I have a photo of this at:
http://rubatoguy.home.mindspring.com/bushing.html

It shows the old and new bushings and you can see the deterioration of
the spacer - and my van does not even live in a wet climate. When I
replace the spacers - I'll take a better comparison shot.

Todd
'88 westy

Robert Lilley wrote:

> I am in the process of rebuilding my from front suspension and
> discovered that the metal backed rubber bushings, the metal plate that
> the bushing squeezes between and the metal spacer inside the bushings
> on the radius rod were badly rusted.  Fortunately the mounting point
> on the body was not rusted much.  So far I have removed two front
> suspension setups and discovered that the parts are badly rusted.  On
> a parts van that removed the suspension, the mounting points were
> badly rusted.
>
> When I put the suspension back together, I coated the parts with a
> corrosion protector to help to keep them from rusting again.
>
>
> The parts van was from Florida and my van was bought in Hawaii and
> brought to the Mainland by the PO.
>
> You can remove the outside nut and check for rust and put the nut back
> on and not affect the alignment.  If you turn the inner nut you will
> mess up the alignment.
>
>
> Robert