VANAGON archives -- September 1998, week 4 (#192)

Date:         Thu, 24 Sep 1998 09:55:58 -0500
Reply-To:     "Roy O." <keepsake@PANGEA.CA>
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From:         "Roy O." <keepsake@PANGEA.CA>
Subject:      Fw:      Squeaking Bushings
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I just had my van's control arm bushings replaced...lubricating just
wouldn't silence them anymore.
The van just turned over 170K kilometres.

Roy O.
'87 Westfalia
(till death us do part)

-

>Hey all,
>
>My 86 GL has squeaked since I bought it 30k ago.  My Mechanic believes
>the bushings are the culprit but said they're dry.  So I crawled under,
>shook the van, listened and found the uper control arm bushings to be
>the loudest.  I took the arm off (pretty easy) and greased
>everything...still squeaks.
>
>I remember a thread about this before but couldn't find it in the
>archives.
>
>Anyone else squeaking?  Anyone fix it?  Do I have to replace bushings?
>etc.
>
>TIA
>
>Hotch
>86 GL
>89 Jetta GL
>Philly
>

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