

| Subject: | Re: Preferred Springs |
| From: | James Felder |
| Date: | Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:43:24 -0500 |
Thanks Dennis. I will look into this. Jim On Jun 18, 2012, at 10:30 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > On the rear spring height has almost no effect on camber. More likely the > bolt is seized in the bushing (mount) and it can't be moved in the slot. A > collapsed bushing can also cause the lack of adjustment. I have in the past > had to open the slots on the chassis to get the required adjustment. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Jim Felder > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 7:22 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Preferred Springs > > I have a note to myself made a month or two ago from a post that Scott > wrote. If I understand my note, he was recommending 85 GL front springs as a > good replacement for sagging Westy springs. > > I see springs for sale at very high prices from various sources. It seems > like used springs from a GL might not be so expensive. Scott, did I > interpret your post right, and are there any other opinions? > > I had my Westy aligned today, and everything is perfect now except the right > rear, whose spring is sagging so far the it can't be adjusted back into > camber spec. > > This was at Pep Boys/Big Ten Tires. The technician who did the alignment > seemed very into getting the vanagon "just right" and I was glad to see > that. > > Jim >
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