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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 1:39 pm    Post subject: What is This Part? Reply with quote
I was setting up at a campground and looked down on the floor in front of the bench seat and saw this. It's possible it's not even a Vanagon part, but the wear marks mean it did something important!

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Any ideas?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 3:37 pm    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
Stump the chump. I thought I knew every part on these vans. I am intrigued.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 3:39 pm    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
Maybe some kind of door strike?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 3:42 pm    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
maybe?

https://www.buslab.com/product-p/gvw-251-407-077-kit.htm
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 3:47 pm    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
I thought control arm bushing too, but it is only 7/8” tall.

Beetle hinge pin bushing?

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:04 pm    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
Some sort of seat bushing
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 7:02 pm    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
Now it's bugging me. I swear I've seen that part on one of my Westfalias.

Probably not, as ID is small but is it from a rear bench seat hinge? edit. Meant:

"rear bed hinge".

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 7:11 pm    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
Arm rest pivot?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 7:25 pm    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
A sliding pin in the Z bed mechanism? You have a full width folding bench?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:34 pm    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
I was thinking this too.
Yellow Rabbit wrote:
Arm rest pivot?

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:42 pm    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
danfromsyr wrote:
I was thinking this too.
Yellow Rabbit wrote:
Arm rest pivot?


No, 1985 arm rest is molded hard plastic that slips over the armrest pin. At the outer fastening end is a washer and a screw.
No metal bushing.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:58 pm    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
The wear marks are similar to a throttle body accelerator cable clamp. Two sheet metal surfaces with space for the cable end in between.
But that isn’t what it is……..

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:06 pm    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
Air Conditioner compressor mounting bracket bushing?
But that would have threads cut inside……..
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:57 am    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
jberger wrote:
A sliding pin in the Z bed mechanism? You have a full width folding bench?


I have a Westfalia. We pulled out the bed and didn't notice anything unusual about the mechanism.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:24 am    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
I would guess a steering rack bushing part.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 7:08 am    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
Yellow Rabbit wrote:
Arm rest pivot?

That's what I was thinking...
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 7:12 am    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
Fridge door pivot bush?
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:06 am    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
Assuming the part doesn't have a part number, it's likely westfalia related?

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:10 pm    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
Something from the sliding door? Roller?
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 5:36 pm    Post subject: Re: What is This Part? Reply with quote
Are the threads m6 or m8?
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