Hi Dennis, in fact, the rear is a bit lower than the front.

What i'm sure of, it's very heavy in the back. Still, the other syncro i
have restored was heavy too and was very stable on the highway and
curves with the same tires.  That said, this one as a higher center of
gravity. The custom interior is massive and mostly in the back. The tire
carier, the ladder and the 2.5L Subi doesn't help.

I have a feeling of "rolling" when i start loosing control. So something
is soft.

Ben

Dennis Haynes wrote:

> Hard to tell in the pictures but is the rear jacked up higher than the
> front? Vanagons do not like that. Check the Caster of the front end
> and radius rod mounts. Jacking the rear will reduce the caster angle
> and cause the twitchy over steering.
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> Dennis
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>> From: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
>> Reply-To: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Syncro bad handling problem
>> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:01:47 -0400
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>> Hey all, i'm stuggling to find an handling problem on a customer van.
>> So i
>> wonder if any of you ever had that problem.
>> Van oversteer dangerously wile turning at speed over 40mph, loose
>> rear end,
>> rear want to go in front when turning  It's almost scary sometime.
>> The van is HEAVY, i can barely lift this one on my electric lift in
>> the shop.
>> It's also very sensitive to wind.
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>> Condition: Big Syncro, custom interior (heavy),  of course, big tire :-)
>> Rear tire rack,  ladder in the back, 2.5 Subi, new shock and spring
>> on all
>> wheel, no loose or play anywhere (of i can see), front stab bar is fine.
>> The spring are not from GoWesty but from another reseller, i just don't
>> remember the name.
>>
>> I thought about a rear trailling arm bushing problem but i see no
>> play at
>> all. This problem just happen lately, i mean i didn't like the
>> handling of
>> this van last year when i did some stuff on it but now it's worse
>> than ever.
>>
>> Here is the van (tire where replace):
>> http://www.benplace.com/jp_syncro.htm
>>
>> van look very similar and as now the same tire as the Syncro that i
>> restored
>> lately:
>> http://www.benplace.com/87_syncro2.htm
>>
>> I know, it's not much and it's dificult to give advices when you
>> don't feel
>> and see the problem but maybe some of you had a similar handling
>> problem???
>>
>> Any info would be appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers, Ben
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