Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 17:09:03 -0700
Reply-To: wilden1@JUNO.COM
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: I want to kill my control arm bushings...
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About a year ago I bought two sets of upper control arm bushings from a
list member.
They were after market and I don't remember the name.
I sold them to someone else.
The buyer called me and wanted more of them, he said "They're much better
than the others that I bought, just better made and fit better".
In recent parts searches I'm finding lots of "Also Fits" descriptions.
It is not uncommon on older slow moving parts to combine part numbers and
manufacture a "General" product that earns the name "Also Fits".
You'll find more and more of this as time goes on and Vanagons start
depreciating in numbers.
One good example of "Also Fits" is VW CV joints.
Grab a used CV out of your junk box and take off to the local Foreign Car
wrecking yard and you'll find lots of the same CV on Audi, Porsche, all
years of Small VWs and in many cases it'll have the same rubber boot.
In searching for that $14.00 brass horn ring contractor in the steering
wheel I found about ten VWs that had the part.
Internal parts and senders for many VWs for electronic distributors on
Vanagons, the distributor internal parts will interchange but the outer
housings and drives won't.
If you want bargains on Injectors, write down your part numbers and
you'll find many VW, Audi and even BMW use the same part number. Be sure
that you get all three numbers from your injector, One is Bosch, One is
VW and the other is ????.
You'll find the same commonality in dash rocker switches and relays.
Same goes for Ball Joints, Tie Rod Ends, Steering Racks, lots of other VW
/ Audi products have the same parts.
Some Type IV Porsche engine parts sell for twice that of VW parts and
other than the part numbers they're identical in every way. (Strainer
gasket sets, Oil filters, Gaskets and Seals, Crankshafts, Push rods,
Lifters, Oil Pumps.)
Stan Wilder
On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 17:19:38 EDT Robert Lilley <Wolfvan88@AOL.COM>
writes:
> Question one: Were the new bushings spot welded in place? Or just
> pressed in
> place?
>
> Question two: could the spot weld have broken loose on one or more
> of the
> bushings?
>
> Question three: Are the bushings German or aftermarket?
>
> Robert
>
>
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