If we wanted to be really fussy about weight and alignment, we'd put a sack
of concrete or something in the driver's seat , since the van never drives
without the weight of a driver in the driver's seat - like if you set castor
say, without a driver on board, when someone sits in the driver's seat, the
caster might be slightly different with the weight onboard. .

  As long as it weighs like you drive it pretty much, when you have it
aligned, you'll be all right.
The alignment specs would be the same, whether westy or passenger van, or
800 lbs sitting on the rear floor - you just need to align it with what
weight it is going to run with.
 And ......driver's weight of say, 160 lbs,   makes the left front lower by
, just guessing, 1/4 to 1/2 inch ....
and that would affect front alignment a little, you'd think.
Yet, no cars are aligned with any weight substituted for the driver's weight
that I've even seen - but sometimes I do, doing my own alignments.

The rear alignment is adjustable as well, Not commonly done, but there is
'rear alignment' on a vanagon for sure, besides just the front.
Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message --

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From: "Trooz" <trooz@ROADRUNNER.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 1:32 PM
Subject: alignment

> Bentley makes no distinction in the alignment specs between a van and a
> Westy.  Is that correct?
>
> I need to get an alignment and told the guy I'd bring the specs to him,
> but
> I'm thinking that the addtional weight of the Westy ought to require
> different specs.
>
> Anyone know for sure?
>
> Bob Trousdale
> '90 Westy