On 21 Jun 2004 at 18:40, stephen steele <steeles159@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > I, too, have no experience on this area of the van. > But prior to tackling this job I did a search of the > archives for upper control arm bushings(UCAB). As > expected there's a wealth of info. > > SYNOPSIS: > It seems that the change of UCAB does not guarantee > the removal of front end squeaking. The r/r will take > away the knocking about caused by the delamination of > the internal rubber of the bushings. The Bentley says > to spot weld the new ones in and most agree that this > is necessary (some don't, though). > Most also agree that this the perfect time to do the > ball joints and tie rod ends, too. I have put off > doing my UCAB until I get all the other parts to do it > completely. I don't have the squeaking...mine is > knocking about. I'll weigh in with my experiences here, since I had both squeaking an knocking. Replacing the UCBs fixed my squeaking, and has stayed that way for about 4-5 years now, with plenty of rough road travel. Strangely, only the pass side had the proble, so I left the driver side alone. The knocking was caused by installing KYB shocks and using the bushings supplied with them. Fortunately, I had kept the stock bushings, and on the advice of the list, put them back in - no more knocking! This is on an '88 Westy, now with 382k kms. -- Shawn Wright http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright ~This message sent by Pegasus Mail, the safe E-Mail alternative~ "Friends don't let friends use Outlook" |
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