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Date:         Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:47:28 -0400
Reply-To:     Steven Shelton <shelton4@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Steven Shelton <shelton4@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Radius Rod Installation
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I have this problem on Samba but it's already bumped way down.


I replaced all the front suspension bushings and ball joints on my 1985
Westfalia. I tried to re-install the radius rods but neither side would
line up with the threaded hole in the lower control arms (my radius rods
are the newer type, threaded at both ends). Looking closely, they were both
bent, so I bought new ones. I jacked up the lower control arm until the van
lifted off the floor jacks and the driver's side radius rod bolted in, but
the passenger's side still will not line up. The end is below the threaded
hole on the LCA and can't be moved up any further because it just lifts the
van. Do I need to use a spring compressor?
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