Date:         Tue, 26 Mar 1996 07:41:00 -0400 (EDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Porter_Fred%PAX9@mr.nawcad.navy.mil
Subject:      Why replace? Re: Front Suspension Squeek


If they are squeaking, is there any degraded performance or risk of damage 
to other components?  Or is the squeaking just an annoying part of wear?

later,
porter_fred%pax9@mr.nawcad.navy.mil
relax and spin
87 syncro
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|From: "vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu"@PMDF@PAXMB1
|To: porter fred; "vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu"@PMDF@PAXMB1
|Subject: Re: Front Suspension Squeek
|Date: Monday, March 25, 1996 9:36PM
|
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|Suspension squeks up front usually caused by Upper control arm bushings.
| These are available aftermarket and the bentley manual gives good
|instructions on instalation.  You need to tack weld them on non Syncros to
|secure them to the arm.  Note that the eccentric washers are actually shims
|and come in three sizes.  If there is a gap when putting the arm back in, 
you
|will nedd to get thicker shims.  Do not force arm back in place or use the
|mounting bolt to pull the arm together.  This will cause the new bushings 
to
|fail again.  I found the many vans are not shimmed correctly to begin with 
so
|order shims before taking van apart.
|Dennis.
|