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 donn
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| posted on October 31st, 2016 at 03:10 PM |
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Lean to starboard
While I haven't owned my bay very long I just noticed today that it has a bit of a list to starboard, ie, it is slightly lower on the drivers side
than the passenger side ( about 20mm) is this common and what's the best fix ?
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| posted on October 31st, 2016 at 05:25 PM |
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posted by donnwhat's the best fix ?
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Go to the gym and lose some weight
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
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| posted on October 31st, 2016 at 07:11 PM |
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posted by donnwhat's the best fix ?
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Go to the gym and lose some weight
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keep going around roundabouts,particularly the ones in Taree. :no
Sorry Donn,sometimes the torsion bars do sag and can be adjusted to give the height that you want.
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| posted on October 31st, 2016 at 08:55 PM |
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Could have broken torsion leaves on one side. I have seen this before. The only way to check is to take the swing arms off one side and draw the
leaves out and inspect.
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| posted on October 31st, 2016 at 10:11 PM |
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Ha ha AA003 you may be closer to the truth than I'd like you to be.
I'm hoping that grumble is closer to the solution than helbus. Unfortunately I'm thinking that if it's simply sagged then surely both sides would
sag equally, though it is the drivers side that has sagged and that also has the added weight of the cupboards ( it's a camper ), would that make a
difference ?
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| posted on November 1st, 2016 at 05:01 AM |
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T3 Westies have this problem due to the weight of the cupboards.
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
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| posted on July 28th, 2017 at 01:06 PM |
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posted by donn
While I haven't owned my bay very long I just noticed today that it has a bit of a list to starboard, ie, it is slightly lower on the drivers side
than the passenger side ( about 20mm) is this common and what's the best fix ?
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orig cbrds are chipbrd...heavy..I like gd plywood.
also you may wanna take the bus out of the water?? list...starboard...etc
lol
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| posted on July 29th, 2017 at 06:54 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by donn
While I haven't owned my bay very long I just noticed today that it has a bit of a list to starboard, ie, it is slightly lower on the drivers side
than the passenger side ( about 20mm) is this common and what's the best fix ?
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Could be worse :-
http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a10370438/sideways-volkswagen-bus-spe...
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AA003
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| posted on July 29th, 2017 at 06:56 PM |
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I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!
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