Date:         Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:16:50 -0700
Reply-To:     neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: front end reassembly: strut bar
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
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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



Thanks for linking my page Alistair.


Bill!

You're a lucky man. No bolts snapped!

Check out this part

http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/radiusarmnutnotes

Wordy, but last paragraph should explain things re strut bar re
install. Take your time installing the lock nuts.

Hole quite ovalised? Pic of mine.

http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/RadiusArmHole2.jpg

Strut arm made "clunk" sound when parallel parking and had worn
through metal sleeve damaging strut bar itself.

I welded a shim + plate on/in ovaled hole.

http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/radiusarmholerepair

Hope that helps.

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