Hi Jim,

        Dennis Haynes leveled out my 85 when he had it for service.  He did a incredible write up and used 4 scales. 
        In the end the thing I remember most is that he replaced the worn out original rear pads under the springs and also added a shim in the driver’s side  rear back wheel.  this technically made the weight on the wheels unbalanced a bit but balanced the van.

        I also have a set of inexpensive air bages in the rear springs.  Before Dennis worked on the van I had about 48 pounds on the driver’s side and about 42 on the passenger side.  this balanced the van nicely.  I know some folks use these air bags when  they have heavy loads on the back. I found them to be a nice addition.

Now that my van is balanced the air bags are I believe at about 25 PSI both sides.

Eric caron 
85 GL Auto 

On Aug 15, 2018, at 09:02, Jim. Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

Thanks for the advice.

Best,

Jim

On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 7:58 AM Andrew Berg <andrew@bergweb.ca> wrote:

> I used one of these at driver side rear:
> 
> 
> http://www.gowesty.com/product/coil-springs/4346/spring-pad-for-rear-coil-spring-
> 
> Leveled things out pretty well. Your numbers don't look too bad though.
> Mine were worse.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018, at 8:47 AM, Jim. Felder wrote:
>> I have a 1983 Westy with 2012 GoWesty replacement springs (normal lift).
>> Almost from the time of installation I noticed the car wasn't sitting
>> level, presumably because of the imbalance caused by the westy interior
> and
>> camping equipment.
>> 
>> The sag hasn't changed much in 6 years. Here's what it looks like. The
>> measurements are from the lip of the wheel arches to the center of the
> hubs:
>> 
>> Driver front: 16.5 inches
>> Passenger front: 17
>> Driver rear: 16
>> Passenger rear 16.75
>> 
>> I realize that you can't shim these springs like they were mechanical cam
>> lifters, but that they are means of racking the car around the center of
>> gravity as a fulcrum, and in the front the suspension geometry has some
>> mechanical gain to it affected by the height changes in the rear. So, I'm
>> not going to try to learn all that for what I hope is a one-time fix.
>> 
>> My question is a) what are the best options for shimming and b) where to
>> get the shims?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance to those who know.
>> 
>> Jim
>