Out with the White in with the Black- Johnny's Van

**GLHNSLHT2** · 12-09-2010, 04:03 PM

looks a lot better, now just hope they ride well. If you go with a softer spring and go with a much softer rate you might have to step to the 12" spring but what you've got looks good now.

**Johnny** · 12-09-2010, 05:52 PM

Had it aligned. Drives very nice. Corners flat! But then, the old struts were totally gone.

**turbovanman²** · 12-09-2010, 05:57 PM

Good info, thank's.

Did you lower it or stock ride height?

**Johnny** · 12-09-2010, 06:09 PM

Van is stock ride height still for now. Putting studded tires on Saturday and then Sunday heading to snow country for a week to go skiing. Will lower it later.

**turbovanman²** · 12-09-2010, 06:44 PM

Gotcha,

**Reeves** · 12-09-2010, 08:36 PM

You bringing that van to SDAC? We might have a war of the murdered out lowered vans with gunmetal clading and pimp wheels!

**Johnny** · 12-09-2010, 08:38 PM

I hope to bring my wagon with the SDAC engine in it.

**GLHNSLHT2** · 12-09-2010, 09:30 PM

Tow the wagon with the van

**Johnny** · 12-09-2010, 09:35 PM

Why not just drive the wagon?
If I tow, it would be with my diesel truck.

**turbovanman²** · 12-09-2010, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by Johnny

Why not just drive the wagon?
If I tow, it would be with my diesel truck.

I'll probably borrow a diesel truck to bring my van,

**Johnny** · 12-09-2010, 10:09 PM

Are you really going this year??

**Reeves** · 12-10-2010, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by GLHNSLHT2

Tow the wagon with the van

Originally Posted by Johnny

Why not just drive the wagon?
If I tow, it would be with my diesel truck.

Cause it would be WAY cooler to have your van there and the wagon there! Especially cool when you used the van to tow!

**turbovanman²** · 12-10-2010, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by Johnny

Are you really going this year??

Planning on it, a few locals too, so probably 4-6 of us. I don't want to drive the van that far, so I'll tow it of course.

**Johnny** · 12-13-2010, 12:35 PM

The ride and performance of the coil set up I used is great!!!

But have an issue of something...the issue I call bearing delay. The strut/spring should turn smoothly with the hub. But it doesn't. The bearing is new and works fine. I took it off the double check. When you turn the van, you hear and see (while watching and someone else is doing the turning) the spring will turn then the bearing catches up in jerks. While this happens you hear the spring "boing" while it jerks.
Everything looks right, but it is not. And I am not sure what to do next.

**Vigo** · 12-13-2010, 03:29 PM

Hmm, i would be looking for scrape marks anywhere near the bearing where there might be something rubbing that is keeping all the weight from riding on the bearing, that might be scraping.

**turbovanman²** · 12-13-2010, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by Johnny

The ride and performance of the coil set up I used is great!!!

But have an issue of something...the issue I call bearing delay. The strut/spring should turn smoothly with the hub. But it doesn't. The bearing is new and works fine. I took it off to double check. When you turn the van, you hear and see (while watching and someone else is doing the turning) the spring will turn then then bearing catches up in jerks. While this happens you hear the spring "boing" while it jerks.
Everything looks right, but it is not. And I am not sure what to do next.

My guess would be the spring spacer shoulder isn't sitting on the upper bearing plate race, so its not letting the bearing move.

**wheming** · 12-18-2010, 06:27 AM

Originally Posted by Johnny

Van is stock ride height still for now. Putting studded tires on Saturday and then Sunday heading to snow country for a week to go skiing. Will lower it later.

Looks good Johnny! I'm jealous...

I feel like i'm driving an AWD version of Mean Mini right now.

(KYB Strut assemblies 43019 apparently for a V6!)

**Johnny** · 12-18-2010, 11:21 AM

My guess would be the spring spacer shoulder isn't sitting on the upper bearing plate race, so its not letting the bearing move.

It is though, taken a look at that. Even taken it apart and double checked.

**Johnny** · 12-18-2010, 11:25 AM

To get it fixed, I decided to buy a couple items from Rich...

http://rbryant.freeshell.org/suspension_products.htm

**Vigo** · 12-18-2010, 02:53 PM

You better take it to SDAC and autox it after all this high faluting suspension work.

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