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Date:         Mon, 21 May 2001 17:18:33 +0100
Reply-To:     Peter Cassidy <pcassidy@apple.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Peter Cassidy <pcassidy@apple.com>
Subject:      Re: upper control arm bushing- replacing?
Comments: To: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@uidaho.edu>
In-Reply-To:  <Pine.GHP.4.30.0105210908540.2067-100000@falcon.csrv.uidaho.edu>
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On Monday, May 21, 2001, at 05:10  pm, Matthew Pollard wrote:


> how easy/hard is the replacement of the upper control arm bushings?  I
> have some yucky squeeks that i wanna silence.
> thanks
> m


It's not too bad. I replaced mine a few months ago. Bentley says
you need a press to get the bushings out. I didn't!! I posted a long
article on how to do this job a few weeks (months?) ago here.
You'll need an angle grinder & a welder, tho' ...


Try dosing the bushings with silicone spray before you go to the
trouble of replacing them. Also, remove the upper ball joint & check
the whole arm for play by wrenching it left & right ....


Pete C   '88 Wolfie
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