Date:         Thu, 09 May 1996 12:48:39 -0400
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From:         dworkin@ari.net (H Steven Dolan)
Subject:      Re: Rear Suspension Question

At 10:31 PM 5/9/96 -0500, William A. McKinley wrote:

>At 7:36 PM 5/9/96, tomstory@slip.net wrote:
>
>>I have a fairly loud and annoying squeek coming from the rear of the Westy
>>(77). I think I've narrowed it down to the rubber suspension bushes on the
>>spring plate covering the torsion bar.
>
>Replace the bushing with a new one.

<snip>

> Not a difficult project. 


Could whoever (Thom?) "customized" their thumb when the spring plate got
loose please repost that story?  I have been real leery of touching the rear
spring since reading that.
                           Steven Dolan
                           Alexandrian, VA

'73 FI'ed Westy 

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