Suspension Advise.... lop-sided

[Onetimeonly]

Hi everyone, I have a fully converted Campervan, as you can see from the pic above, all the weight of the Campervan accessories which are all on one side makes my van lean quite a lot.

The van also handles like a pig on stilts, and is very harsh, even the smallest of potholes feels like you’ve gone down a 2ft pot hole .

There is also plenty of scope for lowering a bit.

So my questions are....
Can you get suspension that lowers the van but doesn’t make the ride harsher than it already is.
Will the suspension level the van up ?

Hoping that air suspension isn’t the only option as it’s out of budget.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Dellmassive]

What van is it?

T28.t30.t32 etc?

You might need to put a set of T32 springs on that to deal with the weight in the back..... that dont look stable at all, the handling must be awful.

 

[Pete C]

Can you show us what is inside please ?

Pete

 

[Onetimeonly]

What van is it?

T28.t30.t32 etc?

You might need to put a set of T32 springs on that to deal with the weight in the back..... that dont look stable at all, the handling must be awful.

Hi @Dellmassive, it’s a T30.

Yes the handling is terrible that’s why I want to sort it, it’s like steering a massive ship, it wallows around all over the place.

 

[Onetimeonly]

Can you show us what is inside please ?

Pete

Hi @Pete C , see pic above.

 

[St4n99]

It actually looks like the van has broken a spring , have you had a look to see ? I have never saw a camper lean like that before and most conversions equipment is all at the one side

 

[Pete C]

There is something wrong with your van’s suspension. Our T30 camper internal configuration is the same, and it is level.
I suspect a broken spring on the driver’s side.

Pete

 

[Onetimeonly]

There is something wrong with your van’s suspension. Our T30 camper internal configuration is the same, and it is level.
I suspect a broken spring on the driver’s side.

Pete

I’ll be disappointed in VW if the spring is broke, it only went in last week for its first service and they didn’t mention anything.
I’d better get underneath and have a look.

 

[St4n99]

Did they do a health check aswell or was it just a service , has it just been like that after the conversion ?

 

[Onetimeonly]

Did they do a health check aswell or was it just a service , has it just been like that after the conversion ?

They did health check as well, I bought the van already converted.

 

[Onetimeonly]

There is something wrong with your van’s suspension. Our T30 camper internal configuration is the same, and it is level.
I suspect a broken spring on the driver’s side.

Pete

Just got under the van, see pics above, the spring doesn’t look broken.

 

[Skyliner33]

Does it look the same as the near side?

This is a pic of a spring to compare:

 

[Onetimeonly]

Does it look the same as the near side?

This is a pic of a spring to compare:

View attachment 51377

Yep, same

 

[Pete C]

Worth checking some of the obvious things:

Do a count of the number of coils on both rear springs to make sure they are the same.
Check your tyre and wheel sizes - are they identical ?

Pete

 

[Skyliner33]

Does yours have the 2 decreasing radii coils at the top? Its hard to tell from the pics. (Ps Whats the Male symbol at the end mean?)

 

[Pete C]

And show us some pics of both sides showing the wheel arch and wheel/tyre.

Pete

 

[Skyliner33]

And A pic of the off side spring with the van jacked up and wheel off the ground.

 

[Peatey]

How much weight is in the van at the moment?.
There is definitely something not right about the current stance of the vehicle. Like the others have said, need a side on pic from both sides might help

 

[Onetimeonly]

Thanks all, I’ll get some pics and check all the above.

Revert back tomorrow...... it’s just started to pee it down

 

[Wills]

Any pics of how the van sits from the front? Worth checking the front as it’ll drag the whole side down too