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Subject:Re: shocks/ alignment
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Mon, 22 Mar 2004 22:49:17 +1200

>Mark C wrote:
>
>>So our vanagons have shocks and not struts, which means that the
>>shocks do not affect the alignment, while if they were struts they
>>would affect the alignment....
>>
>>Is this right/ true? ...
>>
>>And are our wheels four wheel aligned??? ... or is it just the front???
>>
>>
>By the book, the Vanagon does get all four wheels aligned. However I've
>never seen anyone actually do it.!
>
>John Rodgers
>88 GL Driver

I have done a 4-wheel alignment. The outfit gave me some excuse for
not being able to aling one rear wheel... they said the semitrailing
arm was bent. I have my doubts...
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut