I've seen a lot worse than that.

Dennis

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
ralph meyermann
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 1:54 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Radius rod/arm sourced

The picked ones are great shape and the bushing sleve is descent too!!

Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy

On May 25, 2012 12:35 PM, "neil n" <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

Cool.

Hopefully your radius arm(s) are in good shape where they pass through the
frame. One of mine wasn't. pic:

http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/RadiusArmWorn1.jpg

Otherwise, yah for sure. I would have left the radius arm (oh wait. It's
called "strut bar" in Bentley. < grin > )  attached to the LCA when
replacing the bushings and sleeves.

You may know this, but I found that it's possible to R&R  the LCA, knuckle,
radius arm as a "unit".  image:
http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/LwrContArmRmvd.jpg

I'm obviously not a mechanic, so can't say this is the best way, or good
practice, but it can be done. Like if I was replacing only the radius arm
bushings, sleeves, and all else was in good shape, I'd take the time to
remove this "unit" rather than risk snapping a bolt(s) at LCA.

Neil.

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:25 AM, ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com>
wrote:
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> I was plan...
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