On Feb 3, 2009, at 7:01 AM, Tom Hargrave wrote:

> Wow! If both had melted tops then you were really exercising them!
>
> That's probably not he shocks fault.

The road was not bad except for the uniform washboard set up by
vehicles passing over at higher speeds?  I was only going 12-20 mph to
keep up w/ Richard who had discovered that you either had to go 35 or
15 to avoid the jarring of the washboard-I never tried the 35 mph &
still blew em out! Yeah, I am not quibbling at the Bilsteins, in fact
replaced them w/ the HD's which is what I probably should have had in
the 1st place, trying to keep up w/ the syncros.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ

>
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Hargrave
> www.kegkits.com
> 256-656-1924
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On
> Behalf Of
> Thomas Buese
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:47 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Shock Absorbers for Vanagon (2WD)
>
> I just replaced my Bilstein Touring rear shocks w/ the HD's on my 2wd
> westy after the shocks both blew seals while negotiating 27 miles of
> washboard dirt roads on the way into the Racetrack in Death Valley. 2
> fellow vanagonauts in syncro westys who were w/ us, had no problems w/
> their Old Man Emus & ProComps(?). Unfortunately for my 2wd, OME
> doesn't make shocks for 2wd Vanagons, so after researching all the
> shocks, I ended up going w/ the less expensive HDs! Thought about the
> Konis, but not in the budget at the moment.   I really liked the ride
> on the Touring shocks, but they didn't last 3 years.  Hope the HDs
> hold up, & I did get em on sale @ Van Cafe, which hopefully is a
> certified Bilstein Dealer, so if they die, I can get them replaced, or
> go to Konis.
>
> I am going to return the old shocks which had melted tops on them to
> Bilstein & see what they say, just for kicks.
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ
>
>
>
> FWIW, Bilstein has a limited lifetime warranty on their shocks unless
> you buy them on Ebay, which I had, so no replacement.
>
> On Feb 2, 2009, at 6:38 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote:
>
>> Bilstein HD
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Dave Arthur <dave.arthur@nscc.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What are my options for new shocks for my Westfalia?
>>>
>>> I see Koni and Bilstien are on the list also KYB and Cofap. Has
>>> anyone ever
>>> tried Munroe?
>>>
>>> Mine is a camper so even empty it has a pretty good load. What is
>>> the
>>> current opinion of the list?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jake
>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>> Crescent Beach, BC
>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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