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• More Bearing Issues
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:50:38 -0600
  I note with interest the discussion on the lack/scarcity of main bearings for the VW wasserboxer. Anyone know what the factory rebuilders do...
• Re: Wheel bearing vs. CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Mike & Elaine Pedersen
  Fri, 3 May 2002 19:10:12 -0700
  ...Tighten the wheel bearing, see if the noise changes. Mine was loose. I'm sure that there is damage to the bearing which I...
• Bearing service
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:04:17 -0000
  Anyone tried to lubricate the sliding door ball bearing ( 1987 Westy) without major disassembly? Thanks for suggestions. Ark.
• throw-out bearing, useable life ?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 08:52:24 -0700 (PDT)
  How long should a new set of throw-out bearings last ? 50K, 100K miles ? Chris
• Re: Axle Bearing Kits
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 14 May 2008 10:45:33 -0400
  I can send you the Bentley section that shows the hubs and bearings. Let me know.
• Re: Pilot bearing failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 14 Aug 2015 23:52:34 -0400
  ...Pilot bearing failure pretty sure that the diesel pilot bearing won't go into the crankshaft flush .. so a bit of material needs to...
• Re: Replacing brake rotors [Syncro]
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:41:39 -0500
  No, not unless you have a noisy bearing. Much more work involved, hydraulic press, etc. The Syncro bearings are not like the 2WD bearings...
• Re: Boston Bobs tale of an engine stripper or .19 Main bearing info was Flickerin oil light on 85 auto
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 12:47:13 -0500
  ...The two middle main bearings bores are in fact the same > size on > the bug main bearings bores as they are on the 1...
• Re: Stub Axle / Grease: Enough Is Too Much
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 20:54:17 -0500
  ...a small amount of gl5 would easily work its way into the bearings, softening old, dried up grease, and keep the bearings bathed in...
• Re: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:07:44 -0500
  ...If your wheel bearings > are wearing, then you would hear a rumble noise that's caused by the fact > that the bearings are worn...
• Re: Brake Job Front and Back 85 2wd vanagon. Wheel bearing question.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 17 May 2011 11:13:45 -0700
  ...you remove the races and bearings from the old brake rotor hubs, and install them into the new hubs...and grease and adjust them...
• Re: Pilot bearing grease type
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:17:06 -0400
  --- ------------- <VW4X4@verizon.net> wrote: > If you have to ask this, make sure you install the > felt seal for the > bearing ...................... > oh yah. got that...
• Re: 1988 GL - FW Bearings: How tight is tight - How loose is loose - How Hot is hot?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 6 Apr 2013 17:13:30 -0700
  ...How tight is tight - How loose is loose - How hot is hot? > > Just installed new FW bearings on my rig. All seems proper - BUT...
• Re: flywheel pilot bearing will not fit!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:41:08 -0500
  The pilot bearing is probably an aftermarket one with the seal built in. Beck Arnley supplies these. You have 3 options. Replace the pilot...
• Re: rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 01:34:08 -0400
  ...rear wheel bearings > > > > Hello, > > > > I am in the process of replacing the rear wheel bearings on my air > cooled 1982 >Westy. I am pretty...
• Re: pulling and replacing pilot bearing in crankshaft
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 30 May 2001 21:24:32 -0500
  ...The end of the crank is hardened and the bearing is not. Keep chipping its going to come. Stan Wilder 83 Westfalia Air Cooled...
• Re: wanted: main bearings 2.1wbx
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:14:12 EST
  ...They are standard 2.1l main bearings by Kohlbenschmidt (OE supplier). I also have standard 1.9l main bearings for $99 a set. These...
• List Wisdom - DIY rear bearings...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 15 Apr 2017 22:06:15 -0600
  Hi, I have determined that I need to repack at a minimum, more than likely put new bearings & spacer in the rear passenger side...
• Re: PEX front bearings WARNING-big brake kits!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 09:56:15 -0400
  My point was that the spindle should not be so worn that the bearing inner races are a loose or sloppy fit. They may...
• Re: Noise coming from front wheel
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:59:56 -0500
  Once wheel bearing become noisy, they need to be replaced. It's a sign of worn bearings or races or both, and lube won...
• Crank Bearings - Non-Availability
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 17:36:19 -0600
  Recently there was a thread on lack of availability of main bearings and maybe even rod end bearings (Crank-throw end). Is this really...
• Re: Big Brakes for 14'' rims? WAS: Re: front brakes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 22:00:34 -0700
  The bearing hub caps pry off nicely with the right shaped pry bar. to make a perfect bearing race driver tool, take an old...
• Re: 1988 GL - FW Bearings: How tight is tight - How loose is loose - How Hot is hot?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:06:30 -0700
  ...When I adjust wheel bearings I like to 'just' feel the slightest movement when I grab the wheel, top and bottom and try to...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing Source
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:03:23 -0800
  ...http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/vanagon-front-wheel-bearing-seals/wheel-bearing-front-inner-113517185-c Trivia note: It is also used...
• Re: Pilot bearing removal.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 1995 12:20:20 -0400
  ...This would be ideal, since stock bearing would fit, or you could find a bearing with same OD and smaller ID that would fit...
• Re: Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Fri, 21 Jul 1995 10:32:53 -0600 (MDT)
  I know this is slightly off topic, but my 77 Rabbit has need for front wheel bearing surgery and I was wondering if anyone...
• Pilot bearing replacement tips?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Thu, 10 Jul 1997 07:26:21 -0800
  Thanks to all who offered advice on my '88 pilot bearing troubles. >From the number of responses I got, I'm fairly certain the...
• Re: German engineering vs. Chinese engineering (as demonstrated with bearings)
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Thu, 12 May 2016 19:02:33 -0500
  That and a loose tolerance bearing will spin easier and longer than a tight tolerance one. GregM -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Wheel bearing brands
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 3 Dec 2008 17:28:28 -0500
  Dave Yates wrote: > Can anyone comment on KMM as a brand of bearing? Where are they made? I have a bag of rear bearing...
• Re: Fw: Needle bearing question
  Historical mailing list - John Tomljenovic
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:50:17 -0400
  Are you sure he wasn't refering to muffler bearings? they are most critical! johnny t
• Re: question regarding clutch bearings and shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 01:13:44 -0400
  ...Oh, and pay attention to the part of the article about the pilot bearing. http://volksweb.relitech.com/clutch.htm And to replace the...
• Re: cv, wheel bearings, or both?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Fri, 4 Jan 2013 10:23:56 -0500
  ...Ed > > The droning could also be a transmission related issue, such as a failing > Ring/Pinion Gear or Bearing. > Rule out wheel bearings first...
• Grease seal on '84
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chen
  Wed, 1 Oct 1997 12:39:35 -0400
  Does anyone have a good technique for removing a grease seal on the front inner wheel bearing on a 1984 Westy. Is there a...
• Re: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 23:10:13 -0500
  ...Three weeks ago, new heads and then the new >muffler and now a roar that I'm told is a wheel bearing. Now the...
• Re: Clarification of noise
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 08:52:41 -0400
  ...If it were the pilot bearing, the noise would only happen when the clutch was depressed. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org...
• Re: Any pilot bearing tricks ??
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 20:27:11 -0800
  >Hey all... >Any tricks to getting out the pilot bearing between the crank and the >trans? I prefer the Mexican toilet paper trick. At...
• Re: CV Joint vs Wheel Bearing noises....?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 6 May 2005 21:39:39 -0600
  ...I >> suspect a CV Joint going bad...but what are the signs >> (noises) of a Wheel Bearing going bad? >> >> Cheers! >> Kevin >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo...
• Was Inject grease, now where is the Vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:25:24 -0500
  Don, The relevant Vanagon content is the discussion about bearings & grease. I did not even mention the danger of mixing incompatible grease & since you...
• Re: Loose steering wheel at top off steering column.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 18 Jul 2023 22:43:35 -0500
  ...Suspect the bearing is at the top of the cast > > aluminum ignition switch housing. Is that bearing replaceable? Must a > > whole new casting with...
• The Front Bearing "saga" continues...
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 07:05:31 -0500
  ...for the continued support in the "Front Bearing Saga". On my way home from work yesterday, I stopped by my local "Mom and Pop...
• Re: Pilot Bearing Removal?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 12 May 2003 22:50:19 -0700
  Quick and easy way of removing it - fill the pilot bearing hole FULL of grease... then get a bolt that will JUST fit inside...
• Re: Pilot bearing failure
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 13 Aug 2015 10:49:28 -1000
  ...No way for the pilot bearing bits to get into the engine. > > Mark > > PSD wrote: >> I'm pretty sure the pilot bearing goes into...
• Re: new heater blower motor
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 1 Feb 2017 22:38:03 -0800
  Last one I did I glues a bottle cap over the bearing end after lubing it as much as I could. Alistair > On Feb...
• Re: Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 5 Jun 2007 00:09:12 -0400
  ...First of all, you change one side you change the other side! You put new rotor, you change bearing, they cost nothing and you...
• Hummmmm Vanquished
  Historical mailing list - Ray-Corp
  Tue, 30 Sep 1997 19:52:52 -0400
  Hi, I would likr to thank JOEL, IAN, GREG, and JUSTIN for their help regarding my bearing noise. (A hum that disappeared when I...
• Re: felt washer
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 2 Mar 2005 01:31:57 -0500
  most likely it is the felt seal for the pilot bearing that goes into the end of the crank. the trans input shaft rides...
• Main Bearings Needed
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:25:52 EST
  I need a set of main crankshaft bearings for an 84 Vanagon (ten-thousandths oversize). Rico Dagastino Munford, TN
• Re: 85 westy brake or wheel bearing noise
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 13 May 2007 18:13:05 -0700
  RE: Metal on metal noises.... BTDT, I'll give odds its the wheel bearings.
• Re: rear wheel bearing question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:51:01 -0700
  ...after packing grease into the bearings pretty well. Maybe a bit more than that....2.75 golfballs worth of high quality bearing grease. I...
• Re: Joe's Tranny questions...
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Fri, 11 Jun 1999 16:28:33 EDT
  ...Replace old style with new style 3rd/4th hub, replace 3rd and 4th mainshaft halves of gearsets if excessively worn, replace mainshaft ball bearing...
• Re: axles r off...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 29 Jul 1995 11:50:40 EST
  ...This worked as the bearing slid to the outer end of the bearing. The next thing is to remove the reduction drive gear. This...
• Re: Oversized main bearings?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 23 May 2012 15:40:14 -0400
  ...Ipso facto, might THIS case have sustained abnormally high abuse and a replacement is in order? Might be cheaper than over-sized bearings. Ken...
• Fwd: Re: Re: 2.1L Align bore and main bearings
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:08:51 -0800
  ...2.1L Align bore and main bearings > > > > You will need to get bearings to match the align > > boring and grinding you have done. You...
• Re: Alternator Bearings (90 Amp)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Jan 1996 19:17:41 -0400
  ...Anybody else had any >luck getting these bearings? All bearings have enough info on them to look them up and cross reference if needed...
• wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - .
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:23:05
  ...Three weeks ago, new heads and then the new muffler and now a roar that I'm told is a wheel bearing. Now the...
• Re: What are these bearings telling me?
  Historical mailing list - Douglas
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 19:23:00 -0400
  ...U1; first undersize 0.25; mm cut The type 4 had 3 undersize bearing sets, 0.25mm, 0.5mm 1.0mm Douglas Tom Young...
• Pulling and replacing pilot bearing in crankshaft
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Wed, 30 May 2001 06:47:19 -0400
  Volks, Just got overcharged to replace the pilot bearing in the end of my crank at the machine shop. I think that if I...
• Re: flywheel pilot bearing will not fit!
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:45:13 -0500
  the steel ring is not avalible and I have a few but as Dennis said there is a polit bearing with a seal biult...
• Re: Seizing(?) wheel bearing advice?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 18 Apr 2021 07:42:17 -0400
  ...bearing > has been seizing occasionally and that the inner race has been > spinning on the spindle? > > I am planning to replace the outer bearing...
• Re: Front wheel bearings (rabbits)
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Fri, 21 Jul 1995 13:43:52 -0600 (MDT)
  ...A description of the device might be enough for me to fab something up for the next go-round of bearings. I had already...