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• Re: Vanagon Sway Bars - PST
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 08:02:04 -0400
  ...Bushings <http://www.p-s-t.com/truck/ordform.html> > ------------------------------ > High Performance Sway Bar Kit Front or Rear $179 Includes POLYGRAPHITE(r) > Bushings and...
• Re: Trying To Understand Tie rod Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:03:53 -0400
  When I replaced my steering rack and radius rod bushings, I used Scott's method, and got the toe-in pretty close, but my...
• Anti-Sway Bar
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:51:19 -0400
  I thought I was done with replacing all the front end bushings and ball joints, but when I turned the wheel to get to...
• Trans mount
  Historical mailing list - Stacey Smith
  Fri, 17 May 2013 15:55:05 -0700
  ...used one? I would rather have an old one and get a new poly bushing then buy a new Chinese one. Thanks, Stacey Smith
• camper creek watershed trip (S. Van. Isle)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 9 Jul 2012 19:41:10 -0700
  ...The van did develop a front suspension squeak, perhaps upper a-arm bushing. pics here: http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/07/09/trip-camper...
• Re: Power Steering Leak
  Historical mailing list - Robert Wing
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 12:03:02 -0400
  ...Check ball joints and bushings since a new wheel alignment is at the end of the job.
• splash plate
  Historical mailing list - bob bob
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:19:54 -0700
  ...the front end of my 84 westy(shocks, rotors, bearings, varied bushings, hoses, calipers...). both sides combined, i have about 9 molecules worth of...
• REAR CONTROL ARMS
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:08:25 -0400
  ...Anyone got any tricks up they're sleeve? Anyone ever replace these rubber bushings?
• Re: linkage lube and washer check valve
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 25 May 2011 08:35:47 -0700
  ...I bet Terry's bushings work well. Finding, or making, rubber boots that cover the rear bushing would be great. They are shown In...
• Re: Enlarged (ovaled) Radius Arm Hole Fix? PICS
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 3 Feb 2009 20:24:24 -0800
  ...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: On I4 Engine Vibration/ hard mount of carrier
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 11:45:07 EDT
  ...There have been anecdotal reports of better vibration isolation with the welding of both the TIICO and the '82 Diesel carrier bushings. I'm...
• New Starter Stopped Working
  Historical mailing list - Noel Cookson
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:02:59 -0500
  ...What do you think of this? Should I send the starter back and get a new one? Lastly, I visually inspected the bushing in...
• Tips for removing rear trailing-arm bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Blong
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:03:54 -0400
  ...may be frozen to the steel sleeves inside the bushings, > because the entire bushings turn when I apply lots of torque to the > bolt...
• Re: Swivel seats -- how not to make them wobbly
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:47:05 -0500
  ...Those plastic bushings did not come with these swivals. Looks like they can be retro-fitted. Anyone try this? JOE. W Tom Dean wrote...
• Re: Pilot Bearing
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 8 May 2013 22:56:47 -0500
  ...Oddly, the bushing that holds that felt in place is slightly press fitted into the flywheel. This can come out on dis-assembly and...
• Transporter Room Three.
  Historical mailing list - P.J. Kenny
  Wed, 30 Nov 1994 21:45:08 GMT
  ...Has anyone experienced the continual wearing of the rubber bushing on the bottom of the front shock absorber on (bleccch) Eurovans? My Tranny has...
• Re: Enlarged (ovaled) Radius Arm Hole Fix? PICS
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 3 Feb 2009 19:42:10 -0800
  ...only welding - to repair the hole where the bushings mount. epoxy can not begin to hold. There's a lot of force going on...
• Re: Transmission MainShaft Needle Bearing Noise
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:05:05 -0500
  ...And here is the tricky part - there is a brass or bronze bushing that is inserted into the flywheel that holds the felt in...
• Re: Slider door (early version) outer handle getting loose
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:27:12 -0700
  ...Don't know if that matters in re the bushing thing -- my > handle does have the original black bushing between the handle and the...
• Correction: ISO anti-sway bar DROP LINK for 1983 Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:32:43 +0000
  ...The anti-sway > bar on the passenger side doesn't reach to the bushing. In fact it is > broken off about three inches above...
• Help W/ Grounds - Bucking and High Idle
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 14:19:55 -0700
  ...So I replaced the bushings which were completely shot, and also fixed a mangled wire - that went to the (temp sensor?) down by the...
• stuck shock bolts
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:51:03 -0400
  ...I'd like to skip the burning bushing fumes, slashing about with a utility knife and pounding and skinned knuckles with the second one...
• Re: looking for a front swaybar (complete) to replace mine that has a broken ...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:52:45 -0500
  ...diameter as opposed to the 21mm, you got.Only the 4 bushings need replacing to accomodate this.I think there will be less stressing...
• Re: sach's clutch kit
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 17 Oct 2021 08:31:49 -0700
  ...I second the suggestion to check the bronzne , and the plastic, bushings on the cross shaft. Alistair > On Oct 16, 2021, at 11:36...
• Looking for Front Sway-bar Mount Bushings
  Historical mailing list - Peter Kraiker
  Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:06:55 -0400
  I need to find some for both sides (L&R), I believe it's part # 251411041. For early Vanagons, mine is an 82. Anyone...
• Stabilizer Bar Assembly Question
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sat, 19 Aug 2000 15:54:27 -0700
  Is it true that the stabilized bar, where it bolds into the lower control arm with bushings, should be tightened upon reassembly only when...
• Automatic reply: Lower control arm bushing r&r on 89 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Hildt
  Tue, 9 Feb 2016 03:18:22 +0000
  ? I am away from my email until Valentines day. I will have sporadic and unscheduled access to email and phone. For immediate response, please...
• Re: squeaky front end
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:56:15 -0400
  ...A syncro has an extra spacer on the damper bushing (and maybe other differences.) On Mar 29, 2007, at 5:32 PM, Benny boy...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Starter ?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 5 May 2016 22:17:17 +0000
  ...Fun! Jim On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:11 PM Scott <SCOTTDANIEL@turbovans.com> wrote: > the diesel starter uses a bushing mounted in...
• Re: Westy Lean
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:56:37 -0600
  I'm not suggesting that the poly bushings did the trick, but replacing seized up rubber and steel bushings did. The passenger side rear...
• Re: spring/shock replacement.
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:27:35 -0500
  ...Just in the process of replacing my shocks (fox) and springs (GW) and front end bushings (powerflex). Its all gone pretty well. I checked...
• Re: Alternator wobble?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 20:07:39 -0400
  ...The rear bearing sits in a nylon bushing. The rebuilds often use a cheap bushing that will wear or creep out in time causing...
• Re: Headlight adjustment screws / Removal
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 05:36:00 EDT
  ...Two are merely bushings sized to fit over the base diameter of the mounting but with an ID small enough to simultaneously retract the...
• Re: Tips for removing rear trailing-arm bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:13:21 -0400
  ...The bolts may be frozen to the steel sleeves inside the bushings, because the entire bushings turn when I apply lots of torque to...
• Re: Caliper Bleeder Screw: RF Typically Seize More Often?-upper control arm bushings!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 2 Aug 2012 23:23:51 -0700
  ...I guess I was just surprised to see that wear on what I would've assumed are the original upper control arm bushings. I...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:56:31 -0500
  Someone prolly stumbled across some in an seldom used warehouse somewhere and voila!, more shifter bushings. Those krafty krauts couldn't be playing the...
• Re: Pop top issue
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 29 May 2011 21:14:32 -0700
  ...On that page, you wrote, "Bushing: 3/4" pipe. Annealed, expanded a little w/normal hand tools." What, pray tell, hand tools does one...
• Re: stuck lower control arm bolt
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Feb 2010 01:15:54 -0500
  ...Best tool is a sawzall with some really good blades to cut that bushing. You need to be careful not to damage the mounting...
• Re: Squeaking front bushings
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:42:42 -0800
  I've used a very liberal douse of silicone spray to gain a little time before the inevitable replacement. Angus > On Feb 24, 2015...
• rebuilding front suspension
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013 09:18:13 -0700
  ...advice on what exactly I should consider replacing? Ball joints (upper and lower or just upper?), tie rod ends?, bushings? Thx, Mark Seattle WA
• Re: More fun with mechanics
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 2 Apr 2011 09:34:54 -0700
  ...thunk" sound whenever I'm > cruising at low speeds on flat surface streets and take my foot off the > accelerator. > Suspension bushing(s) maybe?
• Re: Rain problem and Upper control bushing question
  Historical mailing list - JanetDA
  Thu, 26 Jun 1997 20:46:12 -0700
  Go to a Pep Boys or a NAPA auto parts store( actually any real auto parts store, not Chiefs or Trak, some place with...
• Re: brake shoe bottom spacer
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:38:08 -0700
  ...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: Squeaking front bushings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Feb 2015 23:53:59 -0500
  ...Squeaking front bushings That's probably good advise in a lot of cases ~ But ~ On WeldedIn parts on a DailyDriver That's A Bit...
• Front end suspension
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 11 May 2011 16:08:05 -0400
  ...They couldn't do it - said I need upper control arm bushings and upper ball joints. The shops price parts and labor was almost...
• Re: towing a Automatic vanagon in neutral w/ drive wheels on the ground??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 May 2002 16:34:11 -0400
  ...Most of the rotating parts are turning on bushings. These bushings get lubricated from by the main pump. No pump, no oil. I would...
• Re: looking for a front swaybar (complete) to replace mine that has a broken ...
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:01:09 -0500
  ...I had the end of one snap off when I was changing the bushings > and was able to buy a brand new one from...
• Re: Correction: ISO anti-sway bar DROP LINK for 1983 Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Seurynck
  Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:07:41 +0000
  ...The >>> anti-sway >>> > > bar on the passenger side doesn't reach to the bushing. In fact it is >>> > > broken off about three inches above...
• Bilstein HD shock report
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 2 May 2010 13:48:47 -0700
  ...what to do next? Bushings? Wheels/tires? With any luck, I can enjoy the camping season and ponder these things before having to tackle...
• Re: Enlarged (ovaled) Radius Arm Hole Fix? PICS
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 3 Feb 2009 22:22:29 -0800
  ...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: Tool Suggestion? Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 20 Jan 2015 13:25:42 -0800
  ...Removed the nuts, but each bolt is seized to each bushing. Most run into this issue when removing the arm(s). Dennis Haynes kindly...
• Re: Early Vanagon Shift Linkage Available Again!
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:19:46 -0600
  ...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: 85 westfalia tranny lube question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Katsuki
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 12:26:40 -0400
  ...This was always the problem with our 87, since it didn't have the later protective boots at those bushings, and the grease periodically...
• Running out of castor adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:06:34 -0400
  ...The bushings are new, and they're torquing the hell out of the inner nuts to get it close. Any suggestions? 90 gl 2wd...
• cleaning out torque converter
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:03:53 -0500
  Hi all, I need to clean out a used torque converter and possibly install a new bushing and oil seal in it. I'm...
• Re: FS: Price I should ask for '87 Syncro Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Schwendau
  Sun, 5 Apr 1998 00:40:15 -0500
  ...blasting and paint. > > Brake rotor are getting there. > > Sway bar bushings and shifter bushings are getting there. > > Rattle in engine cover. > > Owners: > > Ist owner...
• Re: Common front end rattles?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Wed, 19 May 2021 11:07:14 -0500
  I once found mine to be the upper A arm cross bushings came loose in the chassis. The second time lower shock bolts/spacers...
• Re: Hard Shifting..sometimes
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Jun 1995 09:54:05 -0700
  ...I think that the problem is >with the guide bushing on the shifter. I replaced mine, expecting the >shifting to improve, but to no...
• Re: My 84 Westy Winter Project
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 26 Feb 2019 09:21:00 -0500
  ...Lubed > front > shifter bushings, removed shifter box, cleaned and greased, reinstalled. > Cleaned shift boot, installed properly under carpet. > > . Lower Control Arm Bushings - Front - PowerFlex...
• Re: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:21:43 -0400
  ...Heck I am very proficient with the starter bushing R/R (probably the hardest part of this whole thing). Thanks, Tony On Sun, Jun...