oh for goodness sakes, if you are worried about long term suitability
of various lubricants on the a-arm bushings and not wondering whether
after X thousand of miles its time to replace them, then I think you
have found a good home here on the list :)

Grind the spot, press them out, push new in, weld a spot, repeat,
lather, rinse..

Alistair

'82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/

On 20-Sep-06, at 5:33 PM, Helmut Blong wrote:

Uh, then I found that Wurth makes HHS 200 - high temp, penetrating
silicone
lubricant

http://www.amazon.com/Wurth-HHS-2000-Penetrating-Temperature-
Lubricant/dp/B0002XRDLE/ref=pd_lpo_k2_err_k2a_1_txt/
102-3212884-1008135?ie=UTF8

It's $12 on eBay.

mordo

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Helmut Blong <helmut.blong@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 20, 2006 8:28 PM
Subject: Fwd: Squeaky front end parts
To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com

I was thinking about penetrating oil > rubber bushings and wondering
what
the long term effect on the rubber is. I found this, from Monroe:

http://www.monroe.com/tech_support/tec_suspsystemfund.asp

I looked at the MSDS for PB Blaster and of course, it is a petroleum
product. It contains 1/2 % silicone too.

I can't think of any penetrating silicone lubes but I think I'll
stick with
non-petro silicone lubes for rubber. Silglyde should make a spray
lube...

FWIW and all...

mordo

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Todd Last <rubatoguy@comcast.net>
Date: Sep 20, 2006 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: Squeaky front end parts
To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com

PB Blaster is great stuff - works better than liquid wrench and WD-40
(IMHO)
I've used Silicone spray to cure leaky bushings.

Every tool kit should have PBlaster and JB weld. <g>

Todd
'88 Westy.

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Dave Vickery < davevickery@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Yep, worked for me too.  At least on one van.  The other one was less
> cooperative.  Maybe that's the difference btw a good, but squeaking,
bushing
> and one that need replacing.
>
>
> >From: John Graham <theklube@GMAIL.COM>
> >Reply-To: John Graham <theklube@GMAIL.COM>
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Re: Squeaky front end parts
> >Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:41:07 -0400
> >
> >Report of solution!
> >
> >On the way home last night, I stopped at a NAPA store and bought a
> can of
> >PB
> >Blaster for a whopping $4.61.  This morning before leaving for
> work, I
> >simply sprayed the joints that I could easily see from outside the
> front
> >wheel wells and like magic, the noises have gone away!
> >
> >The points I was able to easily get were the upper control arm
> bushings,
> >the
> >anti-sway bar bushing and the 'link' that has the long rod that goes
> >diagonally towards the front (real technical this morning) BUT
> they're
all
> >quiet now.  I'm happy.
> >
> >PB Blaster appears to have been developed to primarily help with
> removing

> >long rusted hardware, but the can does mention eliminating
> squeaks.  It
> >does.  Blaster has a very fine focused spray stream which helped
> get the
> >goods where they needed to be.
> >
> >John Graham
> >88 Westy
> >Charlotte, NC