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• Re: noisy shifting
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:45:46 -0500
  ...It spritzes into the joints as a liquid, and then turns gooey, and is really helpful at getting into that central bushing. George/ATL
• What kind of grease?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 08:03:28 -0800
  ...Benteley calls for some special kind of grease, why can't I just use white lithium? Will it hurt the rubber bushings? Thanks, -- Steve...
• Re: squeaking-upper control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 20 Apr 2005 20:58:34 -0400
  > So far, I have the best luck with the Meyle brand. > > Dennis FWIW, those are the ones that I carry. - Ron Salmon The Bus...
• Re: OEM mud flap question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 1 Aug 2016 16:28:17 -0400
  ...You would pull or unscrew the bushing from the pin and reinstall the bushing in the body sheet metal . Then loosen the 2 bolts...
• Re: Video of Noise at Clutch Operating Lever. Help Diagnose Please?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 25 Jun 2017 19:26:22 -0700
  ...And related to that area, I had to wonder if the cross shaft bushings at driverside are worn too far and-or lacking in...
• Re: front suspension problem
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:40:33 +0000
  Hi Mike, I just replaced all of the ball joints, tie rods, bushings & bearings etc. And, Wow are my tires pointed in funny directions...
• Re: What can go wrong..... (followup and short trip report)
  Historical mailing list - Toomey Douglas
  Tue, 1 Aug 2017 09:14:35 -0700
  ...New upper and lower bushings last year. Tire pressure up front is 5 less than rear, but cannot recall exact number here at work...
• Re: Squeeky Front Suspension
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 20 May 2001 17:33:43 -0700
  ...My only remedy was to replace the bushings. Bushings are relatively cheap but the labor to put them in is what will getcha. Cheers...
• Re: Enlarged (ovaled) Radius Arm Hole Fix? PICS
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 3 Feb 2009 23:13:35 -0500
  ...radius arm bushings get > too worn out. ( I choose to lay most of the blame on the PO <grin>) > > Worn bushings caused this: http...
• Re: What is SA Besto spray
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:05:48 -0400
  This looks like great stuff for the front bushing squeak I've been dealing with on my 84 Westy. I've been using silicone...
• Re: Rebuilding manual steering rack? (+ crossing the creek)
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:37:59 -0700
  ...I suggested bushings and he thought that might be. I'm thinking $425 is a hell of a price for a couple of bushings...
• Re: Increasing stability beyond the tires for windy days and winding mountain roads.
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 08:38:51 -0400
  ...I'm also playing around with stiffer bushings holding the steering rack. If you hold one of these bushings in your hand (even a...
• Thunk-Thunk Revisited.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 23:58:24 -0500
  ...Their microfische showed 4 rubber bushings, one for each corner of the radiator, were supposed to be installed on the posts when the radiator...
• Loose front end parts
  Historical mailing list - Tarheel
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:50:27 -0500
  ...I suspect the bushings, and I took a few pics for those that have repaired this to take a look at. The first 2...
• Re: Clutch Pedal Funk - Worn Pedal/Clevis Linkage
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:24:00 -0800
  I got the bushing from my local electronics surplus store. A real hardware store (not HD or Lowes) will probably have a selection of...
• Re: Install grease fitting on upper control arm bushing(s)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 May 2018 20:54:13 +0000
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• Re: Noisy KYB's (again)
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 19:20:42 EST
  It is also important to install the washers the right way, cup down, if I remember correctly and the rubber of the bushing should...
• Re: Rubbery Squeeking
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 19:49:46 -0500
  ...But bushing replacement is going to be the ultimate solution. John Rodgers Former "Squeeker" owner Now driving an "88 GL
• Re: driving without sway bar? (was: Re: stabilizer link hitting coil? (WAS: Re: sway bar wiggling))
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:43:05 -0500
  ...the early ,thicker sway bar can be substituted for the thinner later sway bar with new bushings and of course a new(early) bar.
• 2nd try- Starter disassembly question
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:05:24 -0800
  ...Any advice on the little snap ring that holds the small bushing (?) on the end of the shaft, the one you have to get...
• Needed: sway bar parts
  Historical mailing list - thomas LaPointe
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:40:48 -0500
  ...I have new sway bar bushings, but I need one of the "sleeves" that goes through the grommit near the threaded portion and maybe...
• 1985 Vanagon - lower ball joint
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 17:29:44 -0400
  ...I've replaced all other parts to my suspension, including upper A-frame bushing, myself w/o equipment so can I do this also...
• clutch and tranny issues - lessons learned (long)
  Historical mailing list - Peter McHugh
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:55:01 -0500
  ...1) clutch hydraulics, failing master or slave cylinders 2) bad pilot bushing 3) worn engine mount bushings causing sloppy shifter linkage 4) binding at...
• Re: Front shift rod installation help needed
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 16:19:19 -0400
  ...front or from the rear >> through the bushing hole in the cross member (with the bushing out, of >> course)? This is the shift rod...
• FS: Price I should ask for '87 Syncro Westy?
  Historical mailing list - RobHalliga
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 22:20:34 EST
  ...Sway bar bushings and shifter bushings are getting there. Rattle in engine cover. Owners: Ist owner for 49 K - mostly long trips. 2nd owner...
• What not to do when rebuilting a starter.
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:38:41 -0700
  ...I think it always pays to change at least front and rear bushings even if these look ok. Middle bushing I think plays less...
• electric or hydraulic power steering
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:59:58 -0400
  ...I have all new bushings except steering and I'm hoping it gets rid of the vibration in the steering wheel I get at...
• Re: Bushings on Stabilizer bar.
  Historical mailing list - VWQ47
  Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:34:38 +1000
  ...31 AM To: VWQ47 Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Bushings on Stabilizer bar. At 12:53 AM 12/18/2010, VWQ47 wrote...
• Re: 2.1l throttle plate question
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:01:48 -0400
  ...The ones I have been using, are manufactured just for the sole purpose of re-bushing throttle shafts. Not sure about digging up clams...
• Re: Very squeaky front end
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:34:21 -0500
  ...It's that sound like springs/bushings rubbing. It >started a little a few months back and has continued to get worse. I put...
• Re: brake shoe bottom spacer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:12:30 -0400
  ...com/main/**tools-hardware/fasteners/** >> miscellaneous/bushings/9-16-x-**15-16-x-14-gauge-machine-** >> bushings-20-pcs-box/p-1652611.**htm<http...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 07:53:34 -0800
  ...The top > control bushings coming loose is a sign you have bushings that are bunched > up and seized. This is fairly common. Replacing them...
• Re: Tips and Tricks Requested - Starter Change
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:51:06 -0700
  ...that'll hold the bushing and drive on the end of it. I gotta make one just for installing bushings. it's easy to...
• Re: Vile Lower Control Arm Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:28:17 -0700
  ...Vile Lower Control Arm Bolt | |Just had those bushings and ball joints done on the front of |my Westy Syncro. Let's say I...
• Re: Trying To Understand Tie rod Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:14:49 -0700
  ...if one were to torque too much, (compress bushings, draw arm further through hole) would this change the castor? "
• Re: Neils' Downpipe/"Y" pics + exhaust flex bushing and pipe reducer questions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 3 Apr 2008 19:28:22 -0700
  ...not making a new one! (for > now anyway --- :^) > > Questions: > > The flex bushing shown on same page, looks like a butt weld type. I > bought...
• Suspension noises (Clunks) 1991
  Historical mailing list - Rick N
  Sun, 27 Nov 2016 01:40:32 +0000
  ...This shop determined that the ball joints and bushings where fine, the only thing that was worn where the sway bar bushings (which they...
• Re: Shift buzz
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:03:22 -0400
  From my experience delrin shifter bushings can transmit a bit of a buzz from the drivetrain. Are you a delrin user? Chris. Wysłane z...
• Re: Bushings on Stabilizer bar.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 18 Dec 2010 09:22:59 -0700
  ...Don't lube > with petroleum, it will soften the bushings permanently. I clamped the bar > in my vise which made it a lot easier...
• Early Vanagon Shift Linkage Available Again!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:12:19 -0400
  ...The OE ones had a plastic piece on the end that would hold the guide pin bushing in it. Over time the plastic goes...
• Re: 1/2 hr to bliss...Lube It..
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:55:11 -0400
  ...Now > someone will probably say..."Oh don't do that, it'll eat the bushings" > or something, but I've done this occaiaionally a...
• Re: Anyone have a large front Sway Bar FS?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Wed, 18 Feb 2004 08:32:35 -0500
  ...You get new bushings but you need to use the old bushing clamps and hardware to install it. Very nice. http://www.addco.net...
• Re: What can go wrong..... (followup and short trip report)
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 1 Aug 2017 09:22:10 -0700
  hi Doug, you have a good set up as tire size and upper/lower bushings ... now... how old are the springs and shock absorbers...
• Was Got Shifter Bushings? Now Rear Shift Rod Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:51:00 -0600
  Officially hijacked for my personal devices......No buttercup here! Take a look at my recent work: http://picasaweb.google.com/mundopacheco/MiguelS88Westy# Miguel I...
• Re: squeeks
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 13:41:10 -0500
  ...More likely you need upper control arm bushings; they commonly squeak when worn. - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. http://www.busdepot.com (215...
• Re: Is Bus Depot Ok?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 16:11:56 EDT
  ...I also have the clutch housing bushings (plastic parts) in stock. Thanks, Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com Phone: (856)-765-1583...
• Re: ok.. last time for 84 auto trans into an 89 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 14:58:19 -0600
  ...no bushing in the bell housing. Jeff replies: You're right, was working on a '66 last weekend and brainfarted. Sorry for the misinfo...
• Re: Trouble coming my way? Starter delay
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 12:19:29 -0500
  ...I think it is a pilot bushing($1) for the starter inside the bell housing.I wouldnt worry bout it till you needed a...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Starter ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Thu, 5 May 2016 12:10:33 -1000
  the diesel starter uses a bushing mounted in the nose of the starter itself. There should be no movement of this bushing in the...
• Re: Radius Rod Landing on Frame
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:17:05 -0700
  ...And then, of course, you get the excellent properties of the > poly bushing itself. > > I am going from memory here from an install over...
• Re: Urethane suspension bushes?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 23:05:02 -0700
  ...Jim Leon Korkin wrote: > You must be kidding, > delrin is good bearing material, NOT bushing material. > Urethane is ideal material for bushings. > Leon > 85...
• Swing axel
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:34:14 +0000
  ...pain the @@@ with the torsion bar and bushing getting everything to line up more the bushings are not allowing me to install the arm...
• Re: brake shoe bottom spacer
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:03:34 -0600
  ...I was able to find 9/16 x 1 x 14 gauge machine bushings. I hope the extra 1/16 in OD doesn't...
• Re: Seafoam for Squeaks?
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 20:23:19 -0800
  ...And the bushings are OK too........no play or > anything ........just used. > I also find that if a van has been dead a long...
• Re: Rear trailing arm repair: Port Townsend (WA) Muffler?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 4 Sep 2014 14:05:50 -0700
  ...THe arm was not flexing but hole etc were close enough to area of arm around the bushing, that I thought it prudent to...
• Re: rebuilding shifter linkage
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:35:45 -0800
  ...Another option was bootless pliable bushings from VC but I wanted to have boots. I did not use any lubrication on the Teflon bushings...
• Re: wearing down my westy
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 07:20:35 -0800
  ...Insert tube into each side of bushing boot near trans and spray until grease oozes out. Repeat for boot accessible from rear of gas...
• Re: Vanagon Sway Bars - PST
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Thu, 31 May 2007 22:10:18 -0700
  ...Original Performance Sway Bar Kit Front or Rear $159 with Original Performance Bushings <http://www.p-s-t.com/truck/ordform.html> ------------------------------ High Performance...
• Shifter Rebuild Kit
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:16:11 -0700
  I want to R&R the shift linkage/bushings on my 86 Syncro, and am not sure what kit to get. Does anybody know...
• Starting to worry
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Stout
  Thu, 27 Jul 95 17:48:31 PDT
  ...I take the starter out one more time and I notice little metal flakes or shavings around the bushing(was probably there the previous...