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• Re: ISO upper and lower cupped steel washers for bottom sway bar mount
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 18 Jul 2017 01:54:16 +0000
  ...the same cupped steel washers for the upper bold of >> the >> > shock absorbers. I went to a junk yard, open the hood, look, found...
• Re: front end clunking noise
  Historical mailing list - brad horner
  Thu, 9 Apr 1998 07:42:05 -0400
  ...The screw that tightens down the shock absorbers wasn't tight enough AND the upper ball joints were in serious need of replacement. Ze...
• '85 VANAGON GL BARGAINS!!!
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Sat, 29 Aug 1998 22:18:12 -0400
  ...Suitable for hanging on one's wall - $149.79 6- FOUR ORIGINAL SHOCK ABSORBERS!!! - These dudes even have the ORIGINAL under-coating on them...
• Re: Rear end rattle
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:43:29 -0700
  A loose shock absorber or its mount would cause this type sound.� Had this on a different vehicle. Stephen --- On Mon, 10/29/12...
• Re: Bilstein Shocks Vs. Stock
  Historical mailing list - Ri
  Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:08:40 -0700
  ...a goodf time to announce that I now have a new shock absorber > > offering from Europe, for all 2 wheel drive Vanagons, that may...
• Hi from WA (West Australia!)
  Historical mailing list - Geoff Law
  Mon, 13 Nov 2000 13:18:26 +1000
  ...The van handles like a boat, I think because the shock absorbers need changing. There's a bit of oil leaking from under one...
• Re: Bilstein Shocks Vs. Stock
  Historical mailing list - Roberto Munoz
  Fri, 25 Jul 2003 19:29:11 -0400
  ...a goodf time to announce that I now > > have a new shock absorber > > > offering from Europe, for all 2 wheel drive > > Vanagons, that may...
• Re: Bilstein Shocks Vs. Stock
  Historical mailing list - caryccc
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 03:04:08 -0500
  ...a goodf time to announce that I now > > have a new shock absorber > > > offering from Europe, for all 2 wheel drive > > Vanagons, that may...
• Re: Gowesty 2wd lift spring spacers
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:50:07 -0700
  Don't you have to take out both of the shock absorber bolts? Jake On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 7:03 AM, Jay...
• Re: need stabilizer link
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:26:11 -0500
  ...People think the rubber bushings need to be compressed , as a shock absorber is. They continue to crank on the nut, after it is...
• Re: Vanagon Tool Box - What be in it?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 20:40:16 -0600
  ...Phase II is what you'll need when you want to do a bit more, like replace shock absorbers and fix door locks. Phase...
• Re: Science of Washboarding
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:48:26 -0700
  ...The shock absorbers must be doing a lot of in and out travel, continuously and rapidly when floating the body over washboard. Friction at...
• Re: Neat vanagon expedition accessory
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 17 Dec 2001 11:52:37 -0800
  ...The spare tire will act as a shock > absorber (slightly) while the fuel can will be fairly high up in the air. > > There have...
• Re: Pre-loading Rear Springs re Syncro Suspension (long)
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 00:37:42 -0700
  ...At that point, with the shock absorber fully extended, it is easier to see that inserting a spacer between the spring and the top...
• Re: Getting a Handle on the Handling of the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 09:16:44 -0400
  ...recommendations for shocks with additional dampening > but > not added firmness? > What you are really saying here is that you require shock absorbers with a...
• Re: The red or the blue
  Historical mailing list - John Scheckel
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:42:50 -0400
  ...The project began with the installation of Bilstein heavy duty shock absorbers in conjunction with the stock springs in an effort to assist in...
• Re: What features from the Vanagon would be necessary in a new vehicle for you to consider it an adequate or improved replacement? was: "Brand new" bus now Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 7 Apr 2007 21:26:54 -0700
  ...Maybe we SHOULD allow aftermarket ones! I wouldn't mind bumpers that were > mounted on shock absorbers. Yeah, and slightly heavier gauge steel. Something...
• Re: Cant we just swop sides? RE: westy lists to port
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:08:15 -0800
  ...Once you undo > one of the shock absorber bolts, the trailing arm drops low enough to > release the spring on 2WD Vanagons. Fronts *would...
• Re: Bigger Wheels, Unsprung mass and Calculations
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 12:12:01 +0100
  ...The wheel's displacement will be greater, the forces put into the chassis via the shock absorbers will be greater and the shock absorbers...
• Re: Fabricated bumpers for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - DavidM
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:12:05 -0400
  ...of impact in the RR for some > reason) i think a shock absorber type rear bumper would be a good idea... both > of my...
• Re: H&R Lowering springs and Koni shocks
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:20:19 +1000
  ...Remove the shock absorber from the vehicle and hold it vertically with the lower eye or pin attachment in a vice. Use clamp plates...
• BA 6 AUX FAN
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Dec 1996 11:33:21 -0500 (EST)
  ...A neighbour's down the street (an 82) has his installed behind the passenger's side rear shock absorber. Bentley's shows the fan...
• Re: Bilstein Shocks Vs. Stock
  Historical mailing list - Dan Haydon
  Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:40:50 -0600
  ...a goodf time to announce that I now have a new shock absorber > > > offering from Europe, for all 2 wheel drive Vanagons, that may...
• Re: Unusual Tire wear question
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 8 Jun 2015 18:28:55 -0700
  cupping or smooth wear? if cupping - uneven wear - then it's the shock absorber failing to keep the tire in constant contact with the...
• Re: Front shock dust cover bumper
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:55:27 -0800
  ...I'm on a road trip and had 4 new >> shock >> > > absorbers installed. The front shock dust covers were broken, the new >> > > shock threads...
• Re: passat feedback, same vintage as vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Mark & Laura Zaranski
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 02:06:42 -0500
  ...The year before it was the rear shock absorbers. And don't get me started with the f*<&ing maintenance--hardly a season passes...
• Engine Upgrades and Repair issues
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:14:52 -0800
  ...or the steering rack or the cracked dash or the front shock absorber or .... Using the molecular analysis technique will help illuminate the point...
• Re: Magical cast iron suspension?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:12:04 -0400
  ...with the '84 having an edge in comfort due to better shock absorbers. So, until someone can give me logical and quantifiable explanation about...
• SV: Re: I'm getting taller Syncro Springs-longish
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Sun, 8 Nov 1998 12:46:15 +0100
  ...shocks , maybe this aren�t the right way to correct them but you should concider some way of moving the place where the absorbers...
• Re: ISO upper and lower cupped steel washers for bottom sway bar mount
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Spragge
  Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:33:18 -0700
  ...the same cupped steel washers for the upper bold of >>> the >>>> shock absorbers. I went to a junk yard, open the hood, look, found...
• Re: Bilstein Shocks Vs. Stock
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:57:13 +0000
  ...a goodf time to announce that I now have a new shock > absorber > > > > offering from Europe, for all 2 wheel drive Vanagons, that may...
• Re: passat feedback, same vintage as vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 00:26:53 +1200
  ...The year before it was the >rear shock absorbers. And don't get me started with the f*<&ing >maintenance--hardly a season passes...
• 1999 Vanagon - Too Expensive?
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 17:24:17 -0700
  ...At most 5mph bumpers (add a shock absorber to each bracket) and airbags (< $1k retail) would add $1,500 to $2,000 to that...
• Re: Shocking Thread
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 11 May 2004 12:57:47 -0400
  ...pumps to computer keypads. (Which have far less in common with shock absorbers than do trailer suspensions, incidentally.) http://www.itt.com/products/ Jurid...
• Re: Science of Washboarding
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Buese
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:59:29 -0600
  ...following the washboard profile > of the road at that speed. > > The shock absorbers must be doing a lot of in and out travel, > continuously...
• Re: high beams not working, 86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 21:08:52 -0800
  ...Just note down what you're doing, and take care the steering column is fully engaged with the rubber shock absorber at the bottom...
• Vanagon Engine Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Mar 1996 08:27:57 -0500
  ...This is a shock absorber like device that installs between the engine and the frame. I first saw this device on MotorWeek on TV...
• Vanagon Engine Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Mar 1996 20:07:38 -0500
  ...This is a shock absorber like device that installs between the engine and the frame. I first saw this device on MotorWeek on TV...
• Re: THANK YOU KEN
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 12:54:27 -0600
  I ordered a set of shock absorbers from Ken. He was informative and shipped them very quickly. He even sent me an email to...
• Re: The Sounds of Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Fri, 10 Apr 1998 14:47:52 -0700
  ...After-market shock absorber didn't fit tight on mounting bolts. Too much play. Repair: Replace shock and make sure mounting fits tight on...
• Re: Rear-Ended !! / Tube bumpers
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 15:36:02 -0400
  ...though there is so little protection. > > robert > --------- > > there is actually no "shock absorber" mechanism on the vanagon > bumpers [ at least not on my 1990...
• Re: Answers about Tires and Handling
  Historical mailing list - Roger&Zoe Ann Banker
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 00:33:38 EST
  ...slow you down and cause a bouncier ride, perhaps requiring better shock absorbers, depending on how big you go. Weight distribution is also a...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 20:49:20 -0500
  ...pulley for the alternator, the Type IV drive line conversion and shock absorbers about 3" in diameter. If you see anything that I missed...
• Re: cyl head temp gauge and sub-zero driving
  Historical mailing list - H Steven Dolan
  Wed, 12 Oct 1994 15:51:12 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Steering (10W gear oil?) Shifting (same?) Frozen accelerator/parking brake cables? Where do shock absorbers go for the winter? Flat spotted tires? (especially 2...
• Re: Mechanic recommendation around Pasadena?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 17 May 2001 17:13:19 EDT
  ...avoid close to Pasadena ( > CA). > I need to replace the front shock absorbers on our '87 syncro. > Mario-- Bela's Forign Car 2525 N...
• Re: '85 VANAGON GL BARGAINS!!!
  Historical mailing list - Late braking
  Sun, 30 Aug 1998 00:34:14 -0400
  ...for hanging on one's wall - $149.79 > > 6- FOUR ORIGINAL SHOCK ABSORBERS!!! - These dudes even have the ORIGINAL > under-coating on them! Am...
• Re: Cupping of tires et al
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 23:17:38 -0600
  ...Number 1 is shock absorbers, ball joints (or alignment), improper air pressure and balance. Of course bad wheel bearings will cause/contribute to cupping...
• 66 Splittie Westie Under attack from Crazy Texan
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:12:32 -0500
  ...pulley for the alternator, the Type IV drive line conversion and shock absorbers about 3" in diameter. If you see anything that I missed...
• Re: Front Bumper (Syncros especially)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Thu, 17 Oct 1996 14:59:53 -0400
  ...Derek also proposes -if I get this right- a massive silicon shock absorber between the bumper part of the body and the fiberglass bumper...
• Re: Cupping of tires et al
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 01:09:33 GMT
  ...Number 1 is shock absorbers, ball joints (or alignment), improper air > pressure and balance. Of course bad wheel bearings will cause/contribute to > cupping...
• Re: broken stabilizer link
  Historical mailing list - boroko
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 20:42:44 -0500
  ...Wire welder) and mounted it in the drag link with a couple of shock absorber rubber pads and washers. That was a few years...
• Re: '91 Vanagon engine fire
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Jan 1997 23:10:23 -0500 (EST)
  ...is with the newer cars and the gas shocks in the bumpers and suspension shock absorbers.. Vanagons don't have these (at least through...
• Re: cyl head temp gauge and sub-zero driving
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 19:14:02 EDT
  ...gear oil?) > > Shifting (same?) > > Frozen accelerator/parking brake cables? > > Where do shock absorbers go for the winter? > > Flat spotted tires? (especially 2 blocks later...
• Re: Interior noise, how much is normal
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 08:49:19 -0800
  ...So far as the noise from the rear suspension, most likely candidate is a loose shock absorber mount, although mine has been making a...
• Re: Neat vanagon expedition accessory
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 17 Dec 2001 16:15:33 -0700
  ...The spare tire will act as a shock > > absorber (slightly) while the fuel can will be fairly high up in the air. > > > > There have...
• Re: Magical cast iron suspension?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 19:39:09 -0700
  ...with > the '84 having an edge in comfort due to better shock absorbers. > > So, until someone can give me logical and quantifiable explanation > about...
• Re: circlip on lower ball-joint
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 13:02:52 -0700
  ...And what's the deal with the two nuts on the shock > >absorber? Some secret trick I don't know? I got the > >old...
• Re: Subaru Forester 2.5
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:07:03 -0800
  ...idler pulley replaced - Water pump replaced - Front and Rear struts replaced - Shock absorbers replaced - Radiator replaced On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 5:57...
• Re: SURVEY - I need a metal fab. project
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 19:59:42 -0700
  ...But as > far as unsprung weight, suspension loads, smooth ride, shock absorber loads > and performance, etc etc etc , all except maybe absolute roadholding forces...
• 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
  ...the same cupped steel washers for the upper bold >> > of >> the >> > shock absorbers. I went to a junk yard, open the hood, look, found...