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• Fw: Fw: front suspension rebuilding (squeak squeak)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:15:45 -0400
  ...sledge and the bushing is home. When you or someone else does the spot welds needed to hold the bushings in place, be prepared...
• Re: Lower control arm bushing r&r on 89 westy
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 20:20:15 -0700
  ...Down FarEnough so the "Bushing" is Clear of the Ears You will Need a "Tool" to remove the Old "Bushing" ~ Here is a link...
• Re: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 11:15:17 -0800
  ...The new bushing looks the same as the one it replaced. The VW Mk 4 2.0 OEM type part I had in hand...
• Re: Manual trans replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:37:31 -0400
  ...Good tips. > > "cute little plastic bushings" Har har. No doubt. > > I recall that Roger Sisler made mention of using a brass bushing (like > on...
• Fw: front suspension rebuilding (squeak squeak)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:03:08 -0400
  I got sick of the squeaking years ago and decided I was going to try to figure out why these upper bushings had such...
• Re: Shift rod bushing
  Historical mailing list - cesar quiros
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:42:58 -0700
  ...Shift rod bushing > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > At 11:26 AM 9/16/2010, Tom Young wrote... > >I have a feeling that I...
• A-frame bushings
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 18:41:12 -0600
  ...Is there any reason I can't use these on my '88 GL? I would install new bushings and also install new upper control...
• Should I re-use this radius arm?
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:33:14 +0000
  Thanks to the list for the help so far with the ideas for the radius bushing repair. I am heading out tomorrow to pick...
• Re: DISTRUBUTOR FOR 91 CARAT VANAGON NEEDED
  Historical mailing list - John Matchett
  Thu, 23 Jan 1997 22:21:08 -0500
  ...The dealer I talked to said that vw doesnot sell the bushings seperately...maybe bosche does?? > > ======== Original Message ======== > I need a distributor for a...
• Re: squeaking bushings
  Historical mailing list
  05 Feb 97 08:35:32 PST
  ...I, too had squeaky bushings, tried silicone spray, lasted a little while. Then I tried a teflon based lubricant. Quiet now for several months...
• Stabilizer Link Arm Bushings
  Historical mailing list - David Klein
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:11:02 -0600
  Hi All, Looking through Bentley I couldn't find how to remove the Stabilizer Link Arm Bushings but it looks straight forward. I just...
• Upper Control Arm Bushing Replacment?
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 02:40:00 +0000
  I can't seem to find anything of substance regarding the upper control bushing replacment in the archives. Can anybody provide an overview of...
• Re: [Syncro] r & p mounting bushings need 89 syncro westy
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 20:23:55 -0700
  ...If I were going to look at worn bushings that may effect alignment settings, I'd look first at the radius rod bushings, then...
• Re: Air-cooled Vanagon (Westy) shifter bush question.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 28 Aug 2014 19:53:19 -0700
  This early bushing is available again last I checked. Ken at Vanagain shows them under "shift bushing" and under the part number. It can...
• '87 syncro: what are those donut-like rubber bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 16 May 1996 07:55:37 -0700
  I was checking out the underside of my '87 syncro yesterday and noticed two large rubber bushings located either side of the driveshaft by...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Posted Pics of Driveshaft "Piston" and SA Bushing
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:48:37 EDT
  ...instead of the fancy bushing... have an o-ring groove or machined into the male portion of this 'piston', and then fit an o...
• Re: (followup) Re: part numbers for link hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 01:05:37 -0400
  ...At the very > least, I'd like to get 2 of the bushings by Friday. I have a feeling > that when I call the...
• Re: Upper wishbone bushes and no welder?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:01:34 -0400
  Without that tack weld, the bushings can start turning in the arm. Will quickly wear and get loose. Find someone with a welder and...
• Re: Upper control arm bushing, done.
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Wed, 14 Sep 2016 14:32:32 -0400
  ...However, there is no movement on the tires when doing a check for the bushing. Please report back if yours starts making noise again...
• Re: Front suspension bushing replacement
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:18:44 -0700
  So, at what point in replacing bushings do you take it in for an alignment? All of them? 30 year old rubber should be...
• Re: Not able to engage any gear
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 22:39:45 -0500
  ...The brass bushing is indeed a brass bushing or sleeve that is a press fit into the fly wheel whose only purpose, apparently, is...
• Re: Repair for rear trailing swingarm?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:48:48 -0400
  One other point of this repair.The trailing arm bushings need to be pretensioned when installed.When the repair is done, and you lower...
• Re: which direction for the plates? Re: (followup) Re: part numbers for link hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:50:31 -0700
  Its a little counter-intuitive, but the concave side goes toward the rubber bushing. Jake On 4/6/06, Wesley Pegden <wes@cs.uchicago...
• Re: Tire Wear.. Now: Worn Upper Control Arm Bushings - Alignment Changes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:32:44 -0400
  Yes worn and damaged bushings can cause alignment changes after the fact. The upper control arm bushings as you noted are a definite problem...
• Re: Replacing Ball Joints...anything else while in there?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 25 May 2005 16:26:49 -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...
• Re: Upper control arm bushings failed again, upgrade advice sought
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Tue, 19 Jan 2016 05:43:45 -0800
  ...Upper control arm bushings failed again, upgrade advice sought I have the Powerflex bushings, and they're starting to squeak.... probably I used not...
• Re: Flywheel Install / O - ring
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:22:31 -0500
  On the WBX'ers there is a brass bushing th at fits inside the fly wheel that both holds the felt seal in place...
• 2wd spring into syncro swap expt.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 20:32:08 -0800
  ...Oh, and radius arm bushing replacement. http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/vanagon-syncro-front-spring-swap-and-radius-arm-bushing-replacement/ alistair
• Re: Vanagon shocks and coils spring
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:22:25 -0600
  ...I've pressed bushings into a lot of American cars a-frames and none of them have felt it necessary to weld the bushings...
• Re: Failing clutch master or slave?
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Sat, 8 May 2021 23:48:15 -0700
  It's possible that excess play at outboard bushings at clutch cross shaft are causing the noise. I had a "creaking" or "groaning" noise...
• starter re-install woe...
  Historical mailing list - Ethan Kiermaier
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:16:58 -0700
  ...After purchasing a generic rebuild at my FLAPS (first mistake?), I removed the old one and managed to get the old bushing out with...
• Re: To those concerned with steering wheel sloppiness
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 4 Sep 2009 23:41:44 -0700
  ...I had long discovered these worn bushings but was afraid that they might be difficult to replace by myself and it might need a...
• My Sway bar thoughts and Rear sway bars- Source: $119 kit F or R
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 11:14:30 EST
  ...2) If yours are OK, The stock rubber bushings have about an inch of play before the bushing "catch" and slows body roll There...
• Re: Play at Manual Steering Rack and Bushings ok? (VIDEO)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:08:06 -0800
  ...I just don't know what a "new" set of bushings feels like. Anyone got a brand new Vanagon I can "feel"? ; ) Thanks for...
• Install grease fitting on upper control arm bushing(s)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 27 May 2018 10:10:11 -0700
  ...https://photos.app.goo.gl/EzTVVmJB2KYTBPhc2 I doubt that the bushings shown are the factory installed parts. None of the UCA bushings ive ever...
• Re: Air-cooled Vanagon (Westy) shifter bush question.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:41:29 -0700
  ...The front rod bushing for 091 tranny model Vanagons is above the fuel tank. (the 091 trans = 80-83 aircooled, 82 diesel) Mark Tom...
• Re: UPPER float/wishbone/contol Arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 5 Mar 1999 22:37:10 -0500
  I bought my bushings from the bus depot(cheap) and installed them myself with no special tools. took about an hour and a half...
• Re: Upper trailing arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - David Prendergast
  Sun, 30 Apr 2006 09:53:34 -0400
  ...Dave That only goes for the bottom bushings as they don't turn. The top bushings work like a bearing and can turn indefinitely...
• Re: Front end bushings
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:42:04 -0700
  ...Front end bushings > > Replacing the rack does not require any major front end > disassembly. Only > tie rod removal. The upper and lower bushings need...
• What causes tire wear?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Mar 2016 21:19:19 -0500
  ...Several things, other than squeaking and clunking, happen when the upper control arm bushings wear. Primarily, camber becomes more negative because of bushing wear...
• Re: Finally got new Air Cooled/Diesel Center Shifter Bushings in stock!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:27:49 -0500
  ...We also have the double ball shift levers new and the center bushing. There is only one other bushing that is at the universal...
• Re: Front end bushings
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:38:20 -0700
  ...Front end bushings > >> I've got an 87 Syncro and I've decided to replace the PS rack and all >> the front end bushings...
• Re: RE-The "world's slowest rear wiper" problem
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:24:09 -0500
  Martin, I'd bet money on corrosion between the wiper shaft and the bushing. I had one motor burn out after same symptom (replaced...
• Re: Damping ring and washer for front shocks: Where Can I Get Them?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 19:08:24 -0400
  ...have the bushings and washer's > >High end shocks come with new bushings and washer's. >( Gabriel are high end? The bushings and washer...
• Re: Starter Motor Bushing Lube. Quick Answer? Daylight Abating!
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:43:48 -0500
  ...t give an answer. > > Moly grease ok for starter motor bushings and bushing in engine block? > (for end of starter when it turns) > > Thanks...
• Re: handling on pre '68
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 May 1995 17:22:02 EDT
  I have to replace the link pin and bushings on my '65. Problem is: where do I find a reamer for the bushings? I...
• WTB Radious Arm Bushings
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:12:24 -0800
  Anyone know where to get these or do i have to buy two new radious rods in order get the rubber bushings? Thanks Phil...
• Re: starter spins, doesn't engage?/Bentley question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 16:26:39 -0400
  ...After three visits back to the rebuilder they finally replaced the final drive and bushing (internal, the 90 auto does not have an external...
• Re: California Imports Bus Shift Rod Bushing Kit?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:56:17 -0800
  ...The "Center shift rod bushing" that's in my Vanagon currently works. Just thought I'd pop in a new one while gas tank...
• Re: Replacing front end bushings, Hardware questions
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:21:06 -0600
  ...Replacing front end bushings, Hardware questions > > > > Hello Volks, > > > > Some of you may have seen my email about hitting a boulder. > > Just as a recap...
• Re: Hidden rusting problem in your suspension
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 22:46:25 -0700
  ...http://rubatoguy.home.mindspring.com/bushing.html It shows the old and new bushings and you can see the deterioration of the spacer - and...
• Re: Hello (and suspension)
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 6 Apr 2003 08:08:25 -0400
  ...The VW part number for the stabilizer link bushing is 251-411-045. Bus Depot (www.busdepot.com) has it listed on their site...
• Re: Upper control arm bushings failed again, upgrade advice sought
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 19 Jan 2016 23:08:20 -0500
  ...Upper control arm bushings failed again, upgrade advice sought > >Does anyone have any experience with the GoWesty Delrin AF UCA bushings? >Any harshness noted...
• Re: Lower control arm bushing r&r on 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 20:11:10 -0500
  The original lower control arm attachments are a mount, not a bushing. And they are a poor design and installation requires some tricks. However...
• Re: Lower control arm bushing r&r on 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 3 Feb 2016 02:09:15 +0000
  ...Yes I am planning on replacing all of those additional parts...key concern at this time are the lower control arm bushings. This is...
• Re: Control Arm Bushings
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:04:16 -0500
  ...My upper CA bushings were noisy as hell when >> I bought my van. Hmmm, the upper ball joints are >> little loose, might as well...
• Re: Rear Springs and Bushings and Steering Rack
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 28 Oct 2022 07:29:42 -0700
  ...I did replace all the front bushings about a year ago and now the van drives like it's on rails. > On Oct 28...
• Re: Shift rod bushing
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:50:33 -0400
  ...Where does that >bushing live under the van? Gas tank removal necessary? Yes, ouch. Which is why longevity is desired in the replacement. Note...
• Re: Trying to replace front bushings
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:48:04 -0700
  ...The lower suspension arm bushings are tough too - I drilled those out, then pushed them out in a vise with a mandrel (large socket...
• Control Arm Bushings)
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:26:46 -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...