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Prof. Jae

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Apr 25, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/25/97
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Ok guys, I've had (have) a lowered TIII and a TI, now I would like to
mildly lower my van to reduce that boatlike feeling, key word 'reduce'
not 'slam'. I believe the rear is the same but I was wondering if the
front torsion bars are like the TIII where you can remove the arms and
move them up a notch (like the rear) or do I have to cut and weld like
the TI? Please e-mail. Thanks.

Jae.

John Belanger

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Apr 29, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/29/97
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Please copy any replies here to the group as well! Don't leave the rest of us out of it...


thanks,

John B.
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John A. Belanger


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John A. Belanger


BUSES ONLY

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May 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/4/97
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Oh, if only it were that easy! Unfortunately in order to do any lowering
you will have to install adjusters in the front beam. This entails
completely dismantling the front suspension. You can do it yourself or
have BusBoys do it. While you have it apart is a good time to freshen up
your seals, ball joints and tie rod ends. As for the rear suspension, you
can either re-index the torsion bars in the housing and/or spring plates
or you can install BusBoys lowering plates. When you take apart the spring
plates install new rubber donuts. They are cheap and new ones reduce slop
in the suspension. Good luck

Jack Stafford

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May 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/8/97
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Prof. Jae (jae...@earthlink.net) wrote:
: Ok guys, I've had (have) a lowered TIII and a TI, now I would like to

: mildly lower my van to reduce that boatlike feeling, key word 'reduce'

I will suggest adding a sway bar kit to your bus before lowering it.
These kits will replace the 3/4" bar in front with a 7/8" bar. A like
size bar is also added in the rear where there never was one before.

For street driving this addition reduced the tipping over feeling in
corners. The bow wake from trucks passing me does not push my van
around as much as before either.

Off road I feel like the sway bar in the rear took some of the "independant"
action out of the rear suspension. It does not "crawl" over stuff like
it used to. Since the majority of my driving is on streets it's not
that big a deal.

Sway-a-way and EMPI make these sway bar kits.

Jack '73 Westfalia
Costa Mesa, CA


Jlopez69

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May 9, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/9/97
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The van is pretty much " a Boat" if you lower it too much it's ride
suffers. Most of the show winners are of factory height. Busses just seem
to last longer with stock rather than custom suspensions. Isn't owning a
stock bus rather cool anyway? I mean, who needs to be any cooler than
that?

Seamus26

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May 12, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/12/97
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I've been the proud owner of two '72 buses, and I feel pretty cool. :)

Seamus26

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May 12, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/12/97
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I've owned two '72 busses and I feel pretty cool. :)

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