Date:         Mon, 21 Mar 2022 11:34:21 -0600
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From:         OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: More trailing arm mod
Comments: To: "VW~AlistairBell" <albell@SHAW.CA>
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                AB

        Love the Idea & Craftsmanship,, I have often pondered, while having that Perch in view, why it @Least

didn’t have some sort of built in angle to it like that ~ Ideally, IMHO, it might be nice to have that perch on a

shaft so as to allow it to pivot as needed ~ Suppose though, that since they seem to work sufficiently in OEM

config’, any of that may just be unnecessary overkill ~

        In regards to Your wondering if the Geom’ is Correct > I guess it's Probably better than OEM ~



> On 21 Mar , 2022, at 9:31 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> 
> I’m thinking … if the canted perch is a mistake… taking into consideration the arc of the trailing arm travel, I can modify the plastic pad on top to have opposite canting.
> 
> I’m eager to see just how the geometry works out.
> 
> Alistair 
> 
>> On Mar 21, 2022, at 6:31 AM, ddbjorkman@verizon.net wrote:
>> 
>> I saw that in your last post.  I kind of wondered what was up with that.All in all though, nice job Alistair.  Really handy having tools, machining and space available.
>> Dave B.the Boston one
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Sent: Sun, Mar 20, 2022 4:22 pm
>> Subject: [VANAGON] More trailing arm mod
>> 
>> I’m ready for the criticism, I express my doubts in the post. But I went ahead and welded in a canted spring perch
>> https://shufti.blog/2022/03/20/vanagon-trailing-arm-rebuild-part-two/
>> 
>> Alistair