Derrek, did you have a front sway bar to begin with, and just put on a
thicker one?  Or were you bare up front?
tx,
bmc  :)
"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."

> From: John Clemens <jbclem@EARTHLINK.NET>
> Reply-To: John Clemens <jbclem@EARTHLINK.NET>
> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:27:44 -0800
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Shims Swaybars CVs and Steve's Spings
>
> Derrek,
>
> Could you tell me where you bought the sway bars for you Vanagon, and any
> other information that would be relevant.
>
>
> Thanks,  John
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Derrek Wittmann" <kerred@HOTMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:06 AM
> Subject: Shims Swaybars CVs and Steve's Spings
>
>
>> I got a set of Steve's springs. They are great. My van was restored to the
>> stock ride height plus a little.  I added shims on all four corners.
>> 12mm(1/2") in the front
>> 19mm(3/4")+12mm(1/2") in the back.
>> With all the shims I have added it is a little too tall in the back. This
>> lead problems with my old cv's. I had to replace them with good used ones.
>> The new steeper angle of my axle had changed the range of motion that my
> CVs
>> were going through.  It was just too much for my worn out CVs.  I still
> have
>> a slight vibration. I should take the small shim out but I like the way it
>> looks.  The rear axel to fender lip height is 18".  The addition of a 1"
>> swaybar in front made the biggest difference on the reduction of sway.
>> Later I added a rear swaybar which I did not feel the effect of as much as
> I
>> did the front.
>>
>> Derrek Wittmann
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "phil stanhope" <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 6:17 AM
>> Subject: Re: [VANAGON] New springs on my 1989 Vanagon with shims for the
>> lefty camper sway
>>
>>
>>> Could you say that this is a better solution to reduce
>>> sway than to add front and rear sway bars? I would
>>> much rather do this if it REALLY reduced swaying, and
>>> from reading Developtrust's posts it seams to be so.
>>>
>>>
>>> Phil,
>>> 84' "Westy Millenium Falcon"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>