Date:         Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:37:19 -0700
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: front end reassembly: strut bar
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Great pics Neil! Reminds me that I need to check mine...

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> One of our own, Neil in Vancouver, may chime in with his experience,
> until then look at this page on his website and see his radius arm
> adventures.
>
> http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/vanagonmaintenanceandrepair
>
> alistair
>
>
>
> On 19-Apr-10, at 9:54 PM, Bill MacLachlan wrote:
>
> I'm replacing the bushings on the front end of my 82.
> I've dropped the strut bar ( the big bar that bolts under the lower ball
> joint and runs forward and is bolted through bushings to the frame.)
> Is there a trick to getting it back on? It slides onto the three
> bolts under
> the ball joint, and then sticks. I don't want to hammer it on for
> fear of
> mashing the bolt threads. Looks like it should just slide right on
> ( ha ha
> ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
>
> btw the hole through the frame where the bushings go is quite
> ovalised....what effect will this have?
>
> Comments? Experience? Advice?
>
> Bill M 82 GLI4
>



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Shawn Wright