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• Re: Caster--was Tire Choice Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:15:34 -0500
  If the caster is off, that is one more indication the radius rod bushings are shot. Don't be surprised at the wear or...
• Re: Rear trailing arm repair: Port Townsend (WA) Muffler?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 2 Sep 2014 17:28:07 -0700
  ...A small hole remains at midpoint of arm near tube bushing passes through. Shop was thorough and adhered to my requests. I went to...
• FW: Help on control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 10 Jul 2000 23:25:21 -0400
  ...Is the list up? Help on control arm bushings > > I was unable to reach the list archives to search on this topic, > which I...
• Re: Radius rod/arm sourced
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 26 May 2012 08:48:03 -0700
  It's a shame really but some owner/operators ignore or stave off something like the radius strut bushing replacement. I can see how...
• Re: Likely Pop Top Spring Cable Solution (Long, with pic)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:59:48 -0700
  ...One reason to use a cable bushing. It would possibly be smaller thus easier to fish that through the spring. Thought of that detail...
• Steering work advice?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Walker
  Mon, 23 Jan 95 09:41:48 EST
  Alright all you VW guru's, HELP! My 64 has a very worn bushing on the center kingpin. Not to be confused with the...
• Re: Ball Joint Replacement Time
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:22:43 -0500
  Sorry bout that. I was talking about control arm bushings. You need 4
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:56:16 -0800
  ...re "I know the bushing is a PITA to remove and the starter is too in > general. the diesel vanagon starter is completely self...
• shifter parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:47:00 -0400
  ...Shift lever 251 711 973 44.93 tension pin for above 3.00 bushing front 251 711 207D 12.56 bushing rear 251 711...
• Re: Upper ball joint noise and symptoms
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:44:12 -0500
  I would check the upper control arm bushings. These are known for noise and looseness clunking issues. Remove the two bolts that hold the...
• Re: HELP Stranded Vanagon Owner at Folk Fest
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:15:32 -0700
  'front bushing' is extremely vague. I hope it gets to a vanagon shop and gets fixed properly. If there was more information than 'front...
• Changing Syncro front springs (was: Control arm bushings)
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 08:52:53 -0800
  ...In the process of trying I messed up the metal sleeve of the bushing. The bushing is now back in, but in the wrong...
• Re: Trans. Upgrade: Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 15:35:29 -0700
  ...With 2:00 bolt loose, you can sneak the bushing in between plates, stop cussin, and install the other bolt. Yup. OC means on...
• Re: Squeaky upper control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - dneu
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 15:12:11 -0700
  UPDATE I looked a little deeper and found that the bushings are packed with grease already. I took off the connection to the upper...
• Re: part numbers for link hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 07:18:11 -0700
  ...have the part number for the plate that fits above the > bushing at the bottom of the stabilizer link? > > I have that the sleeve...
• Re: Radius Rod Landing on Frame
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:27:17 -0600
  ...Very quick shipping. > Are these the parts you refer to? > > http://www.t3technique.com/suspension-bushings/powerflex-suspension-bushings/radius-rod-bushings/ > > It looks...
• Re: Rear Springs and Bushings and Steering Rack
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 28 Oct 2022 16:30:23 -0400
  ...looks very easy!!! > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtfk5vWHPXU > > Also, the rear PowerFlex bushings on the T3 site are two piece, and a...
• Re: Broken Stablilizer Link, any experts reading this?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 6 May 2002 17:26:38 -0500
  John Brush wrote: > > > Chris Mills <scmills@tntech.edu> said: > > >Sway bar bushings? > > Pretty close guess :-) > > The stabilizer link broke right off from the bushing...
• complete front end bushing/bearings rebuild kit
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 21:27:45 -0400
  is there such a thing as a complete bushings/bearings rebuild kit for the front end? i know i can get parts separately, but...
• Re: rebuilding throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 17 May 2001 20:03:33 -0800
  ...The bushings are available as a rebuild for Rochester Carbs and are manufactured by Delco. The other route could/ would be to go to...
• Re: To weld or not to weld upper control arm bushings..
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:39:42 -0600
  ...Is it necessary to tack weld in the upper control arm bushings back in > as per bentley? or will the bolt hold everything together...
• bushing on gear selector shaft on 85 transmission
  Historical mailing list - mike riley
  Thu, 20 Sep 2018 14:02:34 +0000
  Is this replaceable from the outside of the transmission? thx mike
• Re: Looking for cause of clanking beneath front end
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Mon, 6 May 2002 12:18:45 -0500
  Sway bar bushings? Ciao! Chris Mills Cookeville, Tennessee ICQ# 5944649
• Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 19:58:20 +0000
  ...I read an explanation on the samba and, if I remember correctly, the description was that the "convex" should face away from the bushing...
• Re: Control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 15:49:43 -0800
  ...Control arm bushings At 08:51 AM 01/26/2000 -0800, you wrote: >In getting ready to put in my new Syncro springs and...
• Needed one steel wheel and some advice.
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Sun, 9 Aug 2015 00:01:44 -0400
  ...A rim with a bit of a bend has also been unveiled along with a passenger side upper control bushings that have seen better...
• Syncro fron wheel bearings?
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  29 May 1997 09:22:47 -0600
  ...Front Wheel Bearings, All rubber bushings, Shocks, tie rod ends, all being redone. The upper A arm bushings are completed, now it's on...
• Re: Need Help with Syncro 5-speed Shifter Bushings
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:52:48 -0800
  ...Need Help with Syncro 5-speed Shifter Bushings >Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:38:34 -0800 > >Item number 16 is part number 251...
• Re: Tireack and Koni shocks
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:57:20 -0700
  ...I wonder if that shock rubber bushing has anything to do with my squeeky sound... I didn't notice anything wrong with these parts...
• Re: Front end creeping resolved
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 May 2022 14:32:55 -0700
  ...If the bar to chassis bushings are lubed, they won’t make any squeaking or chattering noises. Same for the bushings used for the...
• Re: Squeaky upper control arm bushings--HOW SERIOUS CAN THIS BE?
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 07:53:31 -0700
  ...I have the new bushings in hand but I dont have the time to install anything this month. How long can i go on...
• Re: Squeaky front end parts
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:43:30 -0700
  ...and I had a shop look at my bushings, and they didn't see anything that was weak bushingwise... though one tierod bushing looked...
• Re: OEM mud flap question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 27 Jul 2016 08:00:31 -0700
  That plastic bushing into the body is pretty well a one time use only item. It has a metal core that grabs the pin...
• Re: Control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:25:31 -0800
  ...Control arm bushings Spring compressors are not needed for changing the Syncro springs/shocks. In fact you'll have a hard time getting them...
• Re: In the clutch of tragedy Help! (questions)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 25 Jul 1997 18:00:30 -0700
  ...The rubber bushing housing and bushings will pop out where the clutch lever was removed; pull them off the release lever. The right-hand...
• Re: Control Arm Bushings)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:07:02 -0700
  ...Control Arm Bushings > >> > >> Its hard to say. My 84 has 210,000 miles and I only > >> replaced the upper > >> control arm bushings and the...
• Re: Clunk in Front
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 19 May 2017 21:01:55 -0700
  ...At the last alignment, the shop said upper control arm bushings. Rather than replacing piecemeal, I replaced all the front end bushings with t3technique...
• Re: Shifter grease
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:52:53 -0600
  ...that could ever cause any confusion--on Bentley 34.7) > 4) on the ball-shaped bushings (called "Bushing, front" and "Bushing, > rear") > > Thanks, > > mike >
• Re: While replacing steering rack.....
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:14:04 -0500
  ...that runs through the inner bushings on the upper A-arm . > It's mounted eccentrically where the bushings are .. > moving the a-arm inward...
• Lube Raditor fan motor bushings?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:28:23 -0800
  ...Can I lube the motor bushings? Are they easily accessible? Or is the fan a "sealed" affair and not worth trying to lube? It...
• Re: Upper control arm bushings, replacement question
  Historical mailing list - Paul Freese
  Sun, 9 Nov 2014 15:13:20 -0800
  Never jb.� Try west systems g flex. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
• Re: Shifter Base repair kit (85 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:45:45 -0400
  ...My search only yeilds van cafe as > a source for the bushing components at $56.50 for the mid 83 and on > Vanagons. > > Shifter...
• Re: '85 Westy shifting problem
  Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod (hopeless VW nut)
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 18:30:30 -0500
  ...The easiest to check is the front shifter bushings. Grab the shifter knob firmly in your hand and twist the shifter right and left...
• Re: Restoration of 1991 Carat MT
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:43:21 -0600
  ...Make a serious effort to find one of those bushings. Without the protection of the brass bushing the felt washer wears out, gets grit...
• Re: Gabriel Hijackers on an 84 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:06:59 -0500
  ...The mounting bushing being too long are due to them being for a GM product and the length is the only reason they made...
• Re: Grease Nipple Was: Rubbery Squeaking
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:38:44 -0800
  ...can I drill a small hole through the control arm and bushing, thread it an install a grease nipple, and then grease it every...
• Re: shifter bushing kit
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 14:05:17 -0400
  The back bushing (in front of the tranny) in particular takes a beating because it so exposed. It is easy to get at. Clean...
• Re: Installing front springs 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 05:42:43 -0500
  ...Now, once you have the threaded end out, you can pull the top part that had the rubber bushing out, carefully by pulling the...
• Re: Radius rod/arm sourced
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 May 2012 12:08:48 -0400
  ...Radius rod/arm sourced It's a shame really but some owner/operators ignore or stave off something like the radius strut bushing replacement...
• Re: $#%&*!@ Shifter! Or, Zen ...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jul 1995 20:42:16 -0400
  ...Remove the long pin and you will see a plastic bushing. Remove that bushing to take to your local VW outlet and say, "I...
• Re: no sway bar = no improvement
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:11:11 -0500
  ...wrote: > Have you checked the upper A-arm bushings? > > Chris. > > --- Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU> wrote: > > >> So, without the the stabilizer bar and...
• Re: Having a problem with a starter
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 17:40:11 -0400
  Ken, Did you replace the starter bushing also? Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• Do Shift linkage bushes wear ...
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:34:28 -0700
  I am not sure how much the worn shift linkage bushings harm the transmission. Anyone? Zoltan
• Re: Control Arm Bushing Squeak?, and a solution to overspray on your dash?
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:43:12 -0800
  ...Control Arm Bushing Squeak? > Is there any way to quiet a squeaking upper control arm bushing? My > mechanic said that's an early sign...
• Re: Vanagon lifting,
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 1 Dec 95 10:22:22 EST
  ...Then further as the stress is now transfered to that current tube which is hollow, press in a solid steel bushing to support load...
• Re: Tie Rod ends and Rear trailing arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 29 May 2012 12:28:57 -0500
  ...advice: > > Also, the bolts attaching the rear trailing arm bushings are frozen in > the bushings and even after considerable abuse, they refuse to budge...
• Re: Sway bar bushings-Poor shape..
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 4 Sep 2007 09:52:10 -0700
  ...Pretty sure it's rubber bushings, but it does beg for my attention. I have to get under there and have a look soon...
• Re: stuck shock bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:58:14 -0400
  ...The next best thing is a sawzall to cut the bolts and bushings inside the mount and repalce all. Make the new bolts and...
• Re: Front Suspension Rattle
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 9 Feb 2003 22:50:59 -0500
  ...The last I had a rattle in my front suspension of my '85 the a-arm bushings were shot. I've replaced those and...
• FS: L/R Front lower control arms and Wishbone arms off 1988 GL
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 18:45:40 EDT
  ...I would replace the bushings though. You can get the bushings replaced and shorten the down time when you do a front end job...