Neil, Since you're in BC, where'd you get the parts? Looks like BD and Van-Cafe have them, but anyone else? If they can be had locally, I might consider diving in and doing mine while I'm doing the shocks. On the other hand, I should probably wait until I can replace everything affecting alignment all at once I guess... On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:15 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Good to know. > > In hindsight, one could measure new rubber bushing and strut arm > diameters. Measuring length of old part should suffice. > > Neil. > > > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:37 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > > I think they are available again somewhere. I made some from stainless > pipe > > that are not quite the right outer diameter, though they do barely > squeeze > > into the rubbers. > > > > Mark > > > > neil n wrote: > >> > >> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 9:16 AM, neil n<musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Beware that the metal sleeves are likely NLA. > > > -- > 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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