After re reading your post, "The end is below the threaded hole on the LCA and can't be moved up any further because it just lifts the van. Do I need to use a spring compressor?"
Not sure if you should be lifting the LCA to line up with the rod or lowering the LCA. The way I read your statement sounds like conflicting info.

Patrick Spragge

> On Jul 13, 2017, at 9:47 AM, Steven Shelton <shelton4@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I have this problem on Samba but it's already bumped way down.
> 
> I replaced all the front suspension bushings and ball joints on my 1985
> Westfalia. I tried to re-install the radius rods but neither side would
> line up with the threaded hole in the lower control arms (my radius rods
> are the newer type, threaded at both ends). Looking closely, they were both
> bent, so I bought new ones. I jacked up the lower control arm until the van
> lifted off the floor jacks and the driver's side radius rod bolted in, but
> the passenger's side still will not line up. The end is below the threaded
> hole on the LCA and can't be moved up any further because it just lifts the
> van. Do I need to use a spring compressor?