Is this based on experience (with *not* doing the welds and having problems) or just according to what Bentley says? Just curious, because I've done both sides on mine without welding, and no signs of problems yet (2 years on the left, 1 year on the right so far). On 30 Oct 2001 at 13:17, Bill Knight wrote: > You must do the spot welds, then paint them to keep them > from rusting. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List > [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > Of Cookson, Noel > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:11 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Squeaky Upper Control Arm Bushings. > > > I want to replace the upper control arm bushings in my 88 > GL. The Bentley > and a previous post regarding this subject makes most of the > job seem pretty > straightforward. One exception to straightforward is the > spot weld Bentley > calls for when the new bushings are pounded/pressed in to > keep them from > spinning. The previous post covering this repair made no > mention of the > spot welds. Does this mean that most of you who have done > this job have > gotten by without the spot weld? > > Noel ======================== Shawn Wright Computer Systems Manager Shawnigan Lake School http://www.sls.bc.ca swright@sls.bc.ca |
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