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Date:         Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:28:31 -0700
Reply-To:     "Steven X. Schwenk" <Steve@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Steven X. Schwenk" <Steve@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
Subject:      Re: Springs
Comments: To: Rubatoguy <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM>
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There's no reason this can't be done. 3 approaches. 1. Good new springs properly made likely will not show the left side list...for a long while, anyway. 2. you would need to take the vehicle weight and measure the amount of static vehicle sag at each wheel. A good suspension engineer could then calcualte which spring(s) to make a little taller than the others...or stiffer if it's a lot of weight difference. 3. Another option is to just put spacers in to compensate this small difference...which is what i may do (either that or nothing). steve

Rubatoguy wrote:

> Since there has been a thread of discussion on custom springs, I have a > question that I'd like to put to the minds of the list. > > If you were having custom springs made for a Westy, would it be worth > having the left side springs slightly stronger, > given that all the cabinetry and water and propane tanks are on that > side? > > Or is the additional weight on that side insignificant enough to be > ignored - or the potential problems with mis-matched left to right > springs not worth considering this idea. > > Thoughts? > > Todd > '88 Westy


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