I'm sure that on my 25 yr. old Vanagon, my bushings too look deteriorated
but WHEN does that affect steering, alignment, noises, etc .

Pls. educate me!

Larry
Ga.

PS.  I just replaced upper control arm bushings, ball joints, tie rods, etc.
and got a clean bill of health in terms of LT alignment.....is this
something I should have replaced...what the cost of parts?

----- Original Message -----
From: "TJ Hemrick" <x53gunner@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: vanagon Digest - 28 Nov 2007 - Special issue (#2007-1273)

> Allan,
>   First, if you have the Bentley, it will cover it the procedure well.  I
> just did these on a 91 a few weeks ago. What ever you do, do NOT forget to
> measure from the back of the aft bushing nut to the end of the threads.
> Don't try to mark it and think it will work (Don't ask how I know).  You
> have to back the nut off a fairly substantial amount and then you put a
> wrench on the rod and back it out of it's threads on the arm.  The rest is
> cake (you know- assembly is the reverse, yada, yada, yada). You'll be
amazed
> how the new ones look compared to the old ones.
>
> Good luck
> TJ
>
> Date:    Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:10:59 -0500
> From:    Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
> Subject: replace radius rod bushings
>
> Anyone have a how-to on replacing the radius rod bushings?  On my '91
> Vanagon GL, the outer bushing is completely missing on the driver's
> side, and the others have seen better days.
>
> I have the new bushings -- anything tricky about this job?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Allan