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Date:         Fri, 20 Aug 1999 11:16:36 -0700
Reply-To:     "Thomas D. Hanlon" <hanran.inc@PRODIGY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Thomas D. Hanlon" <hanran.inc@PRODIGY.NET>
Organization: The Hanran Enterprises, Inc.
Subject:      Spare Tire Tray
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Listees,

I have a baffler in that I am unable to store the spare tire in the tray under the front of my 84 Westfalia.

After removing the spare tire, the tray and the spring, to clean and to lube the shifter linkage under the shift lever, I have been baffled by the reinstallation of the parts to store the tire. Same spare tire, same parts, not any different pieces, with all parts present and accounted for. It appears s if the springs are not interchangeable. That is, they appear not to be able to to be switched, in error, from one side to the other.

I went to the VW dealer, obtained a print-out of the parts descriptions/numbers, reinstalled the spring and the tray according to my interpretation of the placements, and I am still not able to store the tire.

The tire is "bowl"up, that is the inner portion of the rim faces the "box" in which the shifter linkage is situated. The "springs" are placed with the cotter pins toward the center of the tray fitting, with "bows" (outer circumference) of the springs facing the front wheels of the van, as one faces the van from the front, and, yet, the tray will not close.

Comments, and a solution, would help me restore the spare tire to its proper place and free the space on the floor of the van behind the driver and the passenger seats.

Thanks,

Tom Hanlon Palm Springs, CA 84 Westfalia


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