Rear shock extender's also wishbone spacers fitting. (video)

JED THE SPREAD

I thought I would share with you a couple of jobs I did on my Westy a little while back. The first job was due to advice given on here when I raised my front suspension and I now have wishbone spacers fitted and doing well. The second thing was to fit some rear shock extenders to help the van not to top out if it was ever empty. This is a new product available in the UK...

Remember as always we are not pro's and we are just having ago on our own vans because we are average Joe's, and if you know a better way to do anything feel free to stick to what you know Wink

Here is a video of what went on, http://campervanculture.com/2011/06/fitting-rear-s...ia-syncro/

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Rhinoculips · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:07 am Post subject:

Nice video. Well done, idiot proof and a great soundtrack. Thanks for sharing.
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BenT Syncro · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:01 pm Post subject:

Another fantastic piece, Jed.

Wondering about that rear shock extension. It doesn't to add to the wheel travel at all, does it? More like a 'shock mount relocator' than an extension.

Cheers,
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syncrodoka · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:54 pm Post subject:

JED THE SPREAD · Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:59 pm Post subject:

The extenders from www.futbus.com are for raised vans, it relocates your rear shock mounting point so you can still use standard shocks. I know he will ship to the US/Canada etc so if you send him an email I guess he should get you a price.

Futbus is a small family run outfit who have spent a great deal of time developing upgrades for bus's over the years and showing what they do for someone to copy directly wasnt my intension. He has already had some cases of people ripping off his ideas in the UK but it ended up doing him a favour in the end because some of the stuff that was copied was rubbish Laughing

Glad you all like the video, it keeps us going at it Wink

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snoop · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:37 am Post subject:

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syncrodoka · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:02 pm Post subject:

Jedi · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:15 pm Post subject:

http://burleysmotorsports.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=38
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skivan · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:37 pm Post subject:

Thanks as always Jed. Now back to the intent of this thread -- the shock knock...

when i go over a speed bump/hump a little too quick the down stroke is quite harsh and i'm assuming this is what you're calling shock knock. this is the shock topping out or fully extended? seems kind of obvious now that i'm writing. this happens in the front and rear with GW 2" springs/OME shocks.

so upper ball joint spacers and rear extenders would help this issue? thanks for any comments.
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j_dirge · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:50 pm Post subject:

Wouldn't a longer travel shock fix the "problem" better?
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1621 · Samba Member Joined: May 15, 2006 Posts: 2174

Jed, another great installment of camper-van culture. I really enjoy the short and informative vids, please keep them coming.

For those needing a longer shock (I wouldn't recommend it if it's not necessary as there's no real benefit) I took this simple design from one of Eric D's old posts when my Konis proved too short for the GW springs. In this case, I didn't want to change an already awesome damper. Very simple if you can source a set of old shocks and have a friend who can bend and weld. Did a set for the fronts too.

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syncrodoka · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:27 pm Post subject:

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