On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Tim <h2oboxer@optonline.net> wrote:
> i'm looking at needing the same repair.
>
> How did you determine where the hole should end up?
>

I too wondered about that before repairing.

The wear was all in the bottom of hole. The new bushing fit tight to
upper  2/3 - 3/4 of hole and there was no visible wear there, so I cut
a hole in plate to OD of *new* bushing and positioned the plate to the
known good upper part of hole. If that makes sense.

I'll throw up some notes on my web page, but hope that helps. If worn
hole is really messed up, maybe one could measure the hole position on
other side of vehicle and transfer the measurements? I would think
they are the same relative position, though I'm not certain.

Neil.

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