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On 23 Nov 2003 at 22:02, Yancy Everhart wrote: > The fiber or bakelite bushing I'm looking for actually goes between the arm > and the axle tube. The passenger side shows it in red in the photo. Are you asking about the outer thrust bearing, the one that's installed just outboard of the needle bearing? Those will be hard to find. I'll look to see if I have an old one, but it's not too likely > >Most of the servicing of this is covered very nicely in the Bentley manual, > >including the dimensions for the driver to install the bearings. > > Yes, I've been looking there. It seems that I will have to make a puller > out of a slide hammer somehow. Be careful with the slide hammer. If you catch on the wrong part you can do damage. > I'm hoping the lower bearings are ok, since there seems to be no play in the > arms, and the zerks are fairly noticeable (as is the grease all around the > arm seals). Yes, it's always the upper Zerks which get missed. ;-( -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org