Hi There

There is a simple solution to the worn away lifting rollers. You cancrazy
glue a small button of a similar size and diameter onto the spot (after a
light sanding). You can also clamp a split washer of the same dimensions
onto the spot. To replace the entire mechanism would cost you about 30 or so
bucks - and then eventually the nylon rollers will wear away again. It is a
common problem and many of my customers have had success with one of these
two methods.

Also, you can check out the archives for how one of my customers fixed his
with split washers.
http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind9808C&L=vanagon&P=31570
(The customer refers to my old web address...my new one is
http://www.theskylightguy.com

See ya

Trevor
aka The Skylight Guy

----- Original Message -----
From: Dart 330 <dart330@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 10:50 PM
Subject: shocks ,skylight flex arm, and exhaust

> I'm gonna go ahead and send this again because I sent it at the begining
of
> the down time and have only gotten one reply. Hope someone can help me
with
> this stuff.
>
>
> >
> >Well it's time to order new shocks for the Westy. I am seriously
> >considering
> >bilsteins, they seem to be the best all around. For some reason KYB just
> >doesn't seem right, I guess it's because I believe you get what you pay
> >for,
> >and with the extra weight of the westy I don't want cheapo shocks that
will
> >wear out in 10,000 miles. So I was wondering if campers came from the
> >factory with the exact same boge shocks as the plain vanagons, and if so
> >what was the expected life of those shocks?
> >
> >My second question deals with the poptop skylight flex arm. The two round
> >plastic washers that hold the end of the arms in the metal sleeve of the
> >skylight are broken. I can't open or close it without the arms popping
out.
> >Has anyone found a way to fix these when they break? or do I need to plop
> >down 30 bucks for a whole new mechanism?
> >
> >Third question may be a little weird. I replaced my CAT with an elimnator
> >pipe yesterday and when I got the CAT off the inside was empty. This
> >angered
> >me a little, as I thought I just wasted 30 bucks that I could have spent
on
> >that flex arm. But I was wondering if the fact that the CAT is much
bigger
> >than the exhaust pipe, that when the exhaust reached it, it would require
> >more pressure to push through the muffler since there was more volume to
> >fill? I went ahead and put the new pipe on in hope that my crazy thought
> >was
> >correct and that having the same size pipe clear to the muffler would
help
> >a
> >little. Anybody know if this idea is right?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Nathan
> >85 Westy
> >74 Bus
> >
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