How to keep a Bus stock and all stock height questions

MrEnglishman · Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:31 am Post subject:

95S rating meaning 1,499lbs. Plus, whitewall!

cdennisg · Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:38 am Post subject:

mandraks · Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:46 am Post subject:

cru62 · Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:53 am Post subject:

cdennisg · Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:37 am Post subject:

cdennisg · Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:38 am Post subject:

MrEnglishman · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:36 pm Post subject: Looking for stock ride.

OK, newly ordered tires are on the bus.....but now they're to big!! To much offset at the rear puts them about half an inch from the metal of the bus. At the front they fill the wheel arch. They're 205-70-15's. Just over 26 inches tall. (27 inches is original)

If I change to 15" vw bus wheels I know it'll move them in at the back and work but will it work at the front where they just look to big? Shame, cause I liked the chromes.
I know the bus originally came with 14"s but is the wheel arch space the same as earlier buses that came with 15"s?

Thanks for the advice!

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Stuartzickefoose · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:38 pm Post subject:

does it rub when you drive it?
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mandraks · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:48 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for stock ride.

srfndoc · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:52 pm Post subject:

Bug wheels have the wrong offset. You could have a company re-hoop them with a better offset but that costs additional money.
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MrEnglishman · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:56 pm Post subject:

It hasn't been driven since it was parked in 1988!! I don't think the rear is rubbing but clearance is less than the width of a finger. In the front a full turn doesn't seem to touch.....but it's just very close! (especially the spike part behind the front wheel on the body of the bus)

mandraks · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 2:55 pm Post subject:

ttullo1 · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:24 pm Post subject:

Running 205/75-15's on my single cab with the same clearance you have and they don't rub at all.

mandraks · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:32 pm Post subject:

MrEnglishman · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:40 pm Post subject:

I slid under the bus while the girlfriend turned the wheel. The offset of the wheels combined with the size of the tires just wont work. In the back I can live with just a tiny gap between the tire and the bus, but in the front it touches at half turn. I looked at and measured many buses at Buses By the Bridge. So.....I've decided to get a set of 15 inch VW wheels for her. I already picked up one at Buses By the Bridge for $10....just 3 to get!
I think stock will look good to.

mandraks · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:52 am Post subject:

MrEnglishman · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:52 am Post subject:

Yea, original cream color I think. It'll still look good. I love my new van!

Stuartzickefoose · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:53 am Post subject:

SambaUser1M · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 12:48 am Post subject: excess front positive camber

I searched for an answer, but was unable to locate it, even in the Bentley manual.

I recently purchased a '57 SCab and noticed severe feathering on the front tires. The alignment shop confirmed toe was off by two degrees. They were able to correct the toe and the truck rolls straight, but there was no way for them to address loads of positive camber front and rear. The alignment tech blamed the KYBs for the camber, but that doesn't compute to me...

I've checked the height on the rear. One side is slightly lower than the other and I've found all the information for measuring and repositioning the spring plates & torsion bars to see if they're causing excess camber in the rear.

Is it really possible right-size gas shocks are the problem? He says "switch to oil shocks and I'll recheck everything for free." He didn't try selling me shocks - he understands I'm buying the parts online and doing the work myself.


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