Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:16:31 -0800
Reply-To: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Ball joints, upper / lower
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Hey Ben,
Here's the thing about Mark Drillock. The man lives about 4 miles from
me. And yet I've never met him. On a couple of occasions, I was meant to
drop by his house and pick up some freebie part he was kind enough to
offer me, and something else cropped up so I couldn't make it.
Oh well, another time!
Regarding the ball joints, you wrote, "The upper ones take about 45min
top each side, the lower ones are more difficult and CAN'T be done with
a minimum of tools (like Paul showed us)."
Did you mean to say:
1. As Paul showed us, the lowers need more than a minimum of tools, or
2. It's not possible to do the lowers using the minimum of tools that
Paul used.
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR
On 1/27/2007 12:49 PM Benny boy wrote:
> """Forgot to mention: I live in Southern California, just north of San
> Diego, in a burg called Carlsbad."""
>
> Men i love that spot, i like the state park along the ocean!
> http://www.benplace.com/baja/calif007.jpg
>
> I met Mark Drillock wile there a few years ago... he was just walking in the
> park and saw me... "Hey, are you Ben from the mailing list"... he help me
> find parts and change them!
>
> The upper one take about 45min top each side, the lower one are more
> dificult and CAN'T be done with a minimum of tools (like Paul showed us).
>
> Wile there, you should check everything:
> http://www.benplace.com/85rouge/rouge12.jpg
>
> The red arrow show the main moving parts of the front end... this is my van,
> the lower one were change not so long ago so i didn't replace them. In the
> shop, i only changed those once, but many time on bus's:
> http://www.benplace.com/79beige/79beige50.jpg
>
> On the Bus's, the lower and upper one are the same...
>
> Those are the one that make the "squiky" noise, the upper arm bushing:
> http://www.benplace.com/85rouge/rouge5.jpg
>
> (Paul, i made a tool to remove them easy! not as dificult as before when we
> did your's in my shop) I also made a tool to remove the lower one's faster.
>
> Cheers, Ben
>
>
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