

| Subject: | Re: front end reassembly: strut bar |
| From: | Shawn Wright |
| Date: | Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:37:19 -0700 |
Great pics Neil! Reminds me that I need to check mine... On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > One of our own, Neil in Vancouver, may chime in with his experience, > until then look at this page on his website and see his radius arm > adventures. > > http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/vanagonmaintenanceandrepair > > alistair > > > > On 19-Apr-10, at 9:54 PM, Bill MacLachlan wrote: > > I'm replacing the bushings on the front end of my 82. > I've dropped the strut bar ( the big bar that bolts under the lower ball > joint and runs forward and is bolted through bushings to the frame.) > Is there a trick to getting it back on? It slides onto the three > bolts under > the ball joint, and then sticks. I don't want to hammer it on for > fear of > mashing the bolt threads. Looks like it should just slide right on > ( ha ha > ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!) > > btw the hole through the frame where the bushings go is quite > ovalised....what effect will this have? > > Comments? Experience? Advice? > > Bill M 82 GLI4 > -- Shawn Wright
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