That's interesting.

Were these the only changes made to the front end between "tests"
through the Columbia River Gorge?

Like was it *that* much of a noticeable improvement? Did you replace
these parts with steering gear still in place? (bolts removed of
course)

IIRC your Vanagon is a DD so you would notice a change more than
someone with a fair weather driver like mine. (though it gets driven
more and more these days  :)  That said, I did notice an improvement
replacing upper control arm bushings on p-side, and they weren't
*that* worn out.

Neil.

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> �Put the van up and installed some polyurethane steering rack bushings that
> have been sitting around here. �About a year ago I'd replaced the old dry
> ones with new rubber standard ones and that was a help, but I'd used poly
> ones on other vehicles and knew that they are even better...They are. �The
> new ones make a noticeable difference, especially in gusty crosswinds, which
> we have lots of here in the Columbia River Gorge.

-- 
Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"

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