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Subject:Re: Duals??
From:Bob Stevens
Date:Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:44:17 +0000

Anyone that's considering this, got an idea about the sliding door?
abortion sounds right. :)
bob

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> That offset is the part that has me mathematically wondering if it could be
> done. To counter the offset I come up with a spacer of almost 2 inches in
> thickness. I don�t know if that is feasible.
> jimt
>
> On 1/13/05 11:26 PM, "Robert Cardo" wrote:
>
> > No Problem.
> > But the wheels are going to have to be severly offset so one will go
> > into the wheel well the other will butt up to the face of the center of
> > the inside wheel with the opposite offset.
> > The only problem I can forsee is the inside wheel rubbng on the control
> > arm.
> > It would have to sit in the wheel well pretty deep, or have the outside
> > wheel sit pretty far outside of it if the offset isn't enough.
> > I'd like see this aborition myself.
> > Then a large set of flares would be necessary to cover the outside
> > rubber.
> > Interesting concept, but I'm having a hard time imagining it.
> >
> > RC
> >
> >
> >
> > E-mail message
> >
> > Subject: Duals??
> > An acquaintance is going to modify his 2WD camper to a dual wheel rear
> > after his brother in law did his and found his off road traction greatly
> > increased and didn�t sink into soft ground as much.
> > Has anyone ever tried this on a vanagon? My only dual experience is with
> > military vehicles and on those the rims were specialized with extreme
> > offsets so that one could be reversed and bolted through the other and
> > they butted up against each other.
> > ����������������������������������������
> > jimt
> >
> >
>
> ����������������������������������������
> jimt
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