This is your front suspension you are messing with.  If one
of those bushings starts to turn, it will quickly start
wearing a larger hole in the control arm.  Results could be
disasterous.  Just drop by your local muffler shop and give
'em ten bucks to do the spot welds. And yes, I do work
according to what Bentley says.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List
[mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Shawn Wright
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:21 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Squeaky Upper Control Arm Bushings.

Is this based on experience (with *not* doing the welds and
having
problems) or just according to what Bentley says?
Just curious, because I've done both sides on mine without
welding,
and no signs of problems yet (2 years on the left, 1 year on
the right so
far).

On 30 Oct 2001 at 13:17, Bill Knight wrote:

> 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

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Shawn Wright
Computer Systems Manager
Shawnigan Lake School
http://www.sls.bc.ca
swright@sls.bc.ca