He must be talking about the steering ball joint.

That wouldn't be it of course, but it would be the only thing that might
look like a bushing in plain sight.

Jim

On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 7:41 AM kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <
kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:

> I am thinking a piece of the dust shield or a rock got in there.  There
> really isn't any bushing that I can think of in that area.
>
> Ken
>
> On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 1:07 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >         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
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
>