Date:         Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:16:24 -0700
Reply-To:     Craig Oda <craigoda@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Craig Oda <craigoda@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Ball Joints and Tie-Rod Ends -- Squeaking suspension [was Re:
              Nice 84 California Westy for sale in Seattle/Vancouver]
In-Reply-To:  <20041019165202.34605.qmail@web54710.mail.yahoo.com>
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This van looks to be in great shape.  I notice one picture that says
that the Ball Joints and Tie-rod ends were recently replaced.  What do
these do?

My van makes a lot of squeaks both from the front and rear at
low-speed driving.  It's fine on the highway.  I've been wondering
what parts I need to replace, grease or clean to get the squeaks out
of the front and rear suspension.  I've been thinking of just heading
in there with a wrench and start taking apart and reassembling parts
until I stumble across something.  Weather is pretty poor right now to
work on the van in the car port.  Also, I've been spending more time
at the beach freezing in the northern california waters.  brrr....
Good exercise, but takes time away from tinkering with the van.

 So, I would prefer to be more targetted approach to tackling the squeaks.

Any advice?

-- Craig


On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:52:02 -0700, Christian Pelletier
<christianpelletier@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This isn't mine, I saw it on the TheSamba - but looks very clean!
>
> http://tinyurl.com/4hj82
>
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