Thanks for the suggestions. There is also a good one on Samba to detach the
antiroll bar end links. That may relieve enough pressure to line up the
radius rod.

Another question. I bought end link hardware from T3. My old hardware had
flat washers; the ones in the kit are cupped. Does the concave side of the
washers point toward the bushing or away from them?

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Patrick Spragge <spraggepat@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Instead of compressing the passenger spring with a spring compressor,
> maybe try loading weight onto the passenger seat until the rod lines up.
> Not sure how far you need to move the LCA but this method may work. You
> could "fine tune" with a ratchet strap.
>
> 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?
>