A number of vendors carry the sleeves. I have gooten a bunch from Vanagain.
For what he charges not worth the effort to cut my own. As for the mounts,
there are a number of aftermarket sources but I find they just are not quite
right. If you can get them from the dealer $$$ and be good for another 5 to
10 years. You can also consider some of the poly upgrade ones.

Dennis

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
neil n
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 8:26 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Radius Arm (strut) Steel Sleeve Measurement

Hi all.

I'll be replacing the radius arm bushings. My bet is that the steel sleeves
are at least pretty rusty. Those sleeves are NLA from VW.

I sourced some  DOM ROUND TUBE 0.750 X 0.120  (inch)  steel pipe locally
from:

http://www.metalsupermarkets.com/catalog/STEEL-COLD_ROLLED/TUBE_ROUND/DOM

This pipe fits in the new rubber bushing, but the ID is *slightly* larger by
0.26 mm

Likely I'm being totally "Type A" about this, but is that 0.26mm anything to
be concerned about? Like will that play cause wear, performance, alignment
issues?

Thanks much,

Neil.

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