On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Michael Snow <slowmachine82@gmail.com>wrote:

> I have the same problem, and would like to do something about it.
>
> T
> What could be done to equalize the left and right loads at each end,
> enabling the van to sit and ride level, while using matched springs on
> each side and providing more neutral handling?  If you could decrease
> the right front load, the left rear load should also decrease without
> leaning to the left, no?
>
> Mike
>

  Since ride height is not adjustable with stock Vanagon suspension...I
used some aluminum to shim my van...to get it closer to corner balanced
than it was..I think I added about 3/8" above my rear spring on the right
side...When I got the van, the right rear would spin if you looked
cross-eyed at a hill or gravel or sand....Shimming that wheel "down" helped
a lot,  good enough for a Campmobile/worker van/mobile dressing room.
Despite what Scott says, I do NOT describe vanagon handling as 'sports car
like' by any stretch of my imagination..... (grin)  so 'close enough'
regarding ride height is adequate for me...
  I do pay a bit of attention when I load up for a long trip..try to
approximate an even loading
..Vanagons do not have very compliant suspension.  The wheels have pretty
limited range of motion...so a little change goes a long way to even them
up.
  Remember, when you change suspension heights....you move things just half
as far as they are 'out'...I am mixing metaphors...height weight up down
heavy light......The best way to visualize how the wheels work in
relationship to each other is to take two pencils and cross them at right
angles in one hand....now, move that hand around and watch....you will see
...