Hey, lighten up there Scotty.
If somebody gets killed with "information" from here, it's their own damn
fault.
The user of said information is responsible for injecting a fair amount of
common sense into any opinion they get from this list or anywhere else.

Besides, I really think the front end is gonna give you some warning sign-
(pull, play in steering wheel, clunk, squeak, rattle, etc.), before the
wheels fall off.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 12:14 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Upper Control Arm Bushing Replacment?

Thanks for saying this Jake.
It bothered me too that someone would just dismiss the need for the tack
welds with ' It's not going anywhere.' .........kinda wishful thinking.
Obviously there's a reason it's done that way, and it is a critical item.
 < people think brakes are the most critical system on cars. They're not,
the *steering* is and you sure don't want anything coming out of place in
that system >

and your point about keeping the bearing surface be what it is supposed to
be is right on.
I mean, somebody could get killed with 'information' carelessly posted on
the internet.
If the guy didn't weld his say, and drove 70K miles with no problems, then
he should say That, not just dismiss a critical item with those words 'it's
not going anywhere.'
   I'm amazed how people justify taking shortcuts so easily.