I drilled a little hole, tapped it and bolted a washer with a small hole
there.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Skylight Guy" <reid@DCCNET.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: shocks ,skylight flex arm, and exhaust

> 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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