Alistair, you are a thinking man.
Dave B.

-----Original Message-----
From: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
To: ddbjorkman@verizon.net <ddbjorkman@verizon.net>; vanagon vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Mon, Mar 21, 2022 6:17 pm
Subject: Re: More trailing arm mod

Can’t easily cant the upper.
We will see what’s what when I swap the arms in . Wait, maybe I can get a measurement from the burned out van I bought. Believe it or not the rear springs have collapsed from the heat of the fire. So it’s sitting at, in essence, full compression. I’ll see if I can get a pic showing relative angles at that position 
Alistair 

On Mar 21, 2022, at 3:12 PM, ddbjorkman@verizon.net wrote:

The math is what it's all about.  I'm sure you took a look at it, even if a cursory one.I would definitely cant the upper to match the lower.  I would think it would make the spring much happier.  Road test will tell all.
Dave B.the Boston one 

-----Original Message-----
From: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
To: ddbjorkman@verizon.net <ddbjorkman@verizon.net>
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Sent: Mon, Mar 21, 2022 11:31 am
Subject: Re: More trailing arm mod

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