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Date:         Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:28:58 -0700
Reply-To:     "Steven X. Schwenk" <sxs@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
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From:         "Steven X. Schwenk" <sxs@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
Subject:      Re: spacers and sproings
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Harold:

Thanks for sticking your neck out :~). I am very interested in where you put the front spacers you made. Could you briefly describe where/how and how thick. Does the front end dive less as a result? Doesn't the whole van feel/perform better with balanced suspension?

It sounds to me like you have in fact pre-loaded your springs. Did you just pull out the rear donut and put your spacer behind it? If so, same thing. You thus made that spring a litter stiffer doing that. Even 1/16 of an inch will make a difference (on my bike, the adjustment is made in 2mm or .08" increments). TIA steve harald.nancy wrote:

> To stick my nose in the hornets nest: > > Remember the leaning Vanagon? > It was a thread about straightening out the westy's. > Since all the furniture and water tanks etc. are on the left side > in the westfalias, they tend to lean to the left. Exchanging the rear > springs did not help enough. > After installing a 1/2 " washer between the left rear "doughnut" > and the frame, the car rides straight. > The 1/2 inch washer did raise the left side the same amount. > Could be that the spring compressed maybe 1/16 inch or less, > but the amount is not noticeable. > The left rear spring does not feel any different than it did before > I installed the washer. The only difference, the car rides level. > > The effect is much better than using spring spacers. They do, > in effect, reduce the effectiveness of the coils. > > You can fabricate the washers easily from a 1/2 inch semi-soft > vinyl cutting board. Goes well with the "doughnuts." > All you need is a jigsaw and a very thin > fine toothed blade. Use the "doughnut" as a pattern. > Also can be shaped with a belt sander. > I also raised the front 1/4 inch that way. > In 2 years of use, the washers have not compressed a bit. > Harald > 90 westy 2 wd.


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