[Vwdiesel] Control arm bushings

[James Hansen]

The control arm should come out with the bolt removed, I'm sure my 89 
just came apart like that.... except with mine, I had to weld in a new 
blind nut on BOTH sides.  I think it is the piece of metal you're 
referring to that is the carrier for the blind nut, is spot welded to 
the body.
It's been a looong time, but I'm sure with all bolts out, I just yarded 
the thing out.
I still have a parts pile that was an 82 as well... the left side is 
good IIRC... the right side was sheared off beheading a Grand Am.
-james

S. Shourds wrote:
> I was just now out entertaining the neighbors by slamming on front end 
> components late into the night.  I decided that 318,000 miles was enough 
> on the entire front end on the '85 TD Jetta.  Sure enough, every part 
> I've looked at is blown.  This includes all of the control arm 
> bushings.  The difficulty is that I can't get the control arm out.  The 
> rear bushing is stuck and the Bentley is vague.  I had thought that if I 
> removed the large bolt through the bushing, the control arm should swing 
> free (everything else is obviously out of the arm).  I tried to remove 
> the 6" piece of supporting metal that the large bolt goes through and 
> also has a mount for the sway bar, but with all of the bolts removed, 
> it's locked in still.  Does anyone know if that piece is welded in?  If 
> it wasn't at the factory, 23 years and 300,000 miles did the job. 
> 
> Every setback is not good in a low-motivation environment. 
> 
> Thanks for any info. 
> 
> 
> -Shalyn
> _______________________________________________
> Vwdiesel mailing list
> Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/vwdiesel
>