Come on Jake, if Neil can build an engine cradle I'm sure he can tackle this
job with his MIG...

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jake de Villiers
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:02 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Enlarged (ovaled) Radius Arm Hole Fix? PICS

Yeah, what Scott said about epoxy!!

Welding Neil, and maybe by someone with a real stick welder and some
structural welding experience...........

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 6:34 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> Sadly between myself and the PO, we let the radius arm bushings get
> too worn out. ( I choose to lay most of the blame on the PO <grin>)
>
> Worn bushings caused this:   http://tinyurl.com/buwusy
>
> Which ovaled radius arm hole in subframe:  http://tinyurl.com/csv5l3
>
> I think I need to bring this hole back to it's original ID. If so......
>
> Weld or bolt a steel plate on? Or.....
>
> Shape a piece of steel to fit, epoxy it to sit on edge of hole where
> ovaled? Would it stay in place considering it's sandwiched between
> bushings etc. ?
>
> Thanks guys. Really appreciate the help. Hopefully I'm not wearing out
> my "welcome" here with so many questions. :)  The good news is that I
> photo this stuff to help or warn others of what NOT to do!
>
> Neil.
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta "Jaco
>
>
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>

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