Recent content by VeeDubMan

How old are you? I seriously think this makes a difference. I swear in my younger days, I'd just jump in, drive and not have a care about what could happen. These days though at 51, I'm constantly thinking about what could go wrong!

Looks like I cut down my rear bump stops too much several years ago and now need to replace them.. What's the best way of going about doing this?

Yeah, all of the nice looking after-market 112PCD alloys are all rubbish offsets. My current MWS BRM's are ET12 which doesn't give you much room at all to get decent tyres on, especially the rear which, of course, limits your mph and ups your revs! Got some 185/65/15's on them at the moment...

@naskeet - you reckon the 6" ET30 rim would work OK then?

Are you running spacers to prevent them fowling on the inner edge then?

Anyone ever come across these before? Seems to be just what I'm after having given up with ridiculous small ET values on aftermarket 112PCD alloys: TUFF TORQUE VW TRANSPORTER T2/T3 STEEL WHEEL 15" X 6" ET30 SILVER I have 15" tyres, hence the reason for not going for 14" steels from the usual...

Yeah, they sent me a couple of new 'through bars' (the things they use to replace the torsion leaves) but they didn't make any difference. Not sure if you can see the videos in the Dropbox, but they show the play.

Ha! Just found my original post about the same issue. Looks like I've always had the problem then but never failed an MOT because of it: https://earlybay.com/threads/do-torsion-arms-wear-in-the-tubes-red-9-beam.65350/

I've had one of the original Red 9 Design EZ Rider front beams on my '71 for the past 12 years or so. It was the 2"-4" drop version. It gives a nice ride quality with an uprated anti-roll bar too, but at the last MOT, I had discussions with the tester about some travel in the trailing arms...

Yeah, I was only on about 71 onwards (small 5 stud pattern). I know the early stuff is different anyway. Just seems that given '71 onwards has one backing plate option and one drum option then shoe choice is purely down to what wheel cylinder and spreader bar you have already.

Just stripped down my rear brakes on my '71 to try and figure out why the adjuster had to almost be wound out all the way for the shoes to be effective. There's plenty of material left on them so I can only assume an issue with the wheel cylinder. Got me thinking though, looking at the parts...

We make the downstairs bed up first so they stand on that, not in its seat position. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Does the awning connecting strip interfere with the roof rack? Also, what ladder is that? Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Going to Croyde next week and have recently fitted a roof rack...and just realised that the figure-of-8 clips that clip onto the gutter and normally hold the awning to the van, won't go on the gutter as the roof-rack legs/feet are in the way. Anyone got any suggestions/known workarounds? Sent...

Never seen a ladder used before too get into the bunks. My kids always use the side unit/downstairs bed to get up, but they're 11 and 13 now. Had to help them up previous to that though. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk