Awesome tip! Yup. These bushings have some powder on them. Neil. On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > The OEM bushings have a white powdery (mold release) coating on them. I have > had the shiny black ones split on me. The only way for the good stuff to > remain available is for someone to buy it. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > neil n > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:38 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Radius Arm (strut) Steel Sleeve Measurement
> @ Dennis: .... > The rubber bushings I purchased from VM Autohaus in Burnaby might be OEM. > They were ~ $45 a pair have "Germany" and the Audi " רררר " > mark on them. Then again, those marks may mean bupkuss. -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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