Neil, Just wanted to say thanks for all the emails with your progress, issues, and the pics on your web site. Some day before too long I plan to do some overhaul / rebuild in those areas as well. It will be deeper mechanical work than I have done on the van, so I am not all that confident about it. But when I start I can refer back to your notes. Roland On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 12:09 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 7:24 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > ..... > > > After cobbling some crap together, I easily got the lower control arm > > bushings out. > > > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/lowercontrolarm > > > > But..... > > > > If I press the new ones using the same method in reverse, (socket > > pushing metal sleeve) does the metal sleeve run the risk of separating > > from the rubber? > > > > Bentley shows the VW411 tool. It *appears* to be the same OD as the > > sleeve. (i.e. similar to what I'm doing) Just double checking as I > > really wouldn't want to ruin the new parts. > > > > FWIW, I tried a larger socket pushing on the rubber, and that did NOT > work. > > > > Updated the page now that the parts are installed and lower control > arm is on vehicle. > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/lowercontrolarm > > Metal sleeve in new bushing didn't suffer any harm AFAIK, during install. > > Neil. > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines > |
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