Date:         Thu, 19 Jan 1995 12:28:54 -0600
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         jgladu@bcm.tmc.edu (John Gladu)
Subject:      Re: Torsion-Bar Spring-Arm Adjustment

At 9:45 AM 1/19/95, vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu wrote:
>Murphy is telling me that those bolts on the spring plate covers are NOT
>gonna go in those holes as easy as they come out. He also says that those
>spring plates are not gonna compress easily, and line up with the bolt holes.

Do you have new bushings? (big rubber donuts that go on the torsion bar on
either side of the spring plate - need four)

On those bolts - I bought some extra-extra-long bolts of the same thread
and used those to get it snug, then replaced them with the originals for
final torqueing.

Otherness:

Sears makes a nice magnetic-bottomed gravity-aligned inclinometer.  Less
than $20US.

Don't overadjust!  One full spline will give you the tallest bus on earth,
with the spring plate riding the lower stops while at rest...

bcnu - Grungy
grungy@bcm.tmc.edu
'61 dddPanel '68,'69 Bugs '90 Vanagon '67 Bus
.opinions are just that.obviously.