Westy lean and cutting board mod - specs & details?

[riceye]

I'd like to rid my rig of the 3/4" Westy lean. I've searched and searched for the thread describing the procedure, and they all end up referring to a page at knology.com that no longer exists.

Does anyone have details and size specs to help me (and others!) that they would like to share? I've got a polyethylene cutting board just waiting to be hacked up.

Thanks!
Ric
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'87 Westy Weekender - daily driver on salt-free roads

There's gonna be some changes made.

“I find that things usually go well right up until the moment they don't.” - Ahwahnee

"Quality isn't method. It's the goal toward which the method is aimed." - Socrates, later quoted by R.M. Pirsig

[AFZ272]

Use the wayback machine:

http://web.archive.org/web/20050215232351/www.knology.net/~vw/vanagon/sag/

I've been looking into this recently as well.
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Westfaila

[riceye]

[Franklinstower]

I used UHMW (ultra high molecular weight plastic): measured the diameter to fit in the spring cup, cut it out using a bandsaw, then used a hole cutter for the center cut out necessary for the bump stop. I need to search to find the measurements I used. I thought I documented it somewhere with in a post....

if you're leaning 3/4", then use that size to level it out.
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'89 Westy - EJ25/22 Frank 4.44 5mt
'75 Miami Blue Sunroof FI Standard Bug
YITB

[madmax25]

So stupid question, would just rotating the springs left to right fix the lean at all? Seems like in theory it might help a bit, like rotating tires...
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-Elliot

'88 Vanagon GL "Big Red"
'90 Westy

[tclark]

[riceye]

[82WestyMan]

I did the fronts only on my westy awhile back after I went the H&R springs and the front was down about an 1"

It's its mosty a cut and fit job but not hard with a jigsaw, awood rasp and a little patience

maybe this will be of some help

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=261751&highlight=lean+cutting+board

ps - personally that 'rotate the springs' from side to side sounds very insprired ... couldn't hurt to try and your only investment would be time
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"The floggings will continue until morale improves"
"I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell" - Harry S. Truman
82 Westfalia - w/ a Raby 'Camper Special' engine

[snoop]

What's a Weekender doing leanin'?

In any case, specs are:

front: OD: 5 5/8", ID: 3 1/4"

rear: OD: 6" (5 7/8" or pretty much anything down to about 3"), ID: 2 1/16"

Do good things...and post about 'em.

Mike
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87 Westy Camper

[shorepig]

I had an 85 with the saggy butt lean too. Both back springs were saggy by about 1 inch. Instead of the spacer idea, I inserted some spring helpers into the springs. Now it sits level, it cost me $20, and it took me 5 minutes to install them. I've heard people say that the spring helpers aren't a great solution because they can effect your spring rate. I think my springs became slightly stiffer in the rear making for better handling.

[MrPolak]

I put all the pictures and the write up here for a more permanent solution:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4116136#4116136