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Hi, I need some help identifying a part needed for my 1989 panel van.
I have spoken to the garage where it is current getting an MOT and it appears a bar of some sort has snapped under the front of the vehicle and fallen off. Unfortunately I have not had chance to go and look at the part, so I am describing below what a friend at the garage said:
- I am told this is not the anti roll bar or the drop link
- It is not something that has a near side of off side status as there are only one of the vehicle
- It is 12-14 inch apx in length
- It could possibly be a stabiliser bar?
- The part is no longer stocked by VW or many part suppliers
- He may have said it connected to the bottom of the front wish bone, but i'm not 100% about that.

However I can't find any stabiliser bar for sale for a t25 on JKs or ebay.

From the above bullets does anyone know what part it is that I might need and/or where I could get one from?

Cheers,
Andy

Anti roll bar drop links do indeed snap on these vehicles..certainly sounds like this is your issue.

Martin

BandB do them. I just bought a pair - made better sense than trying to replace bits on an old rusty one. Under £50 per side with everything included. It was also about £50 difference compared to buying just bushes and washers but way easier to deal with in the end.

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A lot of obsolete parts appear once VW cease stocking them. Good thing too. I don't like all my eggs being in one basket when it comes to parts.

Radius rod? But longer than 12" or so, though.

http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/index.php/b ... adius-rod/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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two of them though....

if they have asked vw, surely they will know the name of it?.. how else did they ask them otherwise?

lloydy wrote:two of them though....

Is there _anything_ (steering apart) that's assymetric about the front suspension, though?

If this one side's "snapped and fallen off", who's to say the other hadn't already...?

i know what you mean, garage needs to supply the name or part number really.