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

Thanks for linking my page Alistair.

Bill!

You're a lucky man. No bolts snapped!

Check out this part

http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/radiusarmnutnotes

Wordy, but last paragraph should explain things re strut bar re
install. Take your time installing the lock nuts.

Hole quite ovalised? Pic of mine.

http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/RadiusArmHole2.jpg

Strut arm made "clunk" sound when parallel parking and had worn
through metal sleeve damaging strut bar itself.

I welded a shim + plate on/in ovaled hole.

http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/radiusarmholerepair

Hope that helps.

Neil.

--
Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"

http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/

http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines