For the upper control arm bushings believe it or not the Meyle brand has been the best bet for the stock style. As for the T3 bushings I really like the way they work. They feel almost like a bearing. I did have one fail after only about 4K miles. Hopefully just a freak thing. However Chris replaced the entire set at no cost to me. Now that is what I call customer service. As for tack welding the other shell to the arm this is necessary. Glue or epoxy won't work and you won't know until you need to replace the arm. Just find someone with a MIG welder. Should take about 20 seconds each. The T3 bushes also need to be tacked. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of OlRivrRat Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2014 8:12 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Upper control arm bushings, replacement question My vote goes to T3Tech http://t3technique.com/suspension-bushings/powerflex-suspension-bushings/upp er-control-arm-bushings.html I know that these are a bit more than 3Times The$s ~ But the EaseOfInstall & Lubing, should you feel the need to @ some point in the fut', seems QuiteAttractive ~ I put on a set of OEMStyle from from BusDepot & @ about 4KMi' they began to DonkeyLaugh @ me, Worse than the 1s I replaced ~
ORR ~ DeanB
On 9 Nov , 2014, at 9:33 AM, Don Hanson wrote: > 84 vanagon. Is there an alternative to spot welding the bushing shell > to keep it from spinning? Maybe drill and tap in a short small > machine screw or something? > I've watched some videos (thank you Ken Wilford) and they show the > bushings are captured in the arm by a small tack weld....but I have no welder. |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.