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• Re: can syncro front springs work in a 2wd??
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 14 Jun 2003 17:52:52 -0600
  ...can syncro front springs work in a 2wd?? > The Syncro front springs are much shorter. > The Syncro rear springs are much longer. > > Both are...
• Re: vanagon spring rate color coding for different models...READ!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:27:35 -0700
  ...thanks > dylan. > > here are the spring rate color codes - this is how you tell what model the > springs were from. stock springs are painted...
• <syncro> spring pre-loads
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:16:19 -0300
  Hi Syncronauts et al, If you jack the van up, the springs will push the lower A-arm down, less weight on the springs...
• Re: Front Shocks - Help or How Much $? (Portland OR)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:32:14 -0800
  No spring compressor needed. And it wouldn't fit in there if you had one. (BTDT.) (Unless you can find the spring 'compressors' my...
• Re: Springs have Sprung
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:04:06 -0700
  Rich, If you want to lower your van, I recommend the Boge high-performance lowering springs. I'm actually trying to sell a set...
• Re: Pre-loading Rear Springs re Syncro Suspension (long)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 23:46:17 -0700
  Michael Sullivan wrote: > > >> I think that the spacer lifts the van some, but I also think it > compresses the > >> spring a little too. The...
• Re: SA Spring Rates
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 10:54:43 PDT
  ...Cohen" <jscohen@SPRYNET.COM> >AS for syncro springs, I'm not sure why the spring rates would be any >different than 2wd. All the...
• front springs
  Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 06:42:28 +0000
  did someone recently list a source for new front springs? I replaced the rear springs about six months ago and now am ready to...
• Anyone going to LiMBO Rites of Spring 5/7?
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 08:39:51 -0400
  Rites of Spring! YES bring on the sun, we'll be there! Ric-Sunday the 7th (not 5th). Where are you camping? Anyone going...
• Re: first 2WD Prototype Spring install
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Sat, 9 Jun 2001 09:21:45 -0700
  Mark, that's great news! I did not increase the length of the springs at all, only increased the spring rate because by my...
• Re: Preferred Springs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:30:41 -0400
  On the rear spring height has almost no effect on camber. More likely the bolt is seized in the bushing (mount) and it can...
• Re: Pre-loading Rear Springs re Syncro Suspension (long)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 23:56:04 -0700
  ...Your theory assumes that > the > >spring length remains identical with and without the spacer, and that all the > >spacer does is increase the height...
• Re: Rear brake spring
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:44:46 -0400
  The spring is available separatley but if one broke, what condition is the rest of them? The complete kit from the dealer is ~$20...
• Re: Vanagon Westy Springs
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:46:50 -0500
  > Looking for source other than VW for Vanagon Westfalia springs. > Who's the vendor of them please ? I am one. A set of 4...
• Victim needed for Experiment
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:13:17 -0600
  I am looking for a victim in the Bay Area with a 2WD westy for testing prototype coil springs. These are my new chrome...
• Re: Air Lift 1000 Load Assist Spring Kit
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:54:59 -0400
  There were differences between Vanagon Carat springs and non-Carat. The Carats are low riders. The front springs were a bit taller in the...
• any Colorado Springs list members?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 10:40:58 EDT
  just wanted to see if there were any listers from colorado springs, who'd want to get together or who know of any good...
• Rear Springs question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 11 Apr 2004 12:08:53 -0500
  Can anyone tell me if the rear springs from an 86 2WD Vanagon (non-Westfalia) are the same as an 85 Westfalia? I'd...
• Changing Rear Syncro Springs
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 07:21:46 -0600
  I want to replace the rear springs on my Syncro. Do I need to remove the drive shafts if I use a spring compressor...
• Re: Rear spring question
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 17 May 2013 15:38:28 -0400
  ...Rear spring question > > The gowesty site makes a big deal out of how hard the rear springs are to > install? Izzat so? > > Thanks, > > Jim >
• Re: Rear Springs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:04:30 -0800
  ...you want the correct front springs. I've put in 84 GL front springs ( used ) and they were a little low. 85 GL ones...
• Wipers spring (Westy 85)
  Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon
  Tue, 11 Jun 96 09:16:01 -0400
  Hi, I have recently buy a wiper spring helper, it's something like a spring with two hooks that goes around arms. After some...
• Re: Q: for H&R lowering springs users
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:19:51 -0400
  ...for H&R lowering springs users >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >> Got pics? > >http://rubatoguy.home.mindspring.com/springs.html > >Above website not mine...
• Re: has anyone tried h&r springs?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 10:52:49 -0700
  The H&R springs are lower and much much stiffer from what I hear. Todd Last has a set on i think. At least...
• Re: front spring removal question (and rear spring removal answer)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:01:55 +0000
  Do you have a std or syncro? I've changed my front springs in my 2wd Westy a number of times. It is tedious...
• Re: throttle valve cable spring installation
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:48:10 -0400
  ...throttle valve cable spring installation > > >> Sounds like you got an automatic transmission. >> Sounds like to PO put the wrong spring back on. >> They aren...
• Re: springs/ride
  Historical mailing list - Grant Holst
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 14:25:54 -0800
  ...Any ideas, could it be the springs? > > LJ If you have the shorter springs, meaning your '87 rides lower than the '85, then yes...
• Re: Lowering vanagon springs
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:43:51 -0500
  My Dad just lowered his 1948 Plymouth Street Rod by simply cutting the springs. I don't know the details, but he found an...
• vanagon spring rate color coding for different models...READ!!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:39:27 EDT
  ...here are the spring rate color codes - this is how you tell what model the springs were from. stock springs are painted black but...
• Rear Coils Spring Removal
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:48:17 +0000
  Basically, how? External spring compressor I bought at Auto Zone won't compress the springs nearly enough. Trying to install the spacers to boost...
• Re: Coil Spring availability/cost?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 08:13:02 -0700
  ...Coil Spring availability/cost? > At 08:46 AM 3/13/2000 , KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > >I have a couple sets of used coil springs...
• Jed Clampet
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 18 May 2001 21:45:04 -0700
  ...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: throttle valve cable spring installation
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:26:08 -0500
  ...The air-cooled use a standard accelerator spring just like the automatics. The air-cooled use a standard spring on the throttle body. The...
• The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 08:58:23 -0500 (CDT)
  ...It would seem from his writing that stock single springs would give me more trouble than risking having someone screw up installing dual springs...
• Re: can syncro front springs work in a 2wd??
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:39:28 +0000
  The Syncro springs are not shorter. I have a pair in my garage that I have already made one attempt to install them on...
• Re: 85 Westfalia front springs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 16 Jul 2018 02:24:53 +0000
  The ETKA did list different springs for various models indicated by paint marks. For the most part the aftermarket sells springs based on height...
• Re: '85 springs to a 90GL?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Fri, 7 Nov 2014 19:25:58 -0500
  If anyone is interested in swapping carat or the like springs for my 85 gl super gaping springs. I'm in Delaware 19803. Got...
• Re: Rear Coils Spring Removal
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:31:49 -0600
  On Mar 25, 2012, at 11:48 AM, J Stewart wrote: > Basically, how? External spring compressor I bought at Auto Zone won't compress...
• Re: shocks
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 10:04:23 -0700
  ...He will be sending 2wd front spring for testing to the same company doing the syncro springs. Per Lindgren wrote: > Grant Holst wrote: > > > I...
• questions of lifting saggy butt Vanagons,and coil spring spacers
  Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 08:00:38 EST
  ...They were round 1 1/2 inch thick pads that would be put between the coil spring and the spring perch. Anybody tried these...
• How do you when your springs need to be replaced?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:08:57 -0400
  ...Do I need to replace these springs to get a more springy cushin' to the ride? Can I swap out my short springs for...
• Re: Westfalia...to buy or not to buy?
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 18:02:43 -0800
  ...3 different springs? How did you learn about them? Is there any indication on anticipated applications/uses for the three different settings? How about...
• SPRINGS [here's some info!]
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 00:02:29 -0400
  WEll, After missing out on most of the springs thread, I have MUCH to say now. First, I bought some Heavy Duty Vanagon Springs...
• Re: Syncro Springs -- looking for a Set
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 07:49:18 -0700
  John and any others interested in Syncro Springs, there are about five people who have expressed interest in a set. I can do another...
• Re: 88 GL Power mirror base & spring assembly
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:23:01 -0500
  ...Nut, spring, washer? As in you drop the washer in 1st, then the spring, then the nut? (looking down the shaft of the mirror...
• Spring Break Again
  Historical mailing list - Rich Propsom
  Fri, 16 Mar 2001 19:00:10 -0600
  A couple of days ago posted a request looking for information on rear coil springs. Current response indicates. 1. Check your clearance so you...
• Re: 2WD vanagon lift front springs
  Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
  Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:23:28 -0700
  ...You could try those, although I don't know if they're as tall as Syncro springs. On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 5...
• Re: What's the shortest/lowest stock rear spring besides from the Carat?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:34:51 -0700
  Cut a coil or two off your current springs. I don't think Carat springs would help you much anyway. Besides height .. also need...
• Re: Pre-loading Rear Springs re Syncro Suspension
  Historical mailing list - Ron Putt
  Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:55:25 PDT
  ...If you decrease the space used by the spring by using the doughnuts then you will increase the pressure exerted by the spring because...
• Re: Whistling from rear end
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:16:56 -0700
  I had similar symptoms that turned out to be a broken spring grinding itself to pieces behind the brake drum. Quick fix to remove...
• 2wd spring into syncro swap expt.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 20:32:08 -0800
  Another small project I got done recently, '82 westy front springs into '86 syncro. Oh, and radius arm bushing replacement. http://shufti.wordpress.com...
• Help Need Springs!
  Historical mailing list - Seastoner
  Sat, 16 Aug 1997 21:44:41 +0000
  I have to replace the rear springs in my 85 Westie...the dealer wants 319.00 a piece for the springs!!! Unbelievable! if anyone...
• Spring Install
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 11:18:56 -0400
  Hi all, Does anyone know if the installation of springs and shocks on a 90 Carat would require "special VW tools" that the local...
• Re: Springs
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:58:43 -0700
  On the custom springs, the reason I am asking everyone to measure vehicle sag at each wheel loaded and unloaded is so we can...
• Re: Fw: 2 WD Vanagon Westfalia Coil Springs
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Thu, 3 May 2001 09:12:57 -0700
  ...We had to test all of the different vanagon springs to decide on best specs, plus they then lost the models we were using...
• Re: [Syncro] Which is taller Syncro.org Syncro or 85 2wd Westy front springs?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 05:20:41 -0800
  ...I am really only interested in the comparison to the 85 2wd spring. Hoping that someone here has actually compared the two. Cheers, BenT
• Re: Westfalia...to buy or not to buy?
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:11:37 -0800
  ...steve Pat Dooley wrote: > OK, I was told campers share the same springs as regular vans. > If a taller factory spring is available, I...
• Re: Springs
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:28:31 -0700
  ...Good new springs properly made likely will not show the left side list...for a long while, anyway. 2. you would need to take...
• Re: SA HD Spring Rates
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 00:59:23 -0400
  Huh? What locates the spring perch? Is it suspended in mid-air? Or still somehow attached to the lower control arm? The fact that...
• Re: 2wd springs
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:27:39 -0400
  > I am looking for new springs > From reading the descriptions, the 2wd springs from > syncro.org will raise the height modestly on my 85...