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• Re: Vanagon Westfalia high top dimensions?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 19:44:49 -0700
  ...Lots of �compliance." <http://t3technique.com/suspension-bushings/whiteline-suspension-bushings/steering-rack-bushings.html> Jim On Jun 13, 2014, at 8:10 AM...
• Starter Bushing Blues
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:33:35 -0500
  Changing out the starter and cannot get the old bushing out. Is there a method to do this without an official starter bushing puller...
• Re: steering rack bushings
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 06:28:59 -0500
  ...steering rack bushings > >Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 22:19:30 -0500 > > > >Thanks Chris, but unfortunately no. I need the bushings that are actually...
• Re: Selector Shaft Bushing installation...CORRECTION
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 06:18:30 -0700
  ...Hanlon" wrote: > Listees, > > Is is possible to replace both the selector shaft bushing and the > selector shaft oil seal with the transmission installed? Bentley...
• Starter :bushing support
  Historical mailing list - Mark Whitney
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 15:46:22 EDT
  ...What Bushing! Ect ect Has anyone had to replace the support bushing on the drive gear end of the starter? (The engine side.) You...
• Fwd: gas tank bushing
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Mon, 9 Oct 2006 13:35:06 -0400
  ...gas tank bushing To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Anyone know about 2 rubber bushings that go with gas tank? I have an 1989 Vanagon...
• Re: Front suspension bushing replacement
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:03:01 -0700
  Another experienced Vanagon owner recently told me that the steering rack bushing upgrade they did really improved handling of cross winds. This was for...
• Re: Upper control arm bushings failed again, upgrade advice sought
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:12:11 -0800
  I have run stock OE bushing in my 85 for years and we're fine when I sold it years ago. I used Febi...
• RE: 87: shift rod bushing modification
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 6 May 1996 09:21:17 -0700
  ...shift rod bushing modification Mark, I have an '84 and my Bentley is as old. I have lived with the rear shift rod bushing...
• Re: steering rack bushings
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Tue, 5 Dec 2000 22:19:30 -0500
  ...steering rack bushings > > > > Hi Volks > > > > My manual steering '84 needs new steering rack bushings. VW doesn't sell > > them, only new racks for $450...
• Re: Squeaking bushings upfront ??
  Historical mailing list - Brian Keese
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:40:14 -0500
  ...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: Can a Manual Steering Rack Fail Internally?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:57:09 -0700
  Powerflex has bushings for our Vanagons: http://store.powerflexusa.com/volkswagen-vanagon-1980---1992-urethane-bushings-p1188.aspx On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at...
• Re: Upper control arm bushings failed again, upgrade advice sought
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:10:36 -0800
  Hi Tom, The problem with the existing stock-style upper control arm bushings for the Vanagon is that the materials and tolerances are very...
• driving without sway bar? (was: Re: stabilizer link hitting coil? (WAS: Re: sway bar wiggling))
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 18 Mar 2006 21:04:09 -0500
  ...Are the two >> inner sway bar bushings loose? Swap the left inner bushing with the >> right >> inner bushing to get new wear points on...
• Front suspension bushing replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:24:07 -0700
  ...This time some polyU bushing on the front end http://shufti.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/vanagon-front-suspension-bushing-work/ Btw, this is...
• Clutch housing bushing ?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 06:12:21 EDT
  Any of you know what's up with the bushing for the rear main shaft in the clutch housing ? That's the bushing right...
• FW: Pressing Lower Control Arm Bushings
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:19:44 +0000
  ...Pressing Lower Control Arm Bushings Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:09:24 +0000 By far the toughest bushing of the whole suspension to...
• Re: Front end suspension
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Fri, 13 May 2011 09:24:33 -0800
  ...I later learned some don't bother spot welding the upper bushings and experience no bushing rotation, which tells me it can be omitted...
• Fw: Squeaking Bushings
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 09:55:58 -0500
  I just had my van's control arm bushings replaced...lubricating just wouldn't silence them anymore. The van just turned over 170K kilometres...
• Re: control arm bushings got the squeaks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 22:00:12 -0600
  ...The bushings are the same. You can verify this by checking on parts at Bus Boys or Bus Depot websites. The sway bar diameter...
• Re: sick of replacing Control Arm Bushings every year
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:42:04 -0700
  ...sick of replacing Control Arm Bushings every year > > My drivers side upper control arm bushings are screaming like crazy. > These > are new Meyle bushings...
• Re: Removing starter bushing
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:22:59 -0600
  I've always used a tap that just catches the inside walls of the bushing (I forget the size.) I gently drive it in...
• Center shift rod bushing
  Historical mailing list - JOHN REYNOLDS
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 07:50:31 +0000
  Note to anyone dropping their gas tank - the center shift rob bushing is only acessible after you have dropped your tank. I am talking...
• Re: Play at Manual Steering Rack and Bushings ok? (VIDEO)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:10:36 -0600
  True, some play is normal - under load and yes, the bushings are there to absorb some of the bumps and vibration, also under load...
• Re: Removing starter bushing
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollins
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:35:38 -0400
  ...stuff a rag in the bell housing so that the tap, bushing or crud do not fall in. The mirror is just for placement...
• Re: HMHYPFAFEA?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 28 May 2002 19:59:43 -0500
  ...187) 2 each strut rod bushings damping ring, rear # 16 (251 407 179) 2 each strut rod bushing damping ring, front #12 (251 407...
• Re: Squeaky front end parts
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:44:17 -0700
  Hi, maybe some new bushings squeak, maybe some do not (for one data point mine experience is no squeaking with new). My point in...
• control arm bushings for 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
  Sun, 26 May 96 15:34:21 UT
  I'm in the process of getting parts together to do the control arm bushings on my 85 westy. I have found a few...
• Re: Syncro starter problem
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 09:54:43 -0400
  ...I was able to get the starter out without dropping the axle, but was not able to change the starter bushing without dropping the...
• Re: starter bushing, possible to replace?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Sun, 3 May 1998 14:31:51 -0400
  ...Tap the bushing and then screw a bolt into the threads and let the bolt do the work OR, you can fill the bushing...
• Re: sick of replacing Control Arm Bushings every year
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:50:25 -0700
  ...sick of replacing Control Arm Bushings every year >I wonder how many upper control arm bushings are being damaged during spot > welding? > > I've...
• Re: Play at Manual Steering Rack and Bushings ok? (VIDEO)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:53:24 -0500
  ...That is what the bushings are there for. This absorbs some of the bumps and vibrations so they do not travel to your hands...
• Re: Video of Noise at Clutch Operating Lever. Help Diagnose Please?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 2 Jul 2017 22:53:20 -0700
  ...I think the issue is at the cross shaft bushing(s). So I removed the 11 mm head bolt that holds the middle bushing...
• Re: UCA bushing replacement
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:58:52 -0700
  I suspect that the two different OD's (graduated) are there to help the end-user line up the bushing square to the arm...
• Re: Front top shock bushing needed PN# 251-411-130
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 29 Mar 2017 09:05:38 -0400
  ...Thus the missing bushing. > > If you need a visual the bushing and washer I need is on 40.2 and 40.4 of > the...
• what to do with starter motor bushing?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:13:02 -0500
  ...I removed my starter yesterday, but didn't take out a bushing. How will I remove the bushing? With my fingers? Thanks for any...
• Suspension Upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 10:14:56 EDT
  ...Springs: @$289 H7R others $??? Sway bar $119 Front/rear w/ rubber bushings Sway bar $159 Front/rear w/ urethane bushings Shocks from $29 to...
• where did the starter bushing go?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jarvinen
  Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:42:21 -0700
  ...A marred bushing >will drag the starter down. Find or make a suitable installation tool. One last question: now that the bushing is well...
• Re: Squeaking Bushings
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 20:01:16 -0600
  ...When I checked the upper control arm bushings...they were slopping around in there which explained why, when I was driving, the steering seemed...
• PowerFlex Urethane Upper Control Arm Bushings
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 3 May 2011 21:42:11 -0400
  Has anyone installed these bushings? I just got a set from Chris (loogy) at T3Technique.com. They look really good with stainless sleeves and...
• Squeaking Bushings
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 21:17:35 +0100
  ...My Mechanic believes the bushings are the culprit but said they're dry. So I crawled under, shook the van, listened and found the...
• Re: What needs to be replaced in a front suspension rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 27 May 2002 20:39:36 -0500
  2 each upper ball joint #22( 251 407 361) 2 each lower ball joint #20 ( 251 407 187) 2 each strut rod bushings damping...
• Removing starter bushing
  Historical mailing list - Larry Himli
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:10:58 -0400
  I replaced the starter in my 87 Westy but couldn't get the bushing out (didn't try too hard) but would like to...
• Re: control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Henning, Eric
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:49:43 -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...
• Re: Upper trailing arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Apr 2006 22:35:51 -0400
  These bushings are not all that tight in the control arm. Get a pipe just large enough to slip over the bushing. Place the...
• Front Shock Installation - Upper Spacer Sleeve?
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Sun, 25 Jun 2006 15:03:00 -0700
  ...dust shield, (upper control arm), 3/8" stepped bushing (same as the one included w/ the new Bilstein) inside of rubber donut bushing, large...
• help identify bushings
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Wed, 9 Aug 2000 22:43:02 -0500
  ...i would like to replace a few bushings, but cannot identify them or otherwise determine a part number. In the Bentley manual (40.2...
• Re: Syncro Upper Control Arm Bushing Replacment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:30:14 -0500
  The Syncro upper arms are cast and the bushing is a tight fit. No welding there. Only on the stamped steel arms which are...
• Re: Tips on removing front transmission mount rubber bushing?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 7 Aug 2020 21:53:25 -0600
  ...Felder wrote: > I just received my order of T3 poly bushings to replace the broken OEM > bushing on the front of my diesel DX...
• Re: Diesel starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sun, 25 Feb 2001 03:53:20 EST
  The early Type Is and Type IIs used to suffer the same fate when the starter bushing was bad. Don't know if the...
• Removing Trailing Arm Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:26:41 -0700
  ...It's not that the bolt has rusted or corroded into the bushing (since they are different metals), it's because the bushing is...
• Control Arm Bushings
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:50:34 -0500
  Looks like I am going to have to replace some control arm bushings. I seem to remember there was some discussion quite a while...
• Re: Front suspension bushing replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:06:48 -0700
  ...Even so, the new bushings were an upgrade. I have to say again that prepping the rack bolts well before doing the job would...
• Re: Install grease fitting on upper control arm bushing(s)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 26 May 2018 14:07:10 -0700
  ...I tack welded each bushing but im certain i didnt over heat them with my MIG. Makes me wonder if even Lemforder bushings are...
• Install grease fitting on upper control arm bushing(s)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 26 May 2018 13:51:23 -0700
  ...Would installing a grease fitting (zerk type?) to each upper control arm bushing, and adding grease when required (when bushing becomes noisy?), help prolong...
• Re: Squeaking Bushings
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 23:32:09 -0500
  ...Squeaking Bushings Hey all, My 86 GL has squeaked since I bought it 30k ago. My Mechanic believes the bushings are the culprit but...
• Re: Upper control arm bushings, replacement question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Nov 2014 23:58:02 -0500
  For the upper control arm bushings believe it or not the Meyle brand has been the best bet for the stock style. As for...
• Re: Urathane bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 6 May 2012 13:44:07 -0700
  I've had some purple ones in my van now...steering rack bushings ...no problemo and they did improve the response of the steering...
• Re: Shift rod bushing
  Historical mailing list - Frank Schultz
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:09:36 -0400
  ...But I think it is for the rear bushing (I have not been able to find a replacement for the front bushing. According to...
• Re: I want to kill my control arm bushings...
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Sun, 27 Jul 2003 13:26:03 -0700
  ...I bought a couple upper control arm/wishbone bushings from an on line vanavendor who swore up+down they were for 84' vanagon.I...