Well done Paul, thanks for sharing!!
Happy Trails, Greg Potts 1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato www.pottsfamily.ca
On 4-Jan-07, at 3:24 AM, Paul Guzyk wrote: > Over the holidays while visiting family in Vancouver I had the > pleasure of replacing lower ball joints (actually, most of the front > end pieces) on an 84 Westy. The van drives 100% better and the > front end feels amazing now. No steering slop at all. > > We all know upper ball joints are easy to change, but the lower ones > on my project van were shot also. I decided to see if I could do it > without the help of a machine shop or fabricating any tools. > > I was able to accomplish the task with two expensive yet "free" > loaner tools from Canadian Tire. I'm pretty sure these loaner tools > are also available from Autozone in the US. > > I don't know if this procedure (and tools) will work on 85 up > Vanagons (or Syncros) but I'd imagine they will. Perhaps another 2.1 > person can report their findings? > > 1980-84 Vanagon Lower Ball Joint replacement photo procedure: > http://californiavan.com/frontend/80-84lowerballjoints/ > > FYI: Free Loaner tools (deposit required) available at many Canadian > Tire, Autozone etc. stores > http://tinyurl.com/sc9zy |
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