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• Re: Rear trailing arm bushing replacement.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 Oct 2015 21:16:25 -0400
  The bushings from T3 Technique do not need to be pressed and they work better. The spring perch repair plates from GoWesty are inexpensive...
• Re: Reinstalling wrist pins
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 08:22:31 -0500
  ...the wrist pin bushing in the rods is a brass bushing and and even when it looks good the leading edge of the bushing...
• Re: [WetWesties] Help! Stuck in the middle of nowhere!
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:20:34 -0400
  If this is a manual transmission then the starter bushing could have completely failed and worn through. The starter would have to be removed...
• Re: Squeaking bushings upfront ??
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:32:00 -0700
  ...Squeaking bushings upfront ?? > >I just replaced the upper control arm bushings, that's the best thing to >do. I wished I had done it...
• Re: Center shift rod bushing
  Historical mailing list - JOHN REYNOLDS
  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:56:46 +0000
  I'm talking about the bushing that is in a welded bracket straight above the fuel tank that the shift rod passes through - not...
• Air-cooled Vanagon (Westy) shifter bushing question. A follow up.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:55:55 -0700
  ...One of my questions to the group was "where is this bushing located?" and the answer I got back was "above the gas tank...
• Re: Center shift rod bushing
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:37:35 -0700
  Well, I didn't realize early vanagons had diffrent shift rod setup(endless surprises!!!) Found out by checking Bentley, it mentions replacing center bushing...
• Upper control arm bushings installation
  Historical mailing list - John Clemens
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 01:51:38 -0700
  I'm reinstalling the upper control arm, with new bushings, on my 1983 Westphalia, and there is something I don't understand about using...
• 87: shift rod bushing modification
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 4 May 1996 09:09:22 -0700
  Page 34.7a of the Bentley manual shows a modification made to the shift rod bushing at the tranny end of the shift rod...
• Re: Front end bushings
  Historical mailing list - eEric Ley
  Tue, 3 Jan 2012 08:42:47 -0500
  Exactly what bushings need to be replaced ??? upper lower control arm ? radius rod bushing? sway bar or link bushing? depends if in the USA...
• steering rack bushings
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Tue, 5 Dec 2000 21:47:36 -0500
  Hi Volks My manual steering '84 needs new steering rack bushings. VW doesn't sell them, only new racks for $450. Anyone have a...
• Squeaking bushings upfront ??
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:45:37 -0700
  Anybody recommend some magic goo you can spray on all the bushings up front that will slight lube between the bushing and the metal...
• Starter Bushing Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 12:29:14 -0700
  ...I received my rebuilt Bosch starter from Ron yesterday and it has a nice little bushing attached with a sign which says it should...
• Re: control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 20 May 2013 13:44:13 -0400
  ...The bushing can be removed for re-greasing as they are a 2 piece sleeve setup. http://t3technique.com/suspension-bushings/powerflex-suspension-bushings...
• Re: Steering rack bushings? was: Disappointed with Yokohama Y370 Tires
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 14:29:47 EDT
  What about steering rack bushings? We found sloppiness in the front end of a van recently. I was under the van while the customer...
• Selector Shaft Bushing installation
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 06:16:51 -0700
  Listees, Is is possible to replace both the selector shaft bushing and the selector shaft oil seal with the transmission installed? Bentley (35.15...
• Re: Upper control arm bushings failed again, upgrade advice sought
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:38:13 -0800
  Hi Ed, Sure, no problem! The Whiteline UCA bushings are not on the website right now because they had to go through a redesign...
• Re: Air-cooled Vanagon (Westy) shifter bushing question. A follow up.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:21:34 -0700
  ...Air-cooled Vanagon (Westy) shifter bushing question. A follow up. Hi all: I posted a couple of days ago some questions about what I...
• Re: Urethane suspension bushes?
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:37:49 -0700
  In this case bushing IS is serving as bearing. It's function that counts not the name. Racing cars are very light and have...
• Re: replace starter and bushing at some time?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:06:33 -0400
  Jake, I replaced the starter once without the bushing. The next week I replaced the starter and the busing. Ken" there's never time...
• Re: Front end bushings -' 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Tue, 15 Nov 2016 08:53:06 -0800
  Whiteline bushings are more economical, but Powerflex bushings offer a better ride quality. Both have a lifetime warranty. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Front top shock bushing needed PN# 251-411-130
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 28 Mar 2017 22:33:57 -0400
  Hello folks, I need help finding a bushing for the top of the front shocks. I recently had work done to the front end...
• Re: Upper control arm bushings failed again, upgrade advice sought
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Mon, 18 Jan 2016 19:06:14 -0500
  ...Your representation of the failure rates for Powerflex and Whiteline bushings is better that expected for excellent products that are being installed sometimes by...
• Front end bushings
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:15:28 -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...
• Re: UCA bushing replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:03:49 -0700
  ...The bushings I used are similar to the right hand one shown in your pic - ie no minor step on smaller diameter area. The...
• Re: Syncro Driveshaft help/input needed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:50:46 -0700
  check out herman's site for info on bronze bushing r&r. http://vanagonsyncroproject-herman.blogspot.com/ there are 2 bushings, one and bottom...
• shift rod bushings
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 May 1996 15:32:09 -0700 (PDT)
  New shiftrod bushings needed. I am replacing the transmission in my '68 Bus. It was getting to be a real chore to make gear...
• Re: Front end bushings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:12:51 -0400
  ...Front end bushings I've got an 87 Syncro and I've decided to replace the PS rack and all the front end bushings...
• Re: Upper control arm bushings, replacement question
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 9 Nov 2014 18:12:25 -0700
  My vote goes to T3Tech http://t3technique.com/suspension-bushings/powerflex-suspension-bushings/upper-control-arm-bushings.html I know that these are a...
• clutch fork shaft bushing question
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:29:13 -0400
  Hi all, I am replacing the clutch fork shaft and am replacing the bushings. I saw on Samba that someone used a tap to...
• Re: I want to kill my control arm bushings.......Excentric Washers ???
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 13:49:13 EDT
  > >The eccentric bushings are available in three different thicknesses. it is > common >for thicker washer to be required with replacement bushings. This is > important...
• Ball Joint, and bushing tools...
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 18:46:09 EDT
  You mean special tools for the Ball joints right? I dont think any special tool are need for the bushings, although I havent done...
• Re: Squeaking bushings upfront ??
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:51:13 -0700
  I just started having this problem (again) - which bushings are primarily responsible . . . I've used wd40 for locks, but it evaporates too quickly . . . used...
• Re: Upper control arm bushings failed again, upgrade advice sought
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:51:55 -0800
  Hi Ed, Some may feel that I shouldn't be answering this due to having an interest in certain bushings, but those that know...
• Re: sick of replacing Control Arm Bushings every year
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fernandez
  Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:02:40 -0700
  ...http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=1144 > > > I wonder how many upper control arm bushings are being damaged during spot >> welding? >> >> I...
• 81' Shift Linkage Bushings
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Price
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 09:08:14 -0600
  I need help finding replacement Shift Linkage bushings for 1980-85 vanagon. These bushings are at the swivel point on the front parts of...
• Re: Upper Control Arm Bushings
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:25:47 -0400
  Frank Condelli wrote: > My '87 Westy's upper contril arm bushings are loose, well just one is > actually, on the right side, the front...
• replace starter and bushing at some time?
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:48:33 -0400
  ...My new starter from Vanagain came with a new bushing and a bright orange note stating that the bushing should be replaced before the...
• Re: Front end bushings -' 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 15 Nov 2016 17:03:31 +0000
  ...Front end bushings -' 88 GL Whiteline bushings are more economical, but Powerflex bushings offer a better ride quality. Both have a lifetime warranty. -----Original...
• Re: Squeaky front end parts
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:08:01 -0400
  When I got my '84, in 1991, the bushings were squeaking. I used silicone spray then (stopped the squeaking) and every year since. The...
• Re: Front end bushings -' 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Ken
  Tue, 15 Nov 2016 12:03:20 -0500
  ...Front end bushings -' 88 GL Whiteline bushings are more economical, but Powerflex bushings offer a better ride quality. Both have a lifetime warranty. -----Original...
• Re: Vanagon Westfalia high top dimensions?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 06:14:54 -0500
  I went to these bushings last summer. Should have done it a long time ago! Jim On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 9:44...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:03:50 -0700
  ...This stuff is just a lot of bushing shifter. I'll bet my bushings will fail now that we've brought this up. The...
• Re: 87 syncro: bushings for front drive mount
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 May 1996 15:12:51 -0500
  >On my syncro there is about 1/8" of play in the big donut shaped bushings >that are part of the front drive mounting...
• Replacing front end bushings, Hardware questions
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 22 Nov 2016 08:04:01 -0500
  ...For those of you who have done the bushings, where did you source your nuts and bolts for the following: Radius bushings? sway bar...
• AC Cap Screw
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 15 Sep 2002 21:52:15 -0500
  ...I can get a new cap screw easily and cheaply enough, but the bushing is another matter. Camelback VW in AZ sez the bushing...
• Re: UCA bushing replacement
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:50:06 -0700
  ...http://shufti.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/img_0991.jpg is that guide needed because the bushing only has 1 OD or is the...
• Re: Starter Bushing Blues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:52:41 -0700
  re the best way I ever found was to tap some threads on the bushing and then run the corresponding bolt or allthread onto...
• Re: excessive tire wear on outside while turning
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:26:45 -0500
  ...excessive tire wear on outside while turning RE: (1) radius rod bushings; (2) anti-roll bushings; (3) control arm bushings and its assoc. parts...
• Re: Nolathane upper control arm bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 19 Jan 2020 09:18:55 -0800
  ...IIRC, the GoWesty upper control arm bushings may require similar adjustments. The bushings supplied by T3 may not? I may just go with Whiteline...
• Re: Diesel starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Robert Gruber
  Sun, 25 Feb 2001 09:44:09 -0800
  THis starter is like many american car starters; the bushing is housed in the casting of the nose of the starter. In fact, the...
• Re: Getting a Handle on the Handling of the Vanagon >>source
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 09:03:00 -0700
  ...The addco bars can be ordered with rubber or urethane bushings, but the front endlink bushings are not available (center D bushings are). I...
• Re: Installing Starter Bushing
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:14:07 -0700
  ...Maybe a piece of wood (hardwood?) and your bp hammer would be best for tapping in the new bushing. For sure they're brittle...
• Re: mixing urethane and rubber bushings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Sep 2014 15:29:14 -0400
  What type bushings and where? For the most part the suspension bushing have independent effects on steering and handling. I've done may repairs...
• suspension bushings
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 02:27:29 EDT
  I was wondering, have any of you ever had to replace the front suspension bushings? I'm begining to think that maybe mine might...
• Re: Starter Bushing Removal
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:41:56 -0800
  ...Next to the German Auto place who replaced the bushing and problem went away. So I would strongly encourage replacing the bushing as it...
• Pressing control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 28 Jun 2013 06:30:20 -0500
  Craig Cowan was asking about upper control arm bushings and got some good answers. I am about to replace every bushing in my entire...
• Re: I want to kill my control arm bushings.......Excentric Washers ???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:22:25 -0400
  No, but for some reason some bushings and or arms are different. Another possibility is that the originals were not shimmed right in the...
• Upper Control Arm Bushings R/R
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:37:03 -0400
  ...A bit of brightening of the UCA bushing sockets and the new bushings went in with a little pressure from the 30 ton press...
• Re: Installing torsion bar bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:01:04 -0500
  Well, putting the bushing into the vetical link and then onto the bar with a touch of PB blaster and forcing it between the...