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• Re: how so I install stabilizer link bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 09:19:05 -0600
  ...I'd put the bushing on the sway bar first, then the link on the bushing. A note of caution--after you get them...
• Re: 88 With a Squeaky Front End
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 13:22:11 EDT
  In a message dated 07/27/2001 11:08:02 AM Mountain Daylight Time, ncookson@CELOXNETWORKS.COM writes: << Does anyone know what bushings he...
• EV shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Stanley, Roderick (strg)
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 06:58:09 -0700
  ...This allowed part of the linkake to come out of the bushing therefore causing the inability to shift. The bushing has a raised lip...
• Urathane bushings?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 6 May 2012 08:06:57 -0600
  Hi Gang! I was wondering if anyone knows if there are urathane? (Spelling) bushings available for our rigs? I plan on replacing upper,lower...
• Re: Urathane bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sun, 6 May 2012 14:14:50 -0400
  The purple poly is supposed to not exhibit the shortcomings if other poly bushings. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia May 6, 2012 o...
• Front suspension
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 18:13:50 -0700
  I just finished putting in new strut bar bushings in my '88 Westy. This isn't as bad a job as I thought - but...
• Re: Center shift rod bushing
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 10:58:06 -0700
  ...Leon 85 Subwagen Westy JOHN REYNOLDS wrote: > Note to anyone dropping their gas tank - the center shift rob bushing is > only acessible after you...
• Re: Install grease fitting on upper control arm bushing(s)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 28 May 2018 20:56:42 -0700
  ...When the bushings would bind the stresses caused the hex > heads to loosen and break. If the bushings didn’t bind and you had...
• Re: sway bar bushings
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:24:07 -0700
  then you'd want to upgrade to urethane anti-sway bar bushings..... if your goal is to have as much anti-roll as you...
• Re: Pressing control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:26:06 -0400
  ...Pressing control arm bushings Craig Cowan was asking about upper control arm bushings and got some good answers. I am about to replace every...
• Re: Install grease fitting on upper control arm bushing(s)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 26 May 2018 14:54:24 -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...
• Re: Front top shock bushing needed PN# 251-411-130
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 29 Mar 2017 09:08:48 -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...
• Re: Installing torsion bar bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:31:58 -0400
  I'd recommend a bit of lube, and a few choice words...Been there done that! Bushing into the link then on the bar...
• Re: Squeaky upper control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Sun, 9 Jun 2002 14:27:44 -0400
  The squeak indicates that the rubber has separated from the metal it was once attached to, inside the bushing. Replace the bushings, grease will...
• Re: sick of replacing Control Arm Bushings every year
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:44:05 -0400
  ...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: UCA bushing replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:05:32 -0700
  I didn't show in my blog post, but I did use a bolt, nut and some spacers to draw the bushing into UCA...
• Trick to replacing the "Eye" bushing in the stabilizer link
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:23:00 -0400
  Hi all, I offer this as another approach to what's available in the archives for replacing the stabilizer link bushing. After searching the...
• Re: I want to kill my control arm bushings...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:26:35 -0700
  ...The bushings *look* O.K., with no obvious signs of damage. The spot welds are still spot welded and all looks well with the...
• Re: Urathane bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 6 May 2012 07:46:19 -0700
  ...http://www.t3technique.com/powerflex-bushings/ Jim We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is...
• steering rack bushings
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:47:40 -0800
  ...The rack bolts onto the frame via 4 bolts and rubber bushings. Looks like my bushings need replacement. Bentley shows the bushings being pressed...
• Replacing shoft lever bushing/seal with transmission installed?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 07:07:03 -0700
  Darrel, and other Listees, Is it possible to replace BOTH the seal and the bushing on the shift lever shaft of a manual transmission...
• Upper control arm bushings failed again, upgrade advice sought
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:43:18 -0500
  Well, three years ago I replaced the ball joints, tie rod ends and upper control arm bushings on my '86 Westy, putting grease fittings...
• Re: Urgency of Upper Control Arm Bushing replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 23:39:51 -0500
  I have yet to see the upper bushing themselves fail catastrophically but the upper ball joints can. An experienced shop should be able to...
• '56 Kombi Starting Problem Fixed?
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 29 Mar 1996 19:07:46 -0800 (PST)
  ...someone had machined it down to fit a 12V bushing, which is narrower. It just flopped like a dead duck in the new bushing...
• Re: Ball Joint Replacement Time
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:33:50 -0500
  ...Squeekeee squeekeee squeek.Get new strut bar bushings(cheap) Origional bushings can loosen up and wobbel and enlarge the hole(formerly 1 inch in...
• Installing torsion bar bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:34:50 -0400
  Anyone know the secret to installing the torsion (stabilizer) bar bushings? Old ones came right off as they were worn. New ones..not so...
• excessive tire wear on outside while turning
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:51:13 -0500
  RE: (1) radius rod bushings; (2) anti-roll bushings; (3) control arm bushings and its assoc. parts, etc Problem: excessive tire wear on outside...
• Re: Install grease fitting on upper control arm bushing(s)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Sat, 26 May 2018 17:26:40 -0400
  ...I tack welded each bushing but im certain i didnt > over heat them with my MIG. > > Makes me wonder if even Lemforder bushings are...
• suspension
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Sat, 4 Aug 2001 17:52:50 -0700
  Well, After replacing all bushings in front suspension(except lower arm bushing, will have to find some shop to do it) i finaly got...
• Re: squeeks
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 14:44:59 -0800
  My bushings don't squeak so much when it's raining, but it's getting worse again. I'll have to replace them soon...
• Re: Starter Bushing Blues
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:30:47 -0500
  ...Starter Bushing Blues > > >> Jim, >> >> Ah ha! All-thread and inertial puller. That'll do it. I had already >> threaded the bushing, but couldn't...
• Re: Urathane bushings?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 6 May 2012 11:21:38 -0600
  Also Im thinking of the cost difference,but definitely would like the urathane strut arm bushings! Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy On May...
• Re: Starter Bushing Blues
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:01:18 -0500
  John, the best way I ever found was to tap some threads on the bushing and then run the corresponding bolt or allthread onto...
• Re: 88 With a Squeaky Front End
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 13:47:05 -0400
  ...My mechanic replaced bushings and the sound stopped > for a while. > Now the squeaks are back. > > Does anyone know what bushings he was referring...
• Re: driving without sway bar? (was: Re: stabilizer link hitting coil? (WAS: Re: sway bar wiggling))
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:00:08 -0800
  ...Are the two > >> inner sway bar bushings loose? Swap the left inner bushing with the > >> right > >> inner bushing to get new wear points on...
• Re: Upper control arm bushings failed again, upgrade advice sought
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 18 Jan 2016 19:45:01 -0600
  ...Upper control arm bushings failed again, upgrade advice sought Hi Tom, The problem with the existing stock-style upper control arm bushings for the...
• Re: Front end bushings -' 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 8 Nov 2016 22:01:10 -0700
  ...What > brand of bushings would the Vanagon List recommend? > > Thanks, > > John in Birmingham!
• Re: Squeaking Bushings
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 21:54:38 -0400
  Hotch, A very good and very cheap lubricant for any rubber bushings is kerosene (or diesel fuel). It is nondestructive to rubber and will...
• Re: Urethane suspension bushes?
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 08:15:29 -0400
  Delrin is indeed used for bushings, on cars where you care about handling but NOT ride quality. (I think the ride is kind of...
• Re: sway bar bushings
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:41:27 -0700
  ...sway bar bushings then you'd want to upgrade to urethane anti-sway bar bushings..... if your goal is to have as much anti...
• Re: Installing Starter Bushing
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:06:22 -0400
  Walter, The starter bushing is normally made of 'sintered' bronze, which is porous to help hold lubrication. As a result, it is somewhat fragile...
• Urgency of Upper Control Arm Bushing replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 21:38:15 -0500
  ...The Upper Control Arm (A Arm) has loose bushings that are thunking over bumps. An examination shows pretty deteriorated bushings on the A as...
• Re: starter bushing question
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 21:15:29 -0800
  There is a tool we used to sell, very cheap that opens up inside the bushing and has a cross plate over the starter...
• Re: Squeaking bushings upfront ??
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:13:34 -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: Replacing front end bushings, Hardware questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Nov 2016 13:57:03 +0000
  ...For those of you who have done the bushings, where did you source your nuts and bolts for the following: Radius bushings? sway bar...
• Re: Rear trailing arm bushing install?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 09:41:50 -0800
  ...Don't use silicone or lithium grease - these will not dry out fast enough and the bushing *may* not stay seated. The bushings are...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - upper control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:31:46 -0700
  ...If they are free to turn, the outer sleeve does the wearing out rather than the bushing, which is bad. Drive the van to...
• UCA bushing replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:34:26 -0700
  Waded through an upper control arm bushing replacement job on my syncro yesterday http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/vanagon-syncro-upper-control...
• 1985 Vanagon - upper control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:18:02 -0400
  Must the replacement bushings be "tach welded" into place like factory or are they safe w/o it because.....where would they go to...
• Re: Air-cooled Vanagon (Westy) shifter bushing question. A follow up.
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:36:06 -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: Starter Bushing report...longish....ugh!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:34:53 -0700
  ...As I > was figuring how it fit up against the bushing, I decided to stupidly > remove the socket from the extension- fat fingered it...
• Re: where did the starter bushing go?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:25:35 -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...
• Front End Suspension - 1985
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 9 Jan 2013 11:05:25 -0500
  ...Originally I was just looking at new Upper control arm bushings however - I figured since I'm going to "be there" already and I...
• Re: Clutch housing bushing ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 06:42:13 -0400
  Frank, That piece is not a bushing and it does not support the mains haft in any way. However it should be a tight...
• Re: Rear trailing arm bushing replacement.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 7 Oct 2015 19:59:24 -0700
  ...For some of the bushings, I heat up area of arm around the bushing with a propane torch This allowed me to drift them...
• Re: starter bushing removal
  Historical mailing list - sean fleener
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:03:52 -0800
  ...bottoming tap, thread into the bushing until bottoms out against engine, continue to turn tap bushing will pull itself out. Sean Fleener 80 porchegon...
• Re: Upper control arm bushings failed again, upgrade advice sought
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 18 Jan 2016 18:51:46 -0600
  Ed, I've not done upper control arm bushings on a Vanagon but I have replaced them in other vehicles and I don't...
• Re: I want to kill my control arm bushings.......Excentric Washers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 13:36:17 -0400
  The eccentric bushings are available in three different thicknesses. it is common for thicker washer to be required with repalcement bushings. This is important...
• trouble installing new starter bushing
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 11 May 2012 12:33:00 -0400
  Vanagon folk, Got the old starter bushing out with a 7/16" tap but having a rough time installing the new one. Already dropped...
• Re: Nolathane upper control arm bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 20 Jan 2020 10:46:51 -0800
  ...I "bit the bullet" and ordered Powerflex bushings from T3. On my '81 Westy, I have Powerflex bushings on the sway bar and (white...