mk1 swb camper rear wheel space

[walker tranny]

hi l just fit out my mk1 swb as a camper now the rear wheel arces have drop you can just get your fingers under them what should be the right space be ie in inch and would l need to put a extra leaf spring in or replaces the shockers thanks steve

[redeemer]

IF you want to put up the van again , if you are going to load it a lot , the I suggest you add a helper leaf, and sometimes here they put spacer bloks of solid steel between the bottom of springs and the axle. Also then you would be needing longer U bolts as the thread will finish .
The shockers have nothing to do with the height , they are there just to absorb the energy and dapens the effect of the springs.

[walker tranny]

are mk5 rear spring hangers larger then mk1 spring hangers ie from the rear chassis to the leaf spring thanks steve

[redeemer]

Don't know that about mk5's but leave for the profss to come...
WHat I know for sure is that the mk2 facelift(plastic grille) was updated to a much larger tapered bushes on the rear and longer connections beteween the chasis and the end of spring.