Help i need drop spindles!!!

[dubdubz]

they basically need bending at the neck of the joint carrier to compensate for their new 'lowered' angle. but you can't do this in your back yeard, unless you have a forge/furnace there? i did this on mine,

would like to know more re this ...sounds like a very neat and simple solution...........

 

[Joval]

they basically need bending at the neck of the joint carrier to compensate for their new 'lowered' angle. but you can't do this in your back yeard, unless you have a forge/furnace there? i did this on mine,

would like to know more re this ...sounds like a very neat and simple solution...........

Are you serious?

 

[dubdubz]

sometimes

I have access to a forge/furnace and was interested.........

why, is there something I missed? ok so simple may not be the correct term.....

 

[Joval]

It just doesn't sound right to me, apply enough heat to bend the trailing arms must weaken the metal too?

 

[the councillor]

aah for ****'s sake... now joval's involved :?

ok, i've just come off the phone to clements; spent the last 57 minutes discussing whether or not to reply to this, and now i've had my hand forced.

stagger lee.

a legend in both mine and clements' worlds... possibly the reason why we became friends instead of just sniping at each other on justkampers was because of a shared sense of loss at staggers going to the south pole... indeed the weekend i spent eating barbequed doritos with him at vanfest ranks up there with the birth of my son and the first time i held an owl.

but... BUT... he's a bit different to most people on here i guess... the archetypal mad scientist sectioning his spindles with a hacksaw and encouraging 20 year olds to take their trailing arms to their garden forge... i love the fact that there are stagger lees out there but i'd like to respectfully suggest that there might be, oh at least a half-dozen... not better... not easier... just less mental ways of lowering a bus than bending your trailing arms in order to compensate for your beam being cut and turned too far

:shock:

well, the cat's out of the bag now.

 

[Joval]

You barbeque Doritos? They're good straight out of the bag you know?

 

[Joval]

King and Linkpin.


Balljoints are the devil's work so find a splitty destined for the scrappy and take the beam.

 

[freddie]

ok ok ok, i have had a good read through all this... thankyou for some of those long replies! At the end of the day, im a full time 20 year old student, i dont do work to my bay myself i take it to places, 2 very profesional companies have done all the lowering work on my camper, and neither of them warned me about any of this... i am now stuck in a situation where i have a daily driver which could be unsafe. I am not denying i am a crazy young vw enthusiast wanting to slamm his ride to the floor for the cheapest possible way.... BUT like i say i have payed people to do the work on my camper and im now pretty stuck.

It seems the most sensible soloution is to save for a new beam and start again? I have no choice but to drive my bus around until i can afford this. Many different people have told me different soloutions and told me what is safe and what isnt... i trust the people on here know the most so i shal trust them!

Thankyou all for your help again.

Freddie!

 

[Clem]

aah for ****'s sake... now joval's involved :?

ok, i've just come off the phone to clements; spent the last 57 minutes discussing whether or not to reply to this, and now i've had my hand forced.

stagger lee.

a legend in both mine and clements' worlds... possibly the reason why we became friends instead of just sniping at each other on justkampers was because of a shared sense of loss at staggers going to the south pole... indeed the weekend i spent eating barbequed doritos with him at vanfest ranks up there with the birth of my son and the first time i held an owl.

but... BUT... he's a bit different to most people on here i guess... the archetypal mad scientist sectioning his spindles with a hacksaw and encouraging 20 year olds to take their trailing arms to their garden forge... i love the fact that there are stagger lees out there but i'd like to respectfully suggest that there might be, oh at least a half-dozen... not better... not easier... just less mental ways of lowering a bus than bending your trailing arms in order to compensate for your beam being cut and turned too far

:shock:

well, the cat's out of the bag now.

This post adds nothing but confused mayhem to the thread.

Keep up the excellent work!

 

[Joval]

Relax, if you're really worried get a set of the ready to go trailing arms from Coolair and inspect the old
balljoints before sending them back, it'll only take a couple of hours and coast £99 (plus postage etc.)

 

[Joval]

Relax, if you're really worried get a set of the ready to go trailing arms from Coolair and inspect the old
balljoints before sending them back, it'll only take a couple of hours and coast £99 (plus postage etc.)

'Cost' - I meant to type 'cost'

Distracted by the councillors bagged cat. :roll:

 

[the councillor]

if you're scared of your balljoints failing, and they're pretty tough to be fair, then it'd be an idea to get them checked properly by a reputable garage... a new set of arms with fresh balljoints is like £100 or so... if they're knackered then it's an easy fix, like for like etc. etc.

Relax, if you're really worried get a set of the ready to go trailing arms from Coolair and inspect the old
balljoints before sending them back, it'll only take a couple of hours and coast £99 (plus postage etc.)

so, would it be fair to suggest that you don't actually read my posts then ?



that emoticon is called 'broken heart' by the way justin... broken heart.

 

[Joval]

if you're scared of your balljoints failing, and they're pretty tough to be fair, then it'd be an idea to get them checked properly by a reputable garage... a new set of arms with fresh balljoints is like £100 or so... if they're knackered then it's an easy fix, like for like etc. etc.

Relax, if you're really worried get a set of the ready to go trailing arms from Coolair and inspect the old
balljoints before sending them back, it'll only take a couple of hours and coast £99 (plus postage etc.)

so, would it be fair to suggest that you don't actually read my posts then ?



that emoticon is called 'broken heart' by the way justin... broken heart.

I do, it's Freddie that needed a recap. :lol:

 

[freddie]

There is quite a lot of big chunks of writing here.... its hard to take it all in, plus, about 50 people have told me i shouldnt be driving my bus, another 50 have said its fine.

I dont own £99 at the moment either... infact i dont own £20

 

[uber cool]

My first bay was too low, it was the cut n turn method. Fitted coilover and rasied the front about 2", only sold it last month. Had done about 10k miles in 5 years no problems. This will take the strain off the ball joints and you would not need to remove the beam, you could fit them yourself, probably cost you about £100, if you shop around.

mine as bought, without coilovers

coilover fitted

 

[Araon]

Personally I would take that 20 notes and invest in a Bentley manual, have a shop around on line.....money well spent...

 

[the councillor]

it would be an idea for you to get hold of a proper service manual... bentley is ace... and immerse yourself in that for a while.

Personally I would take that 20 notes and invest in a Bentley manual... money well spent...

so, would it be fair to suggest that blah blah blah just messing

I am a student

There is quite a lot of big chunks of writing here.... its hard to take it all in

better get used to it though

anyway, this thread IS a serious subject, but i do have to mess about a bit so as not to sound like too much of a pompous cock :roll:

you need what's called a 'roof fund' - i mean leaving internet technical experts' opinions on your front suspension out of it for a minute, you're driving about in a 40 year old bus with god knows how many previous owners, and stuff IS gonna go wrong on it. hopefully nothing major, but there's loads of stuff wears out on any vehicle... your £20 ain't gonna go very far just keeping a stock, home-serviced bus on the road, but if you're driving it about bouncing off the bump stops every fifteen seconds something somewhere is gonna fail sooner rather than later, and how're you gonna fix it ? especially if it's gonna have to be garaged every time.

i sound like an old woman, agreed, but i know from past experience that this isn't stuff that you think about when you're a kid, but it soon jumps up to bite you in the arse.

luckily, and i'm being genuine here, the VW bus 'scene' does have some fantastic people involved in it, and i reckon if you gave a shout out for help across the forums you might, no, would turn up somebody with a stock beam who'd help you out for bobbins... maybe a local club member who'd help you swap them over... it does happen, trust me, and that's when you see how amazing places like this and vzi are in real life.

worth a try if you're on your uppers; or is it just my scouse skip-raiding instincts coming to the surface

 

[freddie]

My first bay was too low, it was the cut n turn method. Fitted coilover and rasied the front about 2", only sold it last month. Had done about 10k miles in 5 years no problems. This will take the strain off the ball joints and you would not need to remove the beam, you could fit them yourself, probably cost you about £100, if you shop around.

mine as bought, without coilovers

coilover fitted

Ooooo cool, i think someone else recomended these too, may be worth looking into... dont really wanna raise the front at all, but saftey has to come before coolness! :lol:

thanks

 

[freddie]

The councillor, i am a drama student... we are not used to writing :lol:

Thanks for your help, my parents are hoping to go away in the camper in the summer, so i may talk to them nicley and see what they think... maybe if i tell them its VERY dangerous driving it like this they MIGHT just lend me some money :lol:

Thanks again, Freddie

 

[the councillor]

aah... the penny drops... i get it now 8)

this is all coursework for you then ? one big social experiment :shock:

well, you can tell your tutor that you had the whole of the internet falling over themselves to offer you advice, and you're well on your way to that 2:1 :mrgreen:

now get in the bloody thing and drive it man :roll: