Cool stuff Alistair. I really like the groove you cut for the stock (or stock like?) spring tail. Maybe worn out OEM bottom pads allowed your springs to move laterally? I replaced the perches with the GW part. My GW 'zero lift' springs do clunk under certain conditions. I suspect they shift laterally and hit the perch "hat". I read of a suggestion to put a piece of rad hose on the hat. I'm curious if the T3 replacement bushings at each arm affect how "fast" e.g. after taking a slow corner or going over an uneven surface and if that allows the spring to free up then shift and "clunk". Neil. On 8/8/21, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi, > > And Eric, pmail coming soon! > > Got my van back together and running. Boy I hate initial start up of engine > that’s been out of van and fooled with. Yup, more than a couple of lifters > had bled down. Makes you think you’ve done something radically wrong. > > I’ll get some pics of the things I’ve done posted to the blog in a bit. But > one thing unexpected was finding a separating spring perch and broken lower > bump stop on drivers side. Maybe the spring shifting was causing that > mystery clunk I’ve been hearing once in a while? > I’ll find out as I’ve made new spring perches. > > See here on blog > https://shufti.blog/2021/08/08/vanagon-new-rear-spring-perches/ > > Alistair >
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