Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 1999 07:26:47 -0500
Reply-To:     Derek Drew <drew@INTERPORT.NET>
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From:         Derek Drew <drew@INTERPORT.NET>
Subject:      Re: WARNING: Don't use "donuts" to lift your Syncro!
Comments: To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
In-Reply-To:  <3.0.3.32.19990105193431.006b9dac@mail.abccom.bc.ca>
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I have been driving on a stack of 3 or 4 doughnuts up over the top of the
spring since 1993 or thereabouts and have observed no unwanted effects. It
is possible that the spring has pushed through one or more of the doughnuts
in the middle but I won't know without checking. Even if it has pushed
through, I will have to see if I think this is a bad thing.

At 07:34 PM 1/5/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Folks,
>I was installing my 2" steel shims at the rear of my Syncro to make my
>Double Cab level after lifting the front end.  I was originally using two
>factory "donuts" at the top of the spring to give me a small amount of lift
>(2cm).  The bottom donut was almost destroyed!  The center of these donuts
>are entirely make of rubber (the outer part is metal).  This center rubber
>piece has a depression where the spring is supposed to sit.  The problem is
>if there is another donut behind it there is nothing firm for the rubber to
>rest on.  After a few thousand kilometers the center piece will push
>though.  I don't think this poses a safety problem but it is a concern in
>my mind.
>
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