Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:26:05 -0500
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Parts? &Clunks&Bolts
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The tapered ring part number is 251-413-097. It is also shockingly expensive
for what it is. All the hardware in front is property class 10.9, fine
thread, and not plated. From the factory there is a yellow organic or black
oxide coating. These connections relay on the clamp load to keep these in
place. The bushings you are using change things slightly but if the sleeves
can move you will in the future get to do some welding repairs as they wear
through those mounting tabs. BTDT! If replacing with American hardware you
want at least grade 8 and the fine thread. And it using washers make sure
they are also hardened.
Dennis
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Subject: Parts? &Clunks&Bolts
Does anyone in this group know the Name &or PartNumber of what I am
going to refer to as the Tapered/Split/Compressible/Bushing that resides in
the RearHole of the LowerFrontShockMount on a 2WD Vanagon ~ The
LowerShockMountBolt passes through this Item & It appears to have
2 functions ~ As the Bolt&Nut are Tightened it is Pressed into its
HoleOfResidence & so TightensUp against the ShockSpacer while @ the same
time its Taper&Spilt causes it to act like a Colette so it SnugsDown on the
Bolt ~ It seams that if any of its dimensions were to get reduced by Rust or
Corrosion or Wear or if the Hole that it Resides in were to get Enlarged by
Same, it would cease to be able to do its jobs correctly ~~ So I would like
to get some Spares if possible.
That Item has come to my attention as I have just done some R&R in
that area ~ For the 7Yrs that I have owned this 90Westy it has had a Clunk
in the FrontEnd that has sounded like a Loose Radiator or Bumper or
SuspensionPart & so over the years I have made sure that Rad' was secured
properly & I drove without the Bumper for a bit & I have replaced all of the
FrontSuspensionParts except for the LowerBallJoints ~~ None of which made
the Clunk stop ~ which BTW would only happen on Some bumps in the road not
all ~ A few weeks back I finally got up the nerve to replace the
FrontLower"A"ArmBushings using PolyBushings that I had gotten from Burley a
couple of years ago & while doing that I came to realize that the ID of
Burleys BushingSleeves/Spacers was 1/2In instead of 12mm so I decided to
replace the OEM 12mm Bolts with 1/2in ~ The new bushings made some Squeaks
go away but the Clunk was still there ~ A few days later I decided to do
something that I had thought about doing many times as I had heard that the
Clunk could be coming from the LowerShockMount & that OverTorquing that
Bolt&Nut might solve the issue but I had tried that without success & since
I had now gotten myself into a BoltUpsizingMood the 14mm ShockMountBolts got
replaced by 9/16In & I managed to find 1s with a NoThreadShoulder that was
JustLongEnough to SpanTheMount so nothing rides on any threads ~~ Viola ~~
ClunkBeGone ~~
ORR ~ DeanB
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