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Subject:Re: '85 springs to a 90GL?
From:Don Hanson
Date:Wed, 5 Nov 2014 07:49:50 -0800

Put in some urethane bushings on the steering rack.   A worthwhile upgrade
to the way your van will steer.

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net>
wrote:

> Wanting a little more fender well clearance for my 225/65/16's when the
> van is heavily loaded.  The OE springs have alost 300k on them, so
> buying the 85 springs off ebay seemed like the logical thing to do.  Are
> there any additional suspension/alignment changes that need to take
> place when I add these springs??  I'm also going ot swap the PS rack for
> a manual duringthe same procedure and replace the upper ball joints, so
> an alignment is pretty much a given.
>
> TIA
>
> DM&FS
>