Frank Condelli wrote:

>         My '87 Westy's upper contril arm bushings are loose, well just one
is
> actually, on the right side, the front most one.  My question to all of
you
> is this.  I installed new upper control arm bushings in September of 1995
> at 178,200 km and now at 263,000 km one is loose again.  Is 85,000 km a
> normal life cycle for these bushings ?

I know this applies to other cars so probably applies to our Vanagons;  when
torqueing the control arm make sure the van is properly loaded.  Easiest way
is to put the wheel back on, pile a bunch of people in the van, then torque
to spec.  This puts the right squishes in the bushing for proper life
expectancy.

eric.henning@bailey.com
80 westy