Hi All-

I have developed and put in a lift kit on my 84 Westy regarding this
issue 7 years ago. The lift kit generated a 2 inch space between the
spring faces  and I have had normal wear on my CV joints.  I did replace
one CV joint about three years ago and I truly believe the replacement
of this CV joint was not caused by the lift kit, but by normal wear  on
the van.  By adding the lift kit at the rear of my van, it raised the
van 5% past grade and when applying a load to the back of my van
(camping stuff, etc) this lowers the van to a level grade and thus the
tail sag is not as severe. By doing this, it also stiffened up the ride
and it took some of the sway out of the van. E-mail me if you would like
to to know more ...I could send a jpeg for those interested

No one wants a saggy rear..especially going over high speed bumps :)

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Peace!

Trevor Reid

84 Vanagon "Vanny"

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pensioner wrote:
>
> Hi Volks,
>
> If the 108mm CV joints will operate at a "higher angle" does this imply that
> in order to take full advantage one would have to raise the ride height on
> one's vanagon by adding to the distance between the spring mount faces.
> (longer springs, stiffer springs, air lifts or something similar).
> Conversely if one did raise the ride height say 10% what would the angle
> difference be and would it be significant with respect to the longevity of
> the standard CVs?
>
> Til we know it's all just a guess....However if you install bigger brakes
> the vanagon will stop better.  Who's got those bigger brake sets?
>
> pensioner