You must do the spot welds, then paint them to keep them
from rusting.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List
[mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Cookson, Noel
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:11 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Squeaky Upper Control Arm Bushings.

I want to replace the upper control arm bushings in my 88
GL. The Bentley
and a previous post regarding this subject makes most of the
job seem pretty
straightforward. One exception to straightforward is the
spot weld Bentley
calls for when the new bushings are pounded/pressed in to
keep them from
spinning.  The previous post covering this repair made no
mention of the
spot welds.  Does this mean that most of you who have done
this job have
gotten by without the spot weld?

Noel