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excellent. thanks axeman.
so not a major refit....providing everything comes undone as it should.
the bearing housings do sound like a likely contender for the problem.
well worth a try at least.

simon, i am probably being stupid, but i cant find anyone called matt range in the members.
can you point me to the post you mentioned please.

https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.p ... r#p7672392" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

thanks for that.
but i appear to have bad negative camber, and matt had positive camber?
is there a way to check the bearing housing without a strip down?

er why not compare the bearing housing with the ones on your other 16" bus ? or even with the one on the other side
bet you've got broken spring too if it's worse than it was
diesel spacers are available from Classic, I have a pair in stock, though I can't just lay my hands on them as they are in a box that hasn't been unpacked and there are still quite a few of those

they are in a box that hasn't been unpacked

Come on Aidan get on with it.....

v-lux wrote:

they are in a box that hasn't been unpacked

Come on Aidan get on with it.....

waiting for you to give me hand next week

i actually got under the van for a proper look after playing in the woods again and off roading with a half ton of logs in the back....
now i at least know why the camber is worse on the lhs rear wheel.
the trailing arm has now fractured right through underneath just back from the outside bush!
i guess it could have been sagging for a while and just getting weaker.
whoops.
now what.
bernd jeager just told me he no longer has any 16" trailing arms. i have a 14" one here somewhere (maybe two)
has anyone lengthened a standard trailing arm? this might be the route i have to take unless unone has any original 16" ones for sale?
russel?

looks like the van is off the road for a while
now i will HAVE to get on and put the camper back together.

http://burleysmotorsports.com/index.php ... 6f4u1oaik5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; sell them. $900 for a pair, which isn't too bad, shipping might be painful but you might get a few of us wanting bits off him as well. Plus you could sell your good trailing arm to recoup?
http://burleysmotorsports.com/index.php ... ducts_id=7" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; even cheaper for factory copies
I thought syncroservices did as well?

thanks for the links.
i had seen the burley ones but they all seem to be modified standard arms which i could do myself. i would rather have original ones though as it is a 16.
the 16" arms dont have a seam on the rear side. ( where the shock absorber bracket is ).
if i do it myself i have more control over finish etc.

i have just emailed syncro services to see if the 780 euro price is for a pair or for one? from the photo, they look like they are galvanised which would be nice. it says they are "casted" in 6mm? that would be interesting although i think i would prefer the pressed steel versions.

available new from classicparts, they were remanufactured last year

do you have a link? cant get google to co operate on that one. is the site in german perhaps.
and any idea on price?

comes up at 790 euros inc vat
try this link
http://www.vw-classicparts.de/bestand/index_e.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

it may be worth having a chat with dai, he was having a good eyeball over patrick's trailing arms at brickwerks and was confident about making them from a pair of 14inch ones. (2no 14inch arms would be needed per arm).
as your a mettle worker i am sure that you would be able to do it.

dose beg the question as to why this has happened, how far from the sea (salt) are you?

neil

is there really a demand for new 16" arms
mike