At 02:15 AM 10/5/96 -0500, you wrote: >Jeff: > > I have experienced excessive wear on the inside of the tread >on both rear wheels. I had +40K miles on the tires. I tried to adjust >the camber to the correct values, but the adjustment 'bottomed out' >before the correct camber was achieved. > > I was led to believe the coil springs have weakened over time, >and this produces an increasing negative camber to the rear wheels. >The pivot axis for the trailing rear wheels is not perpendicular to the >longitudinal axis of the vehicle, so when the coils begin to sag, the >camber just becomes more negative with time. > > What I need to do, and probably you too, is to replace the coil >springs. New ones will undoubtedly be a fortune from VW. Is there >any point in looking for used ones at the auto wreckers, or is it very >likely, they will have as much sag as my current ones? Does any >one know of a manufacturer that has a generic coil spring that will >do the job? Might be worth a try to install a set of gas pressure shocks - I put on Bilsteins ~80k miles ago & the bus is still riding over 1" higher than stock (raised it about 2" initially - about the same as a Synchro); the pressurized gas acts as a spring, of course. Austin
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