To try to isolate my problem, I was going to go ahead and remove my sway
bar and stabilizer links and drive around the block tomorrow, to check
if my noise goes away.  Any reason this is a bad idea?  When putting it
back together, I plan to implement all of Rogers suggestions.
Thanks,
Wes

Wesley Pegden wrote:
> Thanks for the replies, Roger and  others.
> I just was under the van again.  I think my noise is maybe coming from
> the top of the stabilizer link hitting the coil on the passenger side
> (the same side where the stabilizer bar sticks through this bushing by a
> good 3/4 of an inch).  On the driver side, I can easily fit my finger
> between the coil and the stabilizer link, but on the passenger side,
> they're far too close together, so I have a feeling the stabilizer link
> ends up hitting the coil on the passenger side, and that's what's
> causing my nose.  How do I reposition the stabilizer link?  The lower
> bushing is certainly pretty worn, but not more so than on the driver
> side.
>
> -Wes
> '84   1.9l
>
> Roger Sisler wrote:
>> I would hazard a guess that the radius rods are out of position.Is
>> the bolt
>> holding the lower control arm on,tight?Are the nuts and bushings
>> where the
>> radius rod goes through the frame tight? My westy had a bushing here
>> disengagrate, and the radius rod wore a 1 inch hole, to 2 inches in the
>> frame. Every time I stepped on the brake I got a thump from this rod
>> knocking on the frame. I would suspect thatimproper motion in these
>> components can dislodge the sway bar form proper position. Are the two
>> inner sway bar bushings loose? Swap the left inner bushing with the
>> right
>> inner bushing to get new wear points on each bushing.Lastly, the hole in
>> the outter bushing, where the sway bar goes through, is a tight fit.Try
>> lubing the bushing/bar, and squeezeit back in place.Loosen up on the
>> inner
>> bushings first,to do this.Roger
>>
>>
>