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Date:         Sat, 1 Aug 1998 23:47:31 -0400
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <dhaynes57@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Dennis Haynes <dhaynes57@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: early Vanagon ball joint replacement
Comments: To: The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM

replacing all 4 ball joints should be about a 4 hour job. The uppers are extremely easy to do. The l;lowers require completely stripping down the spindle and using a press. Syncs will take a little loner. You do not have to strip down the spindle, but you have to deal with the drive shafts and do some front end disassembly. The joints are usually rusted in too tight for the OTC on the car ball joint press to remove.

Dennis

-----Original Message----- From: The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM> Date: Friday, July 31, 1998 10:41 AM Subject: Re: early Vanagon ball joint replacement

>> My '82 Westy needs all four ball joints replaced. I bought the parts from >> my import specialist FLAPS before checking the labor cost for >> installation. >> Some shops won't install customer parts, but the ones that will say it's >> about a 6 hour job, so about $300 labor. Has anyone had it done for less? > >Unlike a Bus, the ball joints on the Vanagon just bolt on. (I know this to >be the case on the two I replaced on mine - upper, I think- and believe it >to be the case with all four.) The two that I did on mine were incredibly >simple to do, and anyone quoting six hours is either amazingly slow or just >plain greedy. Take a look at the other two and see if it's the same. You >may be able to tackle this yourself and just bring it in for a realignment. > >- Ron Salmon > The Bus Depot > http://www.busdepot.com


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