At 09:55 PM 2/23/2011, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>I don't like springey original vanagons either.

Scott, I'm curious - what have you got against the flat spring-type
clamps?  It seems to me that they're so much better than worm-type
clamps over the long term that there's simply no comparison, because
no matter what shrinkage of the rubber occurs they automagically take
up to the correct tension.  Not to mention that it's impossible to
set them to the wrong tension since it's built in.

I agree that the wire-type spring clamp suffers from lack of clamping
area, but I think the band type are absolutely superior, their only
disadvantage being the need of a special tool to place and remove
them, and the attendant awkwardness getting the tool into tight quarters.

Yours,
David