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• Rear brake hardware-spring kits.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Jan 2016 21:07:46 -0500
  Last weekend I was doing a rear brake job and I didn't have any spring kits in stock. Call around and an Autozone...
• Re: Which is taller Syncro.org Syncro or 85 2wd Westy front springs?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 09:36:52 -0400
  ...Syncro front springs lift more than the conventional > 2wd springs from an 85 Westy which IIRC is the tallest stock front springs > available? Someone...
• Re: NEW Springs for Vgn (incl Syncro) - Lowered, Taller, & Stock
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 17 Jul 2004 10:48:06 -0700
  Ron, How do taller springs give you more suspension travel? They give you less unless you do some serious and expensive work with the...
• Re: Q: for H&R lowering springs users
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 18:51:11 -0400
  Just a note for those interested in springs, that I carry another option for 2 wheel drive Vanagon owners (Westy or otherwise). I offer...
• Re: What's the shortest/lowest stock rear spring besides from the Carat?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:42:44 -0700
  ...A donut inside the spring, over the bump stop post, to keep the spring centered on the post. I would cut rings from plastic...
• Re: [Syncro] Betts springs/OME shocks: Initial report
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 17:09:59 -0800
  I put spacers on top of the rubber that fits > onto the top of each left hand spring (front and rear), front spacer > was...
• spring options and cost?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 09:28:34 EDT
  What are the different spring options to fix the left side sag of the Westy? I see Steve Schwenk's option of slightly higher...
• Re: Purple springs from H&R
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:46:15 -0800
  ...Purple springs from H&R Someone had asked me to measure the height at the front of my van with the H&R springs...
• Re: Coil Spring availability/cost?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:30:41 EST
  ...I'll try to take a look at the paint dot on the spring. Any ideas which color dots are which springs? Thanks, Ken...
• Re: [Syncro] Custom Syncro Springs
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 25 May 1999 21:05:35 -0700
  ...The >list-purchase custom springs will offer better performance for most syncro >owners than the taller, commercially offered springs. The list springs are >being...
• Re: Lower your westy! FS Wolfsburg shocks and springs
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 00:03:34 -0600
  Take my rear springs and you're halfway there!!! Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "No Name Available" <Vanagonluvr@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• [Fwd: Installing New Coil Springs Ques?]
  Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
  Sat, 12 Sep 1998 04:31:59 -0400
  ...Installing New Coil Springs Ques? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does anyone know the proper procedure for installing...
• Re: Pre-loading Rear Suspension :~o
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 12:48:01 -0700
  ...And if this is >| not how you pre-laod the spring, then how do you? And why isn't the >| compressed spring stiffer? You...
• Re: Anyone using H&R lowering springs on a 2WD Westy?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 08:30:36 -0500
  > The pink (lavender) colored H&R rear springs perform exactly as you > describe in an unloaded van. It is worse in a Westy. I...
• Rear coil springs for Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Oct 1996 15:10:50 PST
  ...I would like to replace the rear coil springs, are the springs the same as a non westy Vanagon?? Joe Beckham 85 Westy 154k...
• Re: can syncro front springs work in a 2wd??
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 14 Jun 2003 20:41:07 -0600
  ...No signs of life left ;>) Bob Stevens > but if you play with it, it gets bigger, right? > > > The Syncro front springs are much shorter...
• Re: source for spring clamps for fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:45:39 -0500
  My snow blower has spring clamps on the fuel lines. How about a "Small Engine shop"? Mike Edward Maglott wrote: > I'm looking for...
• Re: Syncro springs and shocks (long)
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Sat, 4 Oct 1997 10:38:35 -0700
  To Harry Can't you install some washers over the rear springs on your syncro? That's how I leveled my '90 westy 2...
• Re: [Syncro] Paging owners of syncro.org springs...info needed
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 20:45:02 EST
  ...I could build a lot of different springs with the information I asked for, and never duplicate Steve's great springs.>> Here's what...
• SYNCRO SPRINGS !!!
  Historical mailing list - MAINTTEC DUNBAR
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 16:28:34 +0000
  Hi Folks Im looking at some heavy duty springs for westie 16" syncro, I know there was a list purchase of springs but Ive...
• Re: Front spring question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Sep 2022 17:49:24 +0000
  There is no reason that springs need to be done as a set of four. In fact it acceptable to change 1 as long...
• Re: Pre-loading Rear Suspension and P ogo-sticks
  Historical mailing list - kenstich
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 21:05:20 -0600
  ...1) The free length of the spring hasn't changed 2) The spring constant hasn't changed 3) Your weight hasn't changed If...
• Re: Official Vanagon CB Channel
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 21:56:42 -0500
  ...Guru this morning, I found out the syncro TD rear springs are in fact lighter duty than the Westfalia rear springs--- I went to...
• Re: Spring advice
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 18 Apr 2021 23:16:51 -0500
  ...I’m almost thinking about buying stock front springs and +1.5 inch rear springs. Is that a stupid thing to do? >> >> Apples to...
• Re: Lower your westy! FS Wolfsburg shocks and springs
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 22:28:31 -0800
  Raise that Westy! I put '85 springs into my '82 Westy today and gained three inches of ground clearance! Robert 1982 Westfalia ----Original Message...
• Westy water and electric hookup doors- source for springs??
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 23:38:11 -0500
  Has anyone come across a source for the tiny springs that keep the doors shut on the hookups? I would hate to buy new...
• Coil Springs Re-tempered?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:34:15 EST
  In November, I corresponded with several people about Mid-West spring in Azuza California on the subject of having front coil springs stretched and...
• Re: coolant hose replacement, now spring clamps
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:03:06 -0500
  I don't see the spring clamps anywhere on the Bus Depot website. Are they still available there? Pascal Giasson wrote: > I bought all...
• 88 Vanagon Wolfsburg Coil Spring Sagging
  Historical mailing list - - James Shinosky
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 11:56:10 EDT
  ...Where can I find new or used coil springs? So far I found new lowering coil spring kit from BusBoys for $495.00 (that...
• Re: The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 10:21:18 -0700 (PDT)
  ...It would seem from his writing that stock single springs > would give me more trouble than risking having someone screw up > installing dual springs...
• Syncro springs and shocks (long)
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 20:44:43 +0000
  ...First of all, NOBODY makes replacement springs for this van other than VW. I've been in contact with 3 spring shops, and they...
• Spring Compressor
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:44:17 -0600
  Van Cafe recommends this for compressing springs and I understand it's the shiz-niz: http://shop.ktcautotools.com/products/macpherson-strut-spring-compressor...
• H&R Lowering Springs - For Sale - New !
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:17:05 -0400
  I have for sale a set of H&R Sport Springs for Vanagon 2WD models. P/N 29951 They provide a 1.5" lower...
• Re: Air lift best rear spring bags
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 12:43:11 -0700
  I installed the Van-Cafe 1.5" lift springs some years ago, and use Gabriel HiJackers air shocks on my '86 2WD Westy for...
• Re: syncro spring removal without using spring compressor
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:41:56 -0700
  ...So, I used Alistair's method to remove the front Syncro springs (and everything else), but when I attempted to reinstall, the van got...
• Re: FS: Spring set
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 31 May 2009 05:50:04 EDT
  ...Well, there is no "advantage", they would be direct replacements for original springs. So, if you need new springs then there's the "advantage...
• Re: oil pump change in the van??
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 4 Nov 2005 12:07:42 -0600
  The vanagon has a regular beetle oil pump, and I would expect this spring to fit.If you got lots of varnish, maybe a...
• Re: Gowesty 2wd lift spring spacers
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:26:55 -0600
  Those springs will not adjust a variance for very long. I have the Syncro.org spring experience but they "adjusted" to return to driver...
• Re: vanagon spring rate color coding for different models...READ!!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Oct 2006 11:19:21 EDT
  ...thanks > dylan. > > here are the spring rate color codes - this is how you tell what model the > springs were from. stock springs are painted...
• Re: Westy cabinet lid prop?
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Mon, 13 Oct 2003 21:05:39 -0700
  ...Lift the lids and pull the spring over them, holds them open just fine. If spring is missing, how about velcro?
• Re: Swithcing springs to correct sway to the left on a camper
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 21:25:29 -0800
  Well, Stan, I'm going to work on the back springs first. Once archive posting said that if you raised the left rear the...
• New Design Vanagon Coil Springs
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Wed, 5 May 2010 17:23:48 -0500
  ...Also, I will be offering discounts to folks who have previously purchased springs from me. (We did our first run of vanagon springs in...
• Re: New springs on my 1989 Vanagon with shims for the lefty camper sway
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 11:04:04 -0800
  ...I put > > an extra 1/8 inch > > rubber shim on both rear springs up top of the > > rubber spring seat because > > Steve's springs...
• GoWesty 2wd Lift Spring Installation
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:56:26 -0700
  Installed my GoWesty 1.5 inch lift springs this morning. I was surprised by how easy it was. The progressive design if the springs...
• Report on New Springs
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:58:09 -0700
  I had a new set of springs installed, the lift springs from Van-Cafe (I think they are the syncro.org 2wd springs), replaced...
• Re: Suspension
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:15:41 -0800
  ...2 Installed rubber spring extenders between the coils on the left side. That did level the van, but also made the left spring much...
• westy lists to port
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 14:50:29 -0500
  ...westy lists to port Some list members have talked about having their springs stretched in order to restore the original ride height. I have...
• Spring Pins
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 09:47:01 -0800
  ...Your looing for a "spring Pin", do not get a "roll pin", very similar but the spring pin is the replacment. Next issue, the...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists (Fryeday content)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 3 Feb 2007 00:06:36 -0500
  # 1) Westfalia's already have springs to help lift the top. They are back there in the hinge. #2) I did add gas springs...
• Re: Purple springs from H&R
  Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:29:46 -0800
  ...They wore out a lot, 3 of 7 >> spring turns are "on block", so no more spring effect there. >> >> The stiffness is independent from...
• 2WD Prototype Springs - A Week Later
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 16 Jun 2001 20:10:38 -0700
  To recap, I have been testing a set of Steve Schwenk's first run of 2WD coil springs in my 1983 ASI diesel camper...
• Swithcing springs to correct sway to the left on a camper
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 20:20:38 -0800
  After my trip to the VW graveyard to find stock spring seats I found them not even taken off the vehicle yet AND they...
• stiff gas pedal in AT
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 7 Oct 2001 08:31:53 -0400
  Thanks for all the comments on the stiff gas pedal/throttle return springs. Several folks mentioned situations causing increased friction of the throttle shaft...
• Re: '85 not level?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 18:17:13 -0800
  I've heard that the '85s had taller springs but I don't really know for sure. How 'bout it, listees, .... are all 2wd...
• Re: Sagging Boge Springs?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 15:23:02 -0700
  ...Other option is to put a small space above the left rear spring. This is only reasonable if you are doing a spring job...
• Re: Westfalia...to buy or not to buy?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 18:41:40 -0700
  I don't recall ever seeing a parts listing for a second spring height, FWIW. Just three different load settings which are denoted by...
• Re: How Do You Know If Your Springs Need To Be Replaced?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:20:39 -0400
  ...Remeber that a Shock absorber is like a friction device that limits a springs tendency to cyclically compress and expand. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone...
• Re: 2WD vanagon lift front springs
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:18:16 -0400
  At 02:23 AM 7/3/2009, Todd P Last wrote: >http://www.syncro.org/springs.shtml > >Has what you are looking for. If...
• Re: Interesting question about rear wheel cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 10:03:41 -0800
  At 12:27 PM 12/8/99 -0500, EMZ wrote: > Hi all, > Can anyone explain what the small spring is for, inside >the rear...
• Re: Rear spring question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 17 May 2013 12:41:48 -0700
  ...Mark Todd Last wrote: > My experience is the front springs are the PITA ones. In my Van all I have to do is unbolt...