Obviously inspect all that stuff while in there. Plan to replace the
bushings at the front of those strut bars. Even if they look good, they
are distorted and stretched.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Roger Van Till
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 8:30 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Front end advice

I'm planning on pulling apart the front suspension on my 81 to put new
lowered springs on and replace control arm bushings.
Should I go ahead and replace ball joints and tie rod ends while I'm in
it deep?
I believe everything down there is original and 25 years old.
All words of wisdom will be appreciated.

Roger Van Till
'89 Westy "The Moose Lounge"
'86 GL "Sugaree"
'81 L "CoJack"
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