Date:         Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:05:06 -0700
Reply-To:     "Steven X. Schwenk" <sxs@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Steven X. Schwenk" <sxs@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
Subject:      Re: Pre-loading Rear Springs re Syncro Suspension (long)
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You're right...I am going beyond where I need to to make my point, though, which
is that inserting a donut above the spring does not raise the van per se, it just
increases spring tension and thus reduces suspension sag.  I suspect that to only
increase height without also increasing spring tension, you would have to lift
the vehicle at the point where it attaches to the suspension...I have not thought
this part through, the comment about extending the shock mounts is the beginning
of a guess on how to do that and was made prematurely.
steve

SyncroHead@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 98-06-22 02:53:10 EDT, Steve writes:
>
> > Adding to the length of the shock will raise the vehicle without
> >  changing spring charistics at all.
>
> The van does not sit on the shocks.  You can remove these shocks and the
> height of the van will not change.  Removing the shocks will however remove a
> limit to the suspension travel, but they do not determint the height of the
> van.
> See for yourself, it will just take a few minutets to remove the rear shocks.
> You'll see that the van's height will not change.  It will however make it
> awfully bouncey over bumps & dips.
>
> Regards,
> Jim Davis