..it's not that the rear sags..
> it's that the front is almost 2 inches taller due to the front springs
> being too tall.
>
>
>
>
>  On 11/5/2014 11:54 AM, Dan N wrote:
>
> since we talk about springs...
>
> I have one '85 weekender with poptop (no kitchen) and the rear sags quite
> bad...
>
> I have another '85 tintop and the rear doesn't sag at all.. btw it's quite
> high... higher than my Carat but lower than my Syncro... just in the
> middle...
>
> errr... so why's the difference? did they put different springs for the
> same '85 year?
>
> dan
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Tony Collins <tonycollin@gmail.com> <tonycollin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>   Cc
> I would have even Steven swaped my 85 springs for the lower springs of
> carats or later vanagons.
>
> Just putting that out there. Maybe the
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Nov 5, 2014, at 2:37 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
>
>
>  At 12:18 PM 11/5/2014, Nij.tp.vanaru wrote:
>
>  ebay seemed like the logical thing to do.  Are there any additional
> suspension/alignment changes that need to take place when I add
> these springs??  I'm also going ot swap the PS rack for a manual
> duringthe same procedure and replace the upper ball joints, so an
> alignment is pretty much a given. TIA DM&FS
>
>  If you do take out the PS -- the difference in low-speed steering
> effort between 205- and 185- tires is tremendous.  I found parallel
> parking quite a struggle with the 205s.
>
> Yours,
> David
>
>
>