Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 08:16:25 -0700
Reply-To: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
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From: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Suspension issue
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This discussion reminds me that I don't have enough knowledge to alter
wheel and tire sizes on a vehicle, any vehicle. So I just go with what the
engineers put on the vehicle in the first place. Seems reasonable, since
they knew what they were doing.
mcneely
On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 5:55 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> I use springs from Steve Schwenk. You can email him directly.
> http://www.syncro.org/schwenksprings/vanagon_springs.html
>
> Note his springs shoot for ~17 inch which is the ideal height. You can
> shim for more but I wouldn't go beyond 18. At some point the lift is not
> safe. Your tires are simply way to big pushing almost 28 inches. Stock was
> 25.6 inches. I wouldn’t put that size tire on a Syncro without
> modifications in addition to lift springs. Ideally you need to get the tire
> size under 27 inches. You can try replacing the upper suspension stops,
> (cushion at top of shocks) with those from a Syncro or add shims underneath
> to make a 27 inch tire work.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Jared Planter
> Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 8:21 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Suspension issue
>
> Thanks Levi, I've thought about having GoWesty replace them but I don't
> want to have to keep doing that. Have you heard of any better springs?
>
> On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 23:44 levi hawkins <b1levi@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > By the way, not just me, there's several of us who have had the same
> > experience and posted about it on the samba
> >
> > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
> > <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android>
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 8:48 PM, Jared Planter <jaredplanter@GMAIL.COM>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hey all,
> >
> > My friends/mechanics and I are troubleshooting a strange issue and I
> > thought I'd reach out to see if any of you have any insight.
> >
> > Last summer we upgraded from 14" tires/wheels to 16" with the GoWesty
> 1.5"
> > lift springs and Bilstein high performance shocks and replaced our tie
> > rod ends and control arms. About 6 months after the work we started
> > hearing our tires rub on something when we lean into one side while
> > turning. Over time this got worse and we finally observed it
> > happening, during a turn the tire rubs on the mudflap screw or the the
> > fender lip would be resting on the tire resulting in the lip grabbing
> > and cutting the tire. This happens on rough roads and even on some deep
> driveways at gas stations, etc.
> >
> > Pictures and video: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0LJtdOXmSAE5Q
> >
> > More information:
> > - 1987 full camper
> >
> > - Center of wheel hub to fender lip is 17" all around, should be 19"
> > according to GoWesty
> >
> > - Total weight (fully loaded with us in it) is 5700
> > - Front axle: 2750lbs
> > - Rear axle: 2950lbs
> >
> > I'm spending the day at the shop on Sept. 17th to see what's going on.
> > There's no obvious sign of collapsed springs or anything else upon a
> > basic inspection but we hope to find a smoking gun in the shop.
> >
> > I would love to hear your thoughts and especially any similar
> > experiences any of you may have had.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jared
> >
> >
>
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