Also ~ Can You take a Picture of that "Bushing" & Post it ~

On 3 Apr , 2017, at 8:54 PM, Vincent Dow wrote:

> Hi friends, just about halfway across the USA in my 1982 subaru-vanagon.
>
> something always comes up on a 3000 mile drive!
> this evening, pulling into a state park campground in Toronto, KS; I
> released the brake pedal to let the van roll back onto the road, and the
> right front wheel made a squeak\screech as it rolled.
>
> braking was solid and fine :) But I didn't like that sound (so far from
> home and from vanagon land)
> Just before the last light of day disappeared, I crawled under and had a
> look at that wheel.  Nothing stood out. My brakes were redone two Years
> ago, and I've only put about 10,000 miles on since (almost all highway)
>
> The screech continued as I rolled into my campsite. Not loud. Sounds like a
> brake down to metal would sound, rubbing against a rotor at low speed. You
> kind of hear the revolution.
>
> I did see a very mashed bushing... like, wasted. dont know what that
> bushing is called, but its the one closest to the wheel, almost touches it.
>
> does this ring a bell for anyone? I'll he crossing the rockies day after
> tomorrow, and then on to Los Angeles. I'd like to feel confident doing so.
> Tomorrow, might try to get a local garage to put it on the lift, take the
> wheel off.
>
> Could it be that crushed bushing? Maybe suddenly got worse and moved things
> around so that something like the metal shield between wheel and
> suspension?
>
> Any advice greatly appreciated!
> Vin