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Subject:Re: which direction for the plates? Re: (followup) Re: part numbers for link hardware?
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:50:31 -0700

Its a little counter-intuitive, but the concave side goes toward the rubber
bushing.

Jake

On 4/6/06, Wesley Pegden <wes@cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
> Which direction are the plates supposed to go back on?  (I forget which
> way I took them off...)  I would have thought the top and bottom both
> cupped towards the bushings, but the Bentley diagram makes it looks like
> they both cup upwards (so the upper one is away from the bushing).
> This doesn't make sense to me....
>
> Thanks again,
> Wes
> 1.9l
>
> Wesley Pegden wrote:
> > Ken's hooking me with all but the plates... I'm looking for 3 of these
> > now... my old ones are pretty bad.
> >
> > -Wes
> >
> >
> > Jake de Villiers wrote:
> >
> >> Have you tried calling Ken Wilford at VanAgain?
> >>
> >> On 4/5/06, *Wesley Pegden* <wes@cs.uchicago.edu
> >> <mailto:wes@cs.uchicago.edu>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     I should have mentioned... I'm located in central new jersey.
> >>
> >>     Wesley Pegden wrote:
> >>     > Also,
> >>     > does anybody have any idea how I can get these things by
> >>     Friday?  I need
> >>     > 1 sleeve, 1 lower plate, 2 bushings, and 2 top plates.  At the
> very
> >>     > least, I'd like to get 2 of the bushings by Friday.  I have a
> >>     feeling
> >>     > that when I call the dealer tomorrow morning, they're going to
> >>     say it'll
> >>     > be next week before I can get them.  Do I have any other
> >>     reasonable options?
> >>     >
> >>     > Thanks,
> >>     > Wes
> >>     >
> >>     > Wesley Pegden wrote:
> >>     >
> >>     >> Hi all,
> >>     >> Does anybody have the part number for the plate that fits above
> the
> >>     >> bushing at the bottom of the stabilizer link?
> >>     >>
> >>     >> I have that the sleeve is part number 251411047
> >>     >> I have that the lower plate is part number 251411043
> >>     >> I have the bushings are 251411039
> >>     >> What about the top plate?
> >>     >>
> >>     >> Thanks,
> >>     >> Wes
> >>     >> '84 1.9l
> >>     >>
> >>     >>
> >>     >>
> >>     >
> >>     >
> >>     >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jake
> >> 1984 Vanagon GL
> >> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> >> www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
> >>
> >
> >
>

--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com

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