I’m thinking … if the canted perch is a mistake… taking into consideration the arc of the trailing arm travel, I can modify the plastic pad on top to have opposite canting.

I’m eager to see just how the geometry works out.

Alistair 

> On Mar 21, 2022, at 6:31 AM, ddbjorkman@verizon.net wrote:
> 
> I saw that in your last post.  I kind of wondered what was up with that.All in all though, nice job Alistair.  Really handy having tools, machining and space available.
> Dave B.the Boston one
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Sun, Mar 20, 2022 4:22 pm
> Subject: [VANAGON] More trailing arm mod
> 
> I’m ready for the criticism, I express my doubts in the post. But I went ahead and welded in a canted spring perch
> https://shufti.blog/2022/03/20/vanagon-trailing-arm-rebuild-part-two/
> 
> Alistair