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• Re: Alignment
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 20:09:18 -0800
  ...Going on > a hundred years now, the first step to a proper alignment is to CENTER THE > STEERING WHEEL. > > George >
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Wishbone Aligner tool]
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 20:57:17 EST
  Does this wishbone alignment tool have anything to do with Thanksgiving? BenT
• Re: Vanagon wheel alignment
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 16:44:43 -0400
  ...Vanagon wheel alignment Hi All, I have a 90' Multivan and just had the thing aligned. They say that it is .5 degree off...
• Re: Syncro Alignment & Vibrations
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 23:39:20 -0500
  ...At 08:06 PM 3/26/98 -0800, you wrote: >A word of caution re syncro alignments. I had my syncro westy aligned >to...
• Steering play on '88?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:24:54 -0700
  ...I had the alignment done and 2 new tires installed. The guy doing the alignment warned me that driving with the P/S pump...
• Re: Pulls to right
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 20:50:04 -0700
  ...I did a front end alignment > twice, checked the rear wheel alignment, and looked > for brake drag. Still pulls. Ideas? > Thanks, Stephen > 84 Westy...
• HMHYPFAFEA?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Tue, 28 May 2002 17:19:53 -0700
  How much have you paid for a front end alignment? I was quoted $79 fair? Paul '87 westie
• Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? (and some trip pics)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 11 May 2013 10:50:07 -0700
  ...An alignment was done after the radius arm hole repair and another alignment done after replacing the upper control arm bushings etc. Something I...
• Wheel alignment - myth or reality
  Historical mailing list - Leonard Anthony
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:35:05 -0700
  ...Is this "slot" issue for the back, when doing 4 wheel alignment? I googled for the article I read but couldn't find it...
• Syncro propshaft vibration mystery
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 23 May 2007 12:57:58 -0600
  ...I put in 6 new rubber mounts on the front diff and made a laser alignment tool to check the alignment of the tranny...
• Re: power steering failure.....no need to realign
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:39:52 -0600
  ...cheap bits- but alignment is another > consideration. It's not difficult to keep yours relatively straight, > but you'll likely need a shop for...
• Re: RPM?MPH
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:16:11 -0800
  ...And last, I take my '90 Westy to a local VW dealer for wheel alignment. Happens to be one of the few dealers around...
• Re: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:59:43 -0700
  Meant: "make alignment marks ....." And I just saw Scotts comment. Neil. On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 9:57 AM, neil n <musomuso@gmail...
• Re: NAPA usually has it...
  Historical mailing list - Vern in Bend
  Wed, 16 Oct 2013 20:12:02 -0700
  ...for a front alignment, which is much lower than I expected and seems like not only a fairly cheap investment considering the cost of...
• Re: Tires
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 08 Jul 96 20:18:17 CDT
  ...if your alignment gets even a tiny bit out, the tires take a "set" and will NEVER recover, not matter how many times you...
• Re: HMHYPFAFEA
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 29 May 2002 13:20:13 +1000
  ...HMHYPFAFEA? > >How much have you paid for a front end alignment? > >I was quoted $79 >fair? Paul et al, Are you talking just a...
• Alignment woes before ling trip
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 22:33:52 -0400
  ...I'm going on a 1500 mile trip Wednesday, and thought I could take it in for an alignment. I was able to be...
• Re: ps rack install tips?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 08:40:56 -0500
  ...However this is just so that I don't > have problems on the way to get it aligned at a four wheel, > computerized > alignment...
• Re: Gas Tank Alignment Questions. PIC
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:33:43 -0600
  ...Gas Tank Alignment Questions. PIC Hi all. Ok, found the gas leak. Pic of tank fill hole alignment at frame (72 Kb size image...
• Re: Wheel alignment - myth or reality
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:29 -0400
  ...Wheel alignment - myth or reality After reading Keith's post I looked under my Westy, jogging my apparently degrading memory. Is this "slot" issue...
• Re: Alignment concern?!?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Mon, 12 May 2008 17:04:50 -0400
  ...Alignment concern?!? I just took my 84 Westy Wolfie up for an alignment, and they said they couldn't get better than a negative...
• Re: Front tire wear
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:39:20 -0400
  William, My 84 has the same issue, and when I brought it in for an alignment last year after changing the front PS rack...
• Got it! Need Front End Alignment
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 19:14:54 -0800
  Thanks Listees-- Now I am not only convinced that I to do it, but WHY! Phaedra
• tire wear & heater core
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:14:12 -0400
  ...Could the alignment have been done improperly (print out appears to be in spec.)? Should VW actually do the alignment rather than a tire...
• Need help in Wilmington Camber destroyed tire
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
  Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:22:45 -0400
  ...The shop in Pontiac Michigan which did my alignment 2 years ago, must have had the camber or caster way off. The inner side...
• Re: Error in accessing
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 30 Sep 2000 08:48:24 -0700
  ...Error in accessing > Error in accessing > > Item #69705 (10 Sep 1998 13:46) - headlight alignment > > does anyone have the specifics on how to align...
• Re: Alignment at (Sears/Pep Boys)?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 22:14:20 -0700
  ...front end work on > our westy and want to > have my alignment checked. Is there any reason not > to go to a pep > boys...
• Re: alignment & tires
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Wed, 11 Sep 2019 20:09:48 -0400
  ...Now I already paid 200$ for an > alignment is changing my tire pressure going to ruin the alignment? > Clearly it will effect how my...
• Porsche 914 chassis alignment
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 May 95 12:10 CDT
  ...of manuals that give the factory specifications for chassis measurments and alignments. He would like to straighten everything out so that his doors might...
• Re: tire pressures and alignments
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 18 Jul 2018 08:28:44 -0700
  ...tire pressures and alignments > > Why not go with the door placard inflation pressures? On my 1991 > Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile that is 43 psi...
• Re: Trying To Understand Tie rod Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:10:41 -0700
  ...To Mark at Lonsdale Wheel Alignment FWIW. I believe he is the owner. Beetle Spa (also of North Vancouver) sends their front end alignment...
• Front tire wear
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:09:23 -0400
  ...I never thought of asking about this before because I assumed that it was probably something to do with the alignment. On thinking about...
• Re: Starting a flooded engine.
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 11:39:58 -0600 (MDT)
  On Mon, 20 Nov 1995, John Brown wrote: > I took my '84 Westy to Sears (dumb move) for an alignment. They screwed > up the...
• alignment results
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 2 Mar 2008 14:24:29 -0500
  ...I had done a "measuring tape" alignment myself and had actually gotten it pretty close except for the caster, which was way off, about...
• Re: tire wear ques
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Sat, 31 Jul 2004 08:06:12 -0400
  ...Get the alignment. Jason Willenbrock wrote: > hey all, > i am experiencing some wear on my passenger side front tire on my 87 > syncro > westy...
• Re: Syncro bad handling problem
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:13:34 -0600
  ...My OPINION is that your van has some sort of alignment problem from the sounds/descriptions posted already and someone already suggested rear wheel...
• Re: adjusting sliding door height
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 1 Sep 2019 11:49:16 -0700
  ...so replaced all the rollers, clean lube the tracks thinking it helps the alignment but it's not... the door closes and opens much...
• Re: Tranny installation
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 17 Sep 2001 21:31:49 -0500
  ...This normally gets the angle of the tranny alignment low enough to clear the tranny front cross member and slide the tranny home. Be...
• Tire Wear
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Dec 1995 12:00:27 -0800 (PST)
  ...Anything a home wrench can do about this, or do I just head straight to the alignment shop? Prolly not a bad thing to...
• What causes tire wear?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Mar 2016 21:19:19 -0500
  Just a couple of questions about tire wear and alignment. Several things, other than squeaking and clunking, happen when the upper control arm bushings...
• /recommendation for power steering boots?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:38:35 -0400
  Hi folks, I just had an alignment done and they found a small rip starting in a boot. Darn thing is only about 2...
• Gas Tank Alignment Questions. PIC
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:07:31 -0800
  ...Pic of tank fill hole alignment at frame (72 Kb size image): http://tinyurl.com/2e3ev52 It should show how poorly the tank fill...
• Re: DIY alignment? (Also, alignment numbers)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 8 May 2008 23:20:55 -0700
  ...Robert 1982 Bashfalia --- pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Alignments are the one thing I find myself > taking a vanagon to a shop for...
• Re: referal needed: garage & alignment shop in south east bay
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:06:24 -0700
  ...i just put on new tires so i'd like to get the alignment checked, but i'm a little wary of going any...
• Re: Makeshift Clutch Alignment Tool
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bohannan
  Wed, 29 Mar 2017 14:50:37 -0400
  ...com> wrote: > > FLAPS/Harbor Freight? I have used a harbor freight alignment tool on everything from a Porsche 911 to an MGA to Vangons...
• Ball Joints
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 10:18:33 -0700 (MST)
  ...There's an alignment shop across the street, so I don't think I'll have to worry about alignment (if indeed modern-day...
• Re: tire pressures and alignments
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 16 Jul 2018 22:44:39 -0700
  ...mcneely On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 3:28 PM, Gabriel Hourtouat <ghourtouat@gmail.com> wrote: > Should wheel alignments be done with an unladen...
• Re: '85 springs to a 90GL?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 5 Nov 2014 07:49:50 -0800
  ...Are > there any additional suspension/alignment changes that need to take > place when I add these springs?? I'm also going ot swap the...
• Re: Who works on your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:25:11 -0400
  ...By the way, Vanagons require 4-wheel alignment, despite what the Sears "technician" may tell you. ;-) Chris S. '85 Westy www.knology.net/~vw...
• Re: [Syncro] r & p mounting bushings need 89 syncro westy
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 20:23:55 -0700
  ...Worn bushings on the steering rack would only effect the TOE setting on the alignment, not Caster or Camber. it seems to me that...
• Re: Front end advice
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 06:44:15 -0800
  ...And, if you do all this stuff all at once, you can save money on alignments. Do it once, get one alignment. Open the...
• Re: Front End Suspension - 1985
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:18:28 -0500
  No they couldn't do the front end alignment because the bushings were so worn - sorry if I wasn't clear On Wed, Jan...
• Re: Vanagon Alchemy - Square headlight alignment screws & springs needed
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:30:38 -0400
  ...when I > reinstalled them this morning I noticed that the headlight alignment > screws have transmuted from plastic to chalk. I also noticed that > one...
• Odometer/ tripometer broken
  Historical mailing list - Ry L Blaisdell
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 19:12:34 -0500
  Does anyone else have problems with the gears in the vanagon odometer sliping out of alignment? If so has someone got a good solution...
• Re: Caster--was Tire Choice Question
  Historical mailing list - Trooz
  Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:27:12 -0700
  ...I've been to several alignment shops and no one can seem to get it right. Does anyone know of a quality alignment shop...
• Re: any late-model Eurovans out there?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Sheflo
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 20:15:29 -0700
  ...the alignment folks are acting stupid and claim they can't find any specs for his bus. also, on the same bus, he says...
• Re: My car is going wobble
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 3 Nov 2006 09:34:17 -0800
  Interesting Roger, I did not get any alignment done. This is a '83 Westy with 165k, Bad shock? How? Used the same bearings. How...
• Re: I-4 conversion timing problem - no problem!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 7 May 2001 20:37:52 EDT
  ...Using this as a hard reference, you can go to the front pulley, and observe the arrow alignment to pulley cast in the plastic...
• Re: Help Clutch Pilot Bearing question!
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 17:46:12 -0700
  My Sachs(mexican made now?) clutch kit came with a platic alignment tool included. Left it in the package as I already had an...
• Re: [NVC] Need alignment sight to help with backing trailer
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:32:51 -0400
  Here ya go: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=95684 Let me know how it works. Ken