Here is more detail on this project van. It came in running poorly, no brakes or power steering. 

Dennis

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From: Neil <musomuso@gmail.com> 
Sent: Saturday, September 4, 2021 1:58 AM
To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: Ball joint observation 2WD

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Wow. That's like some crazy cock-eyed Frankenstein neck bolts. IIRC, I'd seen the same or similar issue in a thread on the samba Vanagon forum.

It's official. From now on I'll only put 2 miles a day on my Westy daily driver.

That oughta do it.

LOL.

Neil.

On 9/3/21, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Added a few more pictures. Going to the other side note the ball joint 
> was not drilled and tapped correctly. I was not able to get the 2 
> screws to line up with the control arm and spacer. I ended up using 
> another joint. The defective joint was a Lemforder labeled made in China.
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