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• Re: Westy Lean Solution?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:35:19 -0500
  ...If these bushings were replaced, I > feel > confident the riding height could be restored. (Since some members > have > replaced the springs and even swapped...
• Re: My Sway bar thoughts and Rear sway bars- Source: $119 kit F or R
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 12:13:55 -0500
  ...2) If yours are OK, The stock rubber bushings have about an inch of play before the bushing "catch" and slows body roll There...
• Re: Front suspension bushing replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:18:20 -0700
  The stock bushings have flats on them, to be oriented so they are vertical" that would seem to allow more lateral movement. I guess...
• Giving your van a stiffy
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:39:50 -0700
  ...Replacing those bushings was the best thing that happened to my 84. No more hunt and peck for 3rd. You will have to relearn...
• Re: Stabilizer Link Arm Bushings
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:44:27 -0700
  ...Stabilizer Link Arm Bushings > Hi All, > > Looking through Bentley I couldn't find how to remove the Stabilizer > Link Arm Bushings but it looks...
• Berg: stock shift lever rebuild Part #s
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 13:22:59 EST
  If you are installing the Berg shortshift kit, you may want to replace the nylon bearings and bushings on the shift lever. The part...
• Re: control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 20 May 2013 11:38:56 -0600
  ...I > already purchased some control arm bushings, and now see there are some > polyurethane style available from Burly motors and some other sources. > Curious...
• Re: re. clutch lever play
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:49:03 -0800
  ...You have to remove tranny if replacing **all** release shaft bushings. On this one I'm kinda guessing... The hole in the clutch lever...
• Re: Vanagon shocks and coils spring
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 07:13:56 -0800
  ...Can be confirmed by spraying WD-40 or similar into the bushings and driving. Don't expect it to last very long, but it...
• Disabled Power steering...cause bad ball joints?
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:17:51 -0700
  ...I've been trying to determine why my new ball joints and control arm bushing wore out after less than a year. A few...
• Re: Front End Suspension - 1985
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:26:09 -0800
  ...melted and combined to make a firm paste) to the threads on the radius rod itself where it passes through the bushings and sleeve...
• Re: Please help me figure out what I need for front suspension rebuild bushings
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:05:16 -0600
  ...I would like to know how many are > needed of each per car. > > I already have all the control arm bushings and such. > > Thanks...
• Upper bushings???
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Wed, 4 May 1994 15:26:41 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Has anyone had experiance (sp) with failing upper control arm bushings on an early 80's Vanagon??? I noticed the last time I had...
• Re: twanging/creaking noise in front suspension
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:12:25 -0800
  ...I suspect the Strut Rod bushings not being in place properly, at the forward end, and metal to metal contact there. I find them...
• Re: Radius Rod Installation
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 13 Jul 2017 16:26:52 -0700
  ...So, the concave side points away from the bushing. You can kind of see that detail in Bentley P. 40.7 Oddly, for the...
• Re: Tie Rod ends and Rear trailing arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 30 May 2012 09:06:58 -0400
  ...The outer sleeve in the bushing is the hardest part so once you get through that the bolt is a bit easier to cut...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 10:12:58 -0800
  That bushing is bad and the starter nose looks to be eating it up and maybe putting the starter in a bind. As the...
• Re: was no start-my problem is intermittant sluggish starting
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:51:37 -0800
  ...remove starter to replace bushing. it can be a little trickyto do...the bushing part. Scott www.turbovans.com On 11/13/2012 2...
• Re: Screech, said the front wheel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 4 Apr 2017 14:35:29 +0000
  ...That wouldn't be it of course, but it would be the only thing that might look like a bushing in plain sight. Jim...
• Re: Stsbilizer Link Broke
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 08:27:44 -0600
  Below bmc :) "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...." > Also, when it broke > you may have lost the rubber bushing...
• Re: upper control arm
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 10 Mar 2000 12:07:26 -0800
  Well, the bushing I have in front of me ( "elastmetall" 202346 LME Germany 251407077) is very tight inside. The rubber inside is actually somewhat...
• while changing UCA bushings, what else should I do?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:27:51 -0400
  Hi guys, I'm going to change my upper control arm bushings, in the hope of relieving my suspension woes. What else should I...
• Inner tie rods
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:44:43 -0500
  ...I have urethane bushings all around except the steering rack, haven’t changed those old decrepit bushings yet and when I hit about 65...
• throttle shaft bushings ?
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Sat, 14 Jan 2006 09:50:20 -0800
  ...I see that the bushings are plastic, or rubber covered. I can wiggle the shaft a tiny bit.Can these be removed and replaced...
• Diesel Vanagon Starter ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 5 May 2016 05:52:59 -0700
  ...On this diesel starter, there is a small bearing or bushing sharing the shaft with the starter gear. It is about 5mm wide, with...
• Re: Mostly successful manual trans replacement
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:00:01 -0700
  On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Edward Duntz <eduntz@hotmail.com> wrote: > Forgot to check on starter bushing. Peeked back in...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....FIXED
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:19:56 -0500
  That bushing should not be a loose/easy fit in the housing. If it can spin it will quickly wipe the housing out. At...
• Rebuilt it yourself! Was: bosch part number for diesel starter
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand 1
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:10:35 -0400
  ...Determine shape of bushings. The gear end bushing is in the bellhousing on starters for transverse engine models, and in the front housing on...
• Re: Upper COntrol Arm Bushing '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:51:49 -0500
  ...They can press the old bushings out, press in the new ones, and tack weld them for you. Usually it is pretty inexpensive. Let...
• Re: EV shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Mera 773-3390
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 16:18:43 -0700
  ...This allowed part of the linkake to come out of > the bushing therefore causing the inability to shift. The bushing has a > raised lip...
• Re: Shock Advice
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:56:28 -0400
  The bushings are the rubber pieces on top of the front shock stem. The cups are the dished washers that squeeze the bushing and...
• Re: Steering column flange bushing availability?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:42:21 -0500
  ...Steering column flange bushing availability? The two rubber bushings that engage the pins in the steering shaft linkage inside the drivers cabin of the...
• Finally got new Air Cooled/Diesel Center Shifter Bushings in stock!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:59:16 -0500
  ...I have been working to secure these bushing for the last four or five years. They are finally here. I now have brand new...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 29 Nov 2000 - Special issue (#2000-343)
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Wed, 29 Nov 2000 15:13:41 -0700
  ...The adjustment for the idle position is very particular on the Digifant and with the TBody bushings being sloppy I couldn't get the...
• Re: Tie Rod Boot
  Historical mailing list - David Prendergast
  Wed, 3 May 2006 10:19:23 -0400
  ...I replaced me upper control arm bushings not my trailing arm bushings ( Brain freeze on my part) And the boot I'm replacing is...
• Re: stainless steel radius rod bushing collars
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:30:00 -0500
  ...the collars that slide over the rod and separate the two > bushings in stainless steel? > I need them on the fly. > > TIA, > > dylan > -- Thanks...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....FIXED
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:06:09 +0000
  ...The bushing happened to be the second last. When I got the bushing out that was my "aha"...I was pretty confident I had...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Fri, 28 Mar 2014 08:47:41 -0700
  ...The brand name Rancho comes to mind. > This is the bushing I hadn't heard of (flywheel not cross shaft) > *little goober is a...
• Re: shifting- repost
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:40:49 -0400
  Check out the price list I posted with part number to the shifter bushings and parts I just sold. Well over 200.00 worth...
• Re: Squeaky Upper Control Arm Bushings.
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 30 Oct 2001 13:43:49 -0800
  ...Squeaky Upper Control Arm Bushings. > > > > > > I want to replace the upper control arm bushings in my 88 > > GL. The Bentley > > and a previous post...
• Shift Linkage Cleaning and Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Kw
  Sat, 21 Mar 1998 21:01:43 -0800
  ...The archives point to the linkage and mention replacing all the bushings at the shifter and the transmission. The dealer said he thinks it...
• Re: Upper COntrol Arm Bushing '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:18:39 -0800
  ...Upper COntrol Arm Bushing '85 GL Ok, so I knew before I picked Gertie up that she would need the Upper COntrol Arm bushings...
• Re: Hi list. 90 syncro bad leak stuck in parking lot
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:54:44 -0400
  ...It is not is any way a bushing. Just a pressed in piece to hold the felt. When a pilot bearing fails this piece...
• Re: Front end bushings -' 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Ken
  Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:58:50 -0500
  ...Front end bushings -' 88 GL these guys can give you the best info http://t3technique.com/ --- This email has been checked for viruses by...
• Re: Upper control arm bushings failed again, upgrade advice sought
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Tue, 19 Jan 2016 02:07:14 +0000
  I have the Powerflex bushings, and they're starting to squeak.... probably I used not enough grease. So what is the proper grrase? Sent...
• Vanagon BS and Floppy Shaft
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:21:06 -0500
  I've suffered both - and a while back did a bushing job and the floppy thing straightened right up. Now when I grab the...
• starter bushing, possible to replace?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
  Sun, 3 May 1998 10:44:54 -0400
  ...Pulling the starter and peering in the hole shows that the bushing has almost completely disintegrated. Does anyone know if it can be replaced...
• Re: Greaseable Sway bar Bushing Brand and part number...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 27 May 2004 22:34:32 -0700
  ...Greaseable Sway bar Bushing Brand and part number... Energy Suspension www.energysespension.com 25 mm 9.5161 1" front 22 mm 9.5158 7...
• Re: Urathane bushings?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 6 May 2012 12:38:40 -0600
  ...The purple poly is supposed to not exhibit the shortcomings if other poly bushings. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia May 6, 2012 o...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Upper suspension are/wishbone bushings at spindle
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 18:59:08 -0400
  ...of NA brand suspension parts (ball joints and upper A-arm bushings) for those who want them. The price would probably be a bit...
• Re: Lower control arm bushing r&r on 89 westy
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 16:31:54 -0500
  Hi Patrick, I recently replaced all the front end bushings on my '90 syncro westy. It is a difficult task to say the least...
• autotrans (again)
  Historical mailing list - Thoreau
  Tue, 4 Feb 1997 03:06:43 -0600 (CST)
  well, it looks like the bushing and torque convertor seal need to be replaced, between the engine and the tranny. (80 vgon..) i posted...
• 81 Vanagon 4 Speed 2WD Shaft Bearing Bushing
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Sat, 23 Sep 2023 21:52:08 -0400
  The bearing bushing for the gear change shaft that sits above the gas taken has come apart on my 81 Westy. It now clunks...
• Re: Tie Rod ends and Rear trailing arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 29 May 2012 10:47:07 -0600
  ...Also, the bolts attaching the rear trailing arm bushings are frozen in the bushings and even after considerable abuse, they refuse to budge. Is...
• Re: noisy shifting
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:40:01 -0600
  ...It got a new bushing and accordion rubber on both sides of the bushing. Then up front the Shifter Stick got a new set...
• Re: Hi list. 90 syncro bad leak stuck in parking lot
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 28 Jun 2014 16:17:47 -0500
  I don't know about Syncros - but on the 2WD vans there is a brass/bronze bushing that fits inside the fly wheel through...
• To those concerned with steering wheel sloppiness
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 20:27:38 -0500
  ...The problem was fixed in fifteen minutes with the replacement of the two rubber bushings that fit into the half of the steering column...
• Re: Rubber meets the metal
  Historical mailing list - Toby Basiliko
  Tue, 30 Sep 1997 18:36:12 -0700
  Jeff, There's a lube for nylon/delrin/etc bushings that is EXCEPTIONALLY good at this- of course I forget what it's called...
• Re: squeaks
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 18:14:44 -0700
  A word to the wise concerning upper control arm bushings. When worn they allow forward to back motion of the suspension assembly, causing "cupping...
• Re: Front end bushings
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:53:31 -0700
  >I've got an 87 Syncro and I've decided to replace the PS rack and all >the front end bushings since I gotta...