Date:         Wed, 14 Sep 2016 14:32:32 -0400
Reply-To:     T Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         T Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Upper control arm bushing, done.
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <CAHTkEu+RkeeL3AkzVBQRaJmoQOkSRW2yqVP5fe+ZvMK0_7kKEQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Don,

Im sorry, I had to share... My desk is in a cube farm... and I just busted
out laughing... Quiet as a prius is not something I think our vanagons are.

I had the right UCB done last year. It is now creaking again. Almost a year
to the day. However, there is no movement on the tires when doing a check
for the bushing.

Please report back if yours starts making noise again.

Thanks,
Tony


On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> I finally got around to the upper control arm bushing on my 84 2wd... It's
> been rotted and metal to metal now since I don't recall when... I've had
> the part for the right side for years, but other vehicles seem to take
> precedence, when it comes to my time... I had adjusted the alignment to
> compensate for the A-Arm being out of whack...the Vanagon was going
> straight and the tires weren't wearing weird, but I never realized how much
> noise was coming from that metal to metal connection....
>    Stuck in a Meyle bushing and It's now a lot quieter....Next is some
> White lower bushings...soon I'll be as quiet as a Prius....
>