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• RE: 71 WESTY AND DOOR HANDLES
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Sep 1995 12:41:21 GMT
  ...When you get around to it, replace the broken spring with a spring from a retractable pen. Stretch the spring to the appropriate length...
• Re: G.W. 1.5" lift springs
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:28:05 -0400
  It's also important (after safety) is not to tear up the powder coating on the springs. I have a couple different spring compressors...
• Re: NEW Springs for Vgn (incl Syncro) - Lowered, Taller, & Stock
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Sat, 17 Jul 2004 12:39:02 -0600
  Taller springs give increase ground clearance, but do not increase wheel travel. They do increase the distance of suspension compression, but do this at...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists (Fryeday content)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 09:24:53 -0800
  On Feb 7, 2007, at 8:24 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: >> # 1) Westfalia's already have springs to help lift the top. They...
• Re: Syncro spring removal without using spring compressor
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 19 Mar 2014 19:19:07 -0700
  ...syncro spring removal without using spring compressor >> >> Blast from the past alert... >> >> So, I used Alistair's method to remove the front Syncro springs...
• Re: Syncro.org springs & OME shocks available SOLD
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Wed, 1 Sep 2010 05:21:26 -0700
  ...Syncro.org springs & OME shocks available I have a set of (4) Syncro.org springs and (2) front Old Man Emu shocks available. They...
• Re: Coil springs for Macphearson struts
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 19:35:30 -0700
  ...Many take out stock springs coils to replace them with stiffer and lower versions. Used springs are relatively inexpensive and occasionally given away. There...
• Re[2]: [Syncro] RE: SYNCRO SPRINGS !!!
  Historical mailing list - MAINTTEC DUNBAR
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 17:55:05 +0000
  ...SYNCRO SPRINGS !!! Author: Steve <Steve@Schwenk-Law.com> Date: 22/01/00 09:48 Stewart, we are in the process of putting together a...
• Re: Air lift best rear spring bags
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 16:25:09 -0400
  ...My preference is for the springs from Syncro.org > (Steve Schwenk). He also sells them through Van-Café. > > The Ail Lift springs are a...
• Syncro Springs List Purchase Homework Assignment
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 10:49:25 -0700
  ...want two sets....which means a potential of 15 sets of springs, which likely will bring the price down under $50 a spring. If...
• Re: Tires (apologize in advance)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 29 Jun 2021 08:23:20 -0700
  Thanks Chris, Don’t know why I thought the springs were getting softer :-) They might have sagged a bit, but maybe I’m wrong...
• Re: Springs, Spacers & Preload
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 09:32:08 -0400
  ...At 02:29 AM 7/6/98 -0400, you wrote: >Hi SpringHeads, > >I can't belive I care enough to continue this thread, but...
• Re: Jed Clampet/<aka Radiator Clamps>
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Sun, 27 May 2001 08:49:54 -0400
  ...This is about water cooled radiators, about those spring loaded > > >clamps > > > > without the screw. Whats the more enlightened path? > > > > > > > > A. reusing the old spring...
• Re: Gas Springs was VW Camper dreams.."Carthago" highroof poptop
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:44:33 -0700
  RE: source for gas springs Thanks Kim, got it....
• Re: '85 springs to a 90GL?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 5 Nov 2014 11:15:09 -0800
  ...Re: '85 springs to a 90GL? My only thought on thus is that the springs are 30 yrs old if original and have probably...
• Lift assist and bad springs
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Mon, 20 Jul 2015 19:21:41 -0700
  During the installation of my poptop lift assists, it was discovered that apparently one of my poptop springs may be broken. With the assists...
• Re: Syncro spring lengths
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 10:29:49 -0700
  ...Is there a *good* method of accuratly checking spring rates? At 12:00 9/20/98 EDT, SyncroHead@aol.com wrote: >In a message...
• Re: Rear Westy suspension
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:14:22 -0700
  ...Jack it up, remove the wheels, remove lower shock bolt, swing the control arm down, and pull the spring out. No spring compressor is...
• Re: How Do You Know If Your Springs Need To Be Replaced?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:51:56 -0400
  ...The tires I had on before had standard rating level and it was still stiff so I think its the springs or the shocks...
• Rear Coil Spring Question
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:00:06 +0000
  Yesterday while attempting to do my CV joints, I noticed that thin plastic collar under the coil spring is cracked. I've looked at...
• Re: Lowering a Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 00:33:00 +0100
  Carl Hansen wrote: > Git springs from a CARAT version Vanagon. They is shorter. And they wont fit up front, actually if you get them...
• Re: Carat springs wanted - carats are lowered from the factory...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 08:24:45 EST
  ...are these > springs any different that the springs on any other 2WD Vanagon? > > bem-stem > > they're lowered about 2" from the factory. chris
• Re: Broken poptop spring
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:35:22 +0000
  ...I would not touch one of those springs after trying to remove one to paint the bars. Ugh. Jim On Wed, Aug 12, 2015...
• Re: Shimmiong coil springs - wsa Purple springs from H&R
  Historical mailing list - courtney hook
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:11:02 -0800
  ...Shimmiong coil springs - wsa Purple springs from H&R To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > I did this on my '85 Westy to bring up...
• Re: Jed Clampet/<aka Radiator Clamps>
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 26 May 2001 18:39:42 -0500
  ...This is about water cooled radiators, about those spring loaded > >clamps > > > without the screw. Whats the more enlightened path? > > > > > > A. reusing the old spring...
• Re: Springs
  Historical mailing list - Mike Hugill
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:32:46 -0400
  Typically, sport tuners will let a new spring suspension "set up" on the vehicle by either letting it sit for a day or so...
• Re: Lowering the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 07:21:37 -0500
  If you look at the design of the rear springs, you'll see that you really can't cut coils without ruining the spring...
• Re: Front spring question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 23 Sep 2022 11:26:06 -0400
  ...In other words, if a spring had a 400 lb spring rate when it left the assembly line, as long as the spring is...
• Re: Westy 2WD HD springs - any interest?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:43:20 -0600
  Todd Last wrote: > > I am in the process of getting a quote for HD Westy springs for 2WD > Westys. > > If you think you might...
• syncro updates cont
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Fri, 5 Jun 2020 16:48:31 -0400
  ...I will replace the 30 year old springs. My question: is there an advantage to using the Schenk springs over the stock springs? I...
• Spring Pads
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 7 Nov 2011 10:38:40 -0700
  I noticed that my spring pads are starting to disintegrate - probably has something to do with the big bang when I go over speed...
• '85 front springs on a '90 2wd westy....Re: While We Are Talking About Springs
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:17:11 EDT
  ...a little of the Westy Lean). > The > just install some used '85 vanagon front springs.. it will lift it up in the front.. chris
• Re: FS: German, Factory Lowered, springs from a 1988 GL Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:44:52 -0700
  ...I see references to the color codes on springs from time to time. Has anyone compiled/published or is there a reference (like in...
• stock springs?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 2 Mar 2000 16:52:53 -0800
  Where can I buy NEW stock springs for my 90 Westy Syncro? Best place for price? Thanks Bill
• Syncro Lift Kit now in production - 10% list member discount [Advertisement]
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 23 Jan 1999 19:00:56 -0800
  ...Our lift kit consists of new front springs that are made from premium cold wound silicone wire. These springs are 15% stiffer than the...
• Re: Installing front springs 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:28:11 -0800
  ...Fit the bottom of the spring in the > spring perch so the end fits in the groove. Fit the > top rubber cap the same...
• Re: Syncro Springs vs 85 Springs
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:21:34 -0800
  ...9:12 Miguel Pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM> > napisał(a): > > > I recall that the 85 2wd has springs that are similar height to Syncro > > springs...
• Re: Saggy Westy Rear
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 05:02:50 -0700
  ...I used a spring compressor to make room for the shim...A cheap-o one from a chain autoparts store, the spring compressor... Don...
• Re: Fw: [Syncro] Re: [WetWesties] Water Treatment / Purification
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:48:09 -0600
  Actually there is nothing wrong with "good" spring water. I have a small > farm with several pure water springs that just bubble up out...
• Broken poptop spring
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:32:35 -0700
  Hi, I recently got my lift assist struts installed, and learned that I have a broken spring. Although I am able, for the very...
• Re: Front suspension question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 3 Feb 2025 13:24:23 -0500
  ...It took a few tries to get the spring compressor on the spring in a way that allowed access to to things the helper...
• Re: Air Lift 1000 Load Assist Spring Kit
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:06:49 -0700
  there isn't any difference in rear springs. I tried to inform them their catalogue listing does not match vanagons.. and they wouldn't...
• Re: 2" lower springs available
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:24:31 -0500
  Please give us a link to the springs. :) The one you gave is invalid, since there is no actual tinyurl id (so 404). Thanks...
• Vanagon Spring Specs NEEDED
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Jun 1998 11:45:59 -0700
  Listees, I'm trying to get a company to make some springs for the Vanagon. Does anyone have the Specs from VW on these...
• Re: Syncro springs
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Fri, 8 Oct 1999 10:46:44 -0600
  Karl Wolz wrote: > > I don't know the answer to your direct question, but in the 2whlers, there > are three different spring rates. Karl...
• Rear springs
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:54:59 -0700
  There has been some discussion of differently rated springs for different years of Westies. I am looking at some used springs from a '90...
• Re: Leveling shims for Vanagon springs
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 5 Jan 2002 01:42:45 -0800
  ...For the rear, you just unbolt the shock, raise the van and slide the spacer between the top of the spring and the body...
• Re: Westy Weighed... Setting Corner Spring Rates
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:49:39 -0700
  ...Keep your left and right springs balanced > with the same rate to prevent awkward handling differences between left and > right turns,you may put...
• Re: Purple springs from H&R
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:53:32 +0100
  ...They wore out a lot, 3 of 7 >> spring >> turns are "on block", so no more spring effect there. >> >> The stiffness is independent from...
• Re: Pre-loading Rear Springs re Syncro Suspension (long)
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 17:03:15 -0700
  ...I now realize that on my motorcyles, the spring adjustment does in fact compress the spring. You turn a nut that directly compresses it...
• Re: Spring startup
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Tue, 1 May 2001 21:00:31 -0400
  ...Can somebody provide a few spring startup tips other than the usual fluid level checks. I tried the archives several times to no avail...
• steve's springs?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 19 Oct 2000 19:28:18 -0700
  Has anyone installed Steve's Bett Springs yet??? Would be interesting to see some feed back.... Thanks, Bill
• springs
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Fri, 20 Feb 2004 17:48:45 -0800
  What year did the springs get dropped an inch for the 2wd vans?? JT Curiosity Kills more Mice then Cats
• Measurements checked, springs, and toys, ahhhh, toys
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Sat, 10 Jul 1999 01:02:55 -0600
  ...Stiffen the spring so the van load does not compress the spring as much. 2. Lengthen the spring so that you have to pre...
• Re: '90 Westfalia sagging suspension
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 14:42:57 -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...
• Re: Swithcing springs to correct sway to the left on a camper
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 23:05:19 -0600
  ...We often rotated springs in both the front and rear to compensate for droop. The turning of the spring in the seat pockets actually...
• Re: Sagging springs, effect and cure?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Skegg
  Thu, 30 Oct 1997 00:21:47 -0800
  ...I got some 'SPRING-LOX' coil spring boosters and put a pair on each driver side spring, adding about an inch to the coil...
• Re: `Re: I'm getting taller Syncro Springs
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 21:20:48 -0800
  ...The rear springs are more expensive as they are more complicated. The front springs are just a simple coil so this is why I...
• Re: 85 Westy Utility Covers and spring
  Historical mailing list - Steve Laurenzano
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 08:15:34 -0500
  I need just the cover and spring. They appear to sell just the whole unit. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Boland Sent: Tuesday, April 02...
• FS: German, Factory Lowered, springs from a 1988 GL Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 18:53:05 EDT
  I am selling a set of springs off a 1988 GL (NON Westy NON Syncro) Vanagon. They are in good shape. Some surface rust...