Front or rear of van? Possible clearance issue between spring and upper
control arm? Mine seems pretty tight, have yet to align it yet or spring
settlement

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ TD Westy
On Mar 11, 2014 7:45 PM, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Does the rumbling seem to change with road speed or engine speed?
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> Dennis
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> ToddB
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 6:32 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: G.W. 1.5" lift springs
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> Interesting - just last week I installed new GW shocks/springs on my
> Weekender bringing me up from Carat height to 'regular' Vanagon height -
> supposedly 1.5" lift however I gained 2.5" due to worn out Carat-height
> springs!
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> My issue is a new, very obvious rumbling/vibration only under power and in
> every gear. It immediately  ceases when throttle is lifted in all cases.
> Shouldn't be the transaxle (<4y.o. Daryl special), but what about something
> with the rear axles? Any ideas?
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> Todd
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> 91 Orly Weekender - 2.1L 4Spd
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> Date:    Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:23:28 -0500
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> From:    Ralph Meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM
> <mailto:ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM> >
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> Subject: Re: G.W. 1.5" lift springs
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> I have installed the upper ball joint spacers from GW, they seem to be
> nicely machined.
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> Velma 82 1.9L AAZ TD Westy
>
> On Mar 10, 2014 8:21 PM, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com
> <mailto:d23haynes57@hotmail.com> > wrote:
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> > Give them some time, they will settle a little bit. Extending the
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> > shocks will put the ball joints beyond the angles they can handle.
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> > GoWesty sells a spacer for the upper ball joint.
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