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• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Kevin R
  Mon, 14 May 2001 19:32:49 EDT
  ...new tires, shocks swaybar links heater hoses 2/4 rear rad hoses, and lots of stuff/ parts from an 84 1.9 including 2...
• Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:17:41 EDT
  In a message dated 4/9/02 12:13:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, joetu@PACBELL.NET writes: << If it was a factory option...
• Re: Cartop Yakima Spacecase ...
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sun, 6 Jul 2003 09:37:06 EDT
  ...the point of gravity, that it would cause the bus to sway very bad? Could be dangerous in an emergency situation. Who sells the...
• Re: ISO upper and lower cupped steel washers for bottom sway bar mount
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:38:18 -0700
  ...ISO upper and lower cupped steel washers for bottom sway bar mount Yes, thanks but I'd hate to pay 25 bucks for just...
• Re: New Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Aug 1998 15:33:15 EDT
  ...So there is hope that a petition would sway the hearts of those at VW. If someone writes it up I'll sign it...
• Re: Syncro Front Shocks
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 1 Mar 1998 09:28:53 -0800
  ...I'm also running 27X8.50R14 6ply. >Hardly any sway at all in the rear, but front is "mushy". What are my >options? >Thank...
• Re: Alko shocks - feedback?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:26:31 -0400
  ...There is no sway when cornering and the have a good solid feel when making evasive moves around potholes etc. If you fail to...
• Re: Our new 1982 A-C M/T Vanagon/Westfalia. Questions and concerns.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:34:04 -0700
  ...is, where do I > find a sway bar linkage? Or does it need a whole new sway bar? I can't > figure out how...
• Re: Subject: 3.3 verses 4.3 ???
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:59:30 EDT
  ...Thanks Matt ! Very good points, and I think I've been swayed. Yes I do have a 2.2 in my 85, and it...
• Blinking Red Light of Death
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:59:02 -0400
  ...the blinking red light. (Silver lining is I did discover broken sway bar link - now fixed) It began halfway into a 12-mile drive...
• Re: Need TDI conversion info
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 08:08:07 -0400
  Max/Joyce Wellhouse (maxjoyce@ipa.net) said on the date of 8/7/00 6:24 AM >Being more swayed each day to blow...
• Re: Our new 1982 A-C M/T Vanagon/Westfalia. Questions and concerns.
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:32:25 -0400
  ...is, where do I > find a sway bar linkage? Or does it need a whole new sway bar? I can't > figure out how...
• Re: Spoiler?-wind problems
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 6 Apr 1999 17:40:22 PDT
  ...Some folks say they've had results with the rear anti-sway bar, that might be worth a try. But because the Vanagon presents...
• Re: tires (was Re: anti-sway bar)
  Historical mailing list - Marcus
  Mon, 24 Aug 1998 23:45:31 -0700
  Mark That's a can of worms. And there is no answer for all. Just like our option of oil and filters. Marcus Mark...
• Re: ShoX Talk
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 16:36:51 EDT
  ...The ride is firmer without being harsh and swaying is greatly reduced. I can also see farther behind in the rearview! Chuck '85 Westy...
• Re: Front end maintenance
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 15:36:24 -0800
  Just doing this, ball joints, sway bar bushings [also called control arm bushing by some], take a look at your brake disks. I'm...
• Re: Agilis on Alloy
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:35:56 -0700
  ...There was absolutely no comment on their part about swaying. And my own experience, although subtle, the Westy feels a hair MORE stable on...
• Re: poor cornering - too much sway (tire update)
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:33:18 -0500
  Or perhaps suspension bushings or ball joints. I can't believe even with collapsed springs the tire would hit. Suspension bushings are very often...
• Re: Rubber meets the metal
  Historical mailing list - Toby Erkson
  Tue, 30 Sep 1997 08:15:00 PDT
  ...Suspension components I am talking about here, sway bars, bushings, etc. wherever rubber meets the metal. ...
• Re: Addco swaybars... anyone have a set for sale?
  Historical mailing list - STEPHEN OVERMYER
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:05:39 +1000
  From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> Subject: Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 23:37:48 +1200 J C Whitless doesn't...
• Re: poor cornering - too much sway (tire update)
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:07:28 -0600
  On 9/21/04 5:39 PM, "Mike Miller" <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> wrote: >> I failed to mention my tire situation. I am running Firestone...
• Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 14:13:29 -0500
  ...Benefits of a rear sway bar? If it was a factory option is it still possible to get the factory roll bar from somewhere...
• Re: Rear Studs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 1 May 2009 06:00:31 -0700
  ...Otherwise, I think that I can get them here: > http://www.eshocks.com/sway_mult.asp?SubGroup=eels%20Studs%20and%20Lug%20NutsQWh&Group1=%20Bushings...
• Re: no sway bar = no improvement
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:19:14 -0800
  You can use the rocking technique mentioned in another post or you can put the front up on jack stands, grab the top of...
• Re: Follow-up stuck oil plug drain
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 29 Oct 2016 17:10:01 -0500
  ...Upside, was > that mechanic found some other more serious problems, inclduding the > passenger side sway bar link deteched from the control arm. Tires Plus...
• Re: 16" Tire recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:10:59 -0700
  ...I got my long studs from a Sway-A-way retailer in Florida. Expensive? Ya. Other options? Not that I found. 54 mm IIRC...
• Re: syncro part
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 19 Oct 2015 17:33:58 -1000
  ...I have been updating my front suspension > bushings on my > '90 syncro westy and one of the brackets holding the anti sway bar to...
• Re: Upper control arm bushing problems with Syncros?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 7 May 2010 03:29:11 -0500
  ...got some misc. Syncro front end parts if someone needs them. Sway bar links are gone though as are the front springs. Pmail please...
• Re: performance tires
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Wed, 19 Jun 1996 22:47:11 -0500
  ...The car has some understeer, especially over bumps, but a new sway bar and shocks should help. Ive never lifted a wheel in a...
• Westy Body Lean
  Historical mailing list - Denys Mueller
  Sun, 7 Dec 1997 12:09:07 -0800
  Hi all, I'd like your opinion on my conclusion regarding what I feel is excessive body lean/sway on my '86 Westy. After...
• Swapping '86 front end onto '82
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 18:39:49 -0800
  ...sad looking rubber bits - I can stick my finger between the sway bar end and the popsicle stick bushing, for instance. And since I...
• Re: lugs and studs for alloy
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 20:43:42 -0400
  ...http://www.bugsandbuggies.com/Parts.asp?CN=914&SN=102&GN=13&Subgroup=Wheel+A dapters%2C+Mounting+and+Covers&RefPage=Sway-A-Way...
• Re: Good Lube stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Trooz
  Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:45:52 -0800
  ...I > sprayed it onto my shift linkage and all the front moving > parts I could find > like sway bar bushings, etc... You can get...
• Re: Handling + Stopping?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 10:22:29 -0400
  ...There are rear sway bars out there and several list members have installed them. 5. I have had good luck with the 15" tire...
• Trip Report: Busfest 2015
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Kupcinski
  Tue, 13 Oct 2015 22:55:38 -0500
  ...We’re not bottoming out yet, but there’s way more sway than I want to feel when we’re fully loaded. So I...
• Re: ISO upper and lower cupped steel washers for bottom sway bar mount
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 18 Jul 2017 02:41:48 +0000
  ...ISO upper and lower cupped steel washers for bottom sway bar > mount > > Yes, thanks but I'd hate to pay 25 bucks for just...
• Re: Hacksaw to remove upper nut for front shock?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 20:42:27 -0400
  ...In the meantime, I'm eyeing the bushings on the bottom side of the connection from the sway bar to the radius rod---they...
• Koni Red installation?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:04:20 -0500
  ...I have a stock springs 87 Wolfsburg (I think they are slightly lower than the standard GL) with the 1 inch upgraded front sway...
• Re: Springs & Shocks
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 01:06:28 +0000
  ...Sun, 23 Oct 2005 13:32:34 +1300 > >>1) It rides like a Cadillac (or a Vanagon version of a Cadillac) now! >>Less >>sway...
• Rear Anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Pierce, John D
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 16:52:32 -0400
  I just finished installing my new ADDCO rear anti-sway bar on my 1985 Westy. I wanted to share my experience with the list...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Brian Smith
  Fri, 17 Jan 2014 22:06:49 -0800
  ...new roads and smooth ride, that Syncro seems to bop, and sway from side to side as I re-enjoy classic rock from the...
• Re: VW of America
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:43:12 -0400
  ...Why not send him a bunch of "nice" letters about building us a camper again? Maybe we can sway him into believing that Americans...
• Re: sway bar kit on a breadloaf
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 04 Jun 1996 14:48:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Maybe the newer sway bars also make a difference. >I have tried to hold my speed down to 65 then everything seems under control...
• Re: lugs and studs for alloy
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 09:48:13 -0400
  ...These studs are VW wheel studs manufactured by Sway-Away. There was no additional drilling or reaming necessary to install these studs into a...
• Re: My Cool Sway Bars
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 5 Apr 1995 14:26:09 -0700 (PDT)
  On Wed, 5 Apr 1995, Ralf MacGrady wrote: > I missed if you mentioned how much you paid. And could I > put them on my...
• Tires
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Mar 1996 22:41:42 -0500
  ...A lot of the "sway" that I thought was inherent in a van was corrected by the Conti's. Big difference.] The dealer reminded...
• Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:13:19 +1200
  >1. The vanagon as it has pretty close to 50/50 weight distribution. Initial >understeer followed by terminal oversteer behaviour you describe may not...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 16 May 2002 23:29:11 -0600
  Robert, you reminded me that I pulled onto the freeway following a Tahoe tonight, coming home from work, and as soon as we started...
• help near Las Vegas needed
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 15:19:02 -0700
  ...His right front sway bar linkage broke. Does anyone know someone in the area who can repair this at a decent price (needs new...
• Re: holy tire kicking!
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:32:33 -0700
  ...to offer > ridiculously low money hoping a personal reason will help sway > opinion... > > ...what a trip! Accept no offers until you hear from my...
• Re: Remove Brake Caliper: Steering Knuckle Off Vehicle
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 19 Jun 2016 17:59:00 -0700
  ...Thanks for tip on sway bar. When I bought that bus it didn't have one! Mechanic installed one from a '91 IIRC. It...
• Re: mixing urethane and rubber bushings
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 6 Sep 2014 16:15:02 -0500
  ...Sway bar drop link end > bushings ( endlink to control arm end), sway bar to body bushings, and > steering rack bushings. Used whiteline from Chris...
• Suspension-2nd try
  Historical mailing list - Michael Norden
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 08:08:11 -0800
  ...Anyone have any suggestions for what worked great for them, and did it meet all of their expectations? Sway bars, springs, wheel spacers or...
• Re: Koni Shock adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 4 Jan 2011 14:14:24 -0500
  ...After a bit of experimentation I found the best adjustment for the new Konis on my '86 Full Westy with F&R Addco sway...
• RE: 911 engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Walter Dahlstrom
  Wed, 23 Nov 1994 16:13:34 -0800 (PST)
  ...60 series 8 inch wide tyres (ha ha) for the Westies? Sway bars or springs. I can imagine everything I own flying from side...
• Re: HELP - The Volkswagen Lawyers are after me! - HELP
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:33:32 -0800
  ...the name for a mailing list! I don't know what sway the "vanagon" community holds with VW these days, but obviously Porsche is...
• Westy 2WD HD springs - any interest?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 20:45:51 -0700
  ...height springs at about 10-15% stronger rating - along with anti-sway bars. My thought is that this would give an improvement in handling...
• Re: Our new 1982 A-C M/T Vanagon/Westfalia. Questions and concerns.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:36:10 -0700
  ...I do have good anti-sway bar end links for sale, for early vanagons. They have been known to break, but not real commonly...
• RE: Driving in high winds
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 08 Nov 94 10:52:05 CST
  ...vehicle - a definite sense of ducking and bobbing, >along with the sway, however it's got the front air dam that supposedly >reduces the...
• Re: Replacing Ball Joints...anything else while in there?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 26 May 2005 11:24:44 -0400
  If your getting squeaking, try putting a liberal ammount of anti sieze compound on the inner sway bar bushings. They look like blocks of...