I'm sure that on my 25 yr. old Vanagon, my bushings too look deteriorated but WHEN does that affect steering, alignment, noises, etc . Pls. educate me! Larry Ga. PS. I just replaced upper control arm bushings, ball joints, tie rods, etc. and got a clean bill of health in terms of LT alignment.....is this something I should have replaced...what the cost of parts? ----- Original Message ----- From: "TJ Hemrick" <x53gunner@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:06 PM Subject: Re: vanagon Digest - 28 Nov 2007 - Special issue (#2007-1273)
> Allan, > First, if you have the Bentley, it will cover it the procedure well. I > just did these on a 91 a few weeks ago. What ever you do, do NOT forget to > measure from the back of the aft bushing nut to the end of the threads. > Don't try to mark it and think it will work (Don't ask how I know). You > have to back the nut off a fairly substantial amount and then you put a > wrench on the rod and back it out of it's threads on the arm. The rest is > cake (you know- assembly is the reverse, yada, yada, yada). You'll be amazed > how the new ones look compared to the old ones. > > Good luck > TJ > > Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:10:59 -0500 > From: Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU> > Subject: replace radius rod bushings > > Anyone have a how-to on replacing the radius rod bushings? On my '91 > Vanagon GL, the outer bushing is completely missing on the driver's > side, and the others have seen better days. > > I have the new bushings -- anything tricky about this job? > > Thanks, > > Allan |
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