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Date:         Fri, 10 Mar 2000 23:22:21 -0500
Reply-To:     Tom and Dana Cates <dcates1@HOME.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom and Dana Cates <dcates1@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: upper control arm
Comments: To: harald_nancy <harald_nancy@EARTHLINK.NET>
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> harald-nancy wrote:

Well, the bushing I have in front of me ( "elastmetall" 202346 LME Germany 251407077) is very tight inside. The rubber inside is actually somewhat under pressure, really pressed in. Silicone paste would be the ideal lubricant, but I don't think there is a way to get any more in there. If you drill a hole and install a grease nipple on the outside, you would damage the bushing too much.

Dcates1@home.com writes:

The Company that I work for manufactures greasing equipment. I have not yet looked at my squeaking passenger side bushings, but we make an injector needle for grease that might work perfectly. Maybe I will take a look and see this weekend if that kind of setup might work. If it will, I will try injecting some silicone grease into the creaking joint.

But, it has kind of quit creaking now that the weather has warmed up.

Tom Cates 83 Westfalia, "Hammurabi"


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