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• Re: looking for replacement hubcap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:50:09 -0800
  ...Looks to me like it's from a set of usually very inexpensive Asian made plastic hubcaps .. 14 inch, right ? I have various partial...
• Re: Source for round ' VW ' emblems for hubcap centers?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Nov 1998 22:12:17 EST
  ...diameter to put in the centers of the spiffy new 15" hubcaps I bought for the Passat wheels on my Westy. Any ideas on...
• Re: Will new Golf hubcaps fit Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 03:32:09 +0100
  Per Lindgren wrote: > > > Jeff, The Golf hub caps would fit IF they were available in 14", but all Golfs, > Jettas, Passats and EVs use...
• Re: Hubcaps - chrome moonies
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 22:04:17 -0500
  > any chrome moon hubcaps for a '71 up bus > or beetle will work. If you decide to buy some > new ones, DONT buy the...
• Ways to attach broken hubcaps? or, 5 wirespoke hubcaps for sale cheap...
  Historical mailing list - jeff kennedy
  Sat, 11 Dec 2004 10:18:33 -0700
  ...Looks like the hubcaps will be a casualty, unless, somebody has a trick for attaching them when they're missing the circular wire that...
• Re: Trailing arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Thu, 7 Jun 2012 14:19:54 -0600
  ...Lots of vasoline, and compress the rear bushing with that no hub cast iron coupling (take rubber part out of the middle and use...
• HUB Caps and Bolt Covers.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Moy
  Thu, 18 Dec 1997 14:11:43 -0500
  In my travels I have seen original steel wheels with a Cap that covers just the HUB with the VW logo and Plastic covers...
• Re: Which Cromie type Hub Caps fit the Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 18:07:48 -0600
  I still have a few sets of NOS black bus hubcaps. I have them on my '83. Took the chrome caps off and like...
• Re: lugs and studs for alloy
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 08:01:33 -0500
  So what did you do for the lugbolts in the front, which screw in to the hub? On Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 09...
• Glad that I checked my tires
  Historical mailing list - M. Jade
  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:48:03 -0700
  ...While I was putting the wheel hub caps back on I spotted something. There is a cut on the valve stem near the base...
• repairs in SPACE
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:48:37 -0400
  ...There's a great NOVA documentary on the most recent of the Hubble repair missions. "Hubble amazing rescue": http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova...
• Re: A speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Mon, 15 Jun 1998 22:26:10 -0700
  Check LH wheel hub-you'll see circlip securing that end of speedo cable in a square hole in hub.It may be rounding...
• Re: Looking for hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sim
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 22:09:09 -0400
  ...Looking for hubcaps > Hi everybody, > > I am looking for a set of late bay hubcaps fro my 82 Westy. I like the > simple design...
• Re: Syncro-rear wheels
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 15:18:30 -0400
  ...I don't know what it'll take to get the studs outta the hub but I expect it's a lot of pounding...
• Re: How much are they worth?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:19:42 EST
  ...Ironically the hub caps are worth what is worth something -- > from free to about $10 each. I've seen them sell for even more...
• Re: Jaguar vs. Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 13:54:47 -0800
  ...Passat brakes on Vanagon >> >> So your concern are the threads going into the machined hub. >> >> Newer VW vehicles use front hubs and hub-centric...
• Re: Syncro fourth gear Woes again
  Historical mailing list - Jwilli941
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 03:29:46 EST
  ...VW had a real problem with these developing stress fractures with the orginal style hub........ >> Better fess up here- I guess I'm a...
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:00:01 -0800
  Kent wrote: "Just to facilitate communication, I'd point out that "hubcaps" cover only the center portion of the wheel, where the lug nuts...
• manual trans 3/4 slider hub crack problem...was:Re: Daryl the tranny man
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:56:28 EST
  ...really? why do you say that? ive had more problems with the slider hub cracks in '86 up manual tranny vanagons than in the...
• Re: expected life of the brazil chrome hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 11:18:24 -0800
  ...expected life of the brazil chrome hubcaps? > Hi all, > how long do the Brazil chrome hubcaps last in the salt belt if well > cared...
• Re: looking for replacement hubcap
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:32:27 -0500
  ...The outside diameter is not such that the tire sidewall will be cut from the hub cap rubbing it. This is especially a problem...
• Front Wheel Bearing Seal Issue (Pic)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:39:53 -0700
  ...The archives say the seal should be flush with the hub face when installed. Issue: if I press it in place, the only way...
• Re: whats up- no 4th on an 87 syncro westy? -reply
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 19:10:47 EDT
  ...Thats a common failure point with 094 gearboxes with the factory orginal hub. The newer updated versions just about eliminate that tendency. I always...
• Re: Rear Brake Drum Removal Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:38:17 -0400
  At 05:22 PM 7/23/2008, Richard Golen wrote... >Any suggestions on how to "pop" the drums from the hubs? First, remove the...
• Free Hubcaps #2
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 09:44:15 -0700
  I've got a set of three late model Vanagon hubcaps to go - they are of very average condition, some paint peeling off. It...
• Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Howard Allen
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:18:02 -0400
  Does anyone have a picture of the correct hubpcaps for a 1984 Vanagon, mine have some inexpensive and cracked plastic ones from WalMart or...
• CV assembly, redux
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:03:44 -0700
  ...One end is completely assembled while at the other end, the outer hub had fallen off. No big deal. I cleaned the one end...
• The rust that almost ate my hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:25:47 -0400
  ...When I bought the Vanagon It did not have any hubcaps and the rims where the usual black painted ones I was looking for...
• Re: Mud Flaps, generic or otherwise? Sugestions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:04:14 -0400
  GoWesty sells hubcaps. They won't be cheap. On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:42 AM, T Collins wrote: > Hello Volks, > > Any one...
• Re: hub caps
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 23:06:10 EDT
  ...EDT, jdpierce@KPMG.COM (or someone) writes: << > You can buy new hubcaps with VW in the middle for about 10 Pounds ($16 > ish) > in...
• Needed: Black "Hub" cover -Driver's Side -'90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:08:30 -0700
  ...I've got a 1990 Carat and need the little black hub cover (with the Speedo hole) for the Driver's side front tire...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 31 May 2005 14:44:25 -0600
  > I saw a 1982 Vanagon brochure and it pictured the vehicle with the > chrome domelike "VW" hub caps a la my 71 baywindow. > > A...
• Syncro-Tech. front axle Question
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sun, 13 Oct 1996 23:05:25 -0400 (EDT)
  ...When installing the outer front CV joint into the wheel hub Bentley wants the splines to be lock compounded to the hub! Bentley manual...
• Re: 15" audi alloys
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:50:18 EDT
  ...The hub clearance needs to be opened up a bit as I have seen posted previously. The thing that has me puzzled though is...
• Re: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
  Historical mailing list - Fillmore West
  Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:56:54 -0600
  ...The hub width, I do not know as I have not had the opportunity > to > have a new hub pass before me for measurement...
• Re: Putting on tires: three hands
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:02:37 -0700
  ...Here, when >> the rim is hanging from the hub, all the holes in the rim sit below >> their corresponding holes in the wheel. >> >> -- Jack...
• Fwd:EMPI center caps (was 15 AUDI)
  Historical mailing list - paul banks
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 20:47:40 -0400
  ...The diameter is 2 5/8" with allen screws to tighten against the inner wall of the wheel hub. > >Paul > >On Mon, 23 Aug...
• rust sorry
  Historical mailing list - Flat Four
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 01:52:29 -0400
  ...The rust is eating away at the crome rims and hub caps. Its the insides of the hub caps that have the most rust...
• Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:15:40 EST
  In a message dated 1/20/10 10:30:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, mcneely4@COX.NET writes: > > the chrome hubcaps were standard on...
• Steering Wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Aug 1997 16:25:37 -0400 (EDT)
  Does anyone know what size hub fits on the Vanagon steering wheel post, and what steering wheels from other vehicles would fit? The stock...
• hubcap idea
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Jul 1994 09:56:27 +0800
  On my recently acquired '81 westy, I didn't like the creaking sounds of the hubcaps and chrome rings, which weren't in all...
• Re: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Mon, 3 May 1999 21:20:46 -0700
  ...It also sounds like the bearing seat in the hub wore down as well as the bore since the nut was loose. The hub...
• Need hubcap
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:43:45 -0700
  ...In our case, what vanished was one plastic hubcap. Original '82. The basket weave one... Made of unobtainium. Donated to the gods of Wyoming...
• Hub Cap
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 20:47:32 -0800
  Hi All, Anyone got an old gray plastic hub cap lying around. Mine came off, I found it two days later on the side...
• Re: expected life of the brazil chrome hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 11:14:58 EST
  ...Wesley Pegden wrote: > > Hi all, > > how long do the Brazil chrome hubcaps last in the salt belt if well > > cared for? > > > ************** Start the year...
• Re: Brake Drum removal -- 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lamoreaux
  Sat, 4 Feb 1995 14:36:23 +0000
  ...Thanks for any help. ( When I worked on the rear brakes on my '87, I couldn't get the drums off the hubs either...
• Re: The rust that almost ate my hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:43:10 -0400
  ...My email was more of a: "Hey your hubcaps look like crap!!! Here is how to give them some CPR!" So yeah, I would...
• Re: Odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sheridan
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 21:07:46 -0400
  ...The square pin coming though the hub didn't strip, the snap on clip that holds the cable to the outside of the hub...
• Front Wheel bearings - just how much is a 'trace' of play?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Guttman
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:36:27 -0500
  ...My hub nut appeared to be correctly tightened - I could move the thrust washer with finger pressure. Haynes notes that the hub should turn...
• Re: Rear Brake Drums
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 07:28:24 -0400
  ...OK, we'll try popping the drum loose from the hub. Penetrating oil, lots of heat, 2 big screwdrivers prying against the backing plate...
• =?utf-8?Q?Drivers=20side=20greese=20cap?=
  Historical mailing list - =?utf-8?Q?C=20Snyder=20?=
  Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:39:04 -0400
  Here is a part I have never paid much attention to until the other day when I pulled the hub cap. What I found...
• Re: Which Cromie type Hub Caps fit the Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 05:09:34 -0800
  ...4 Volkswagen Vanagon OEM hubcaps hub caps wheelcovers Item number: 8030083227 dylan --- Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET> wrote: > I have a set of these...
• Re: Hub cap questions. Pics.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:38:44 -0800
  Those wheels don't have the nubs that the dog dish hubcaps seat on......... On Feb 5, 2008 2:03 PM, neil N <musomuso...
• Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:52:02 -0500
  Very nice - and the Hubcaps are perfect :) On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:25 AM, <jordanvw@aol.com> wrote: > not mine..but dam...
• Re: Wheel/hubcaps "look" options
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:42:58 -0500
  ...Wheel/hubcaps "look" options Michael, my hubcaps are the small ones that some describe as "dog dishes." Someone told me that there are none...
• Re: Eccentric hub?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 27 Apr 2014 09:09:16 -0700
  ...On 4/27/14, Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it possible a hub can be bent on one side? As I rotate the...
• Re: Syncro rear hub removal, spindle nut size
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 00:26:33 +0200
  ...The > hub is 500nm/360 lb-ft. Umm, According to my Haynes, there are two types of hub nuts, with two different torque ratios...
• Intermittently Sticks In 4th Gear 3/4 Slider Hub?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 6 May 2014 17:09:38 -0700
  ...Archive wisdom suggests this may be the 3/4 slider hub issue. Are these symptoms typical of a 3/4 slider hub issue? At...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:02:22 EST
  ...I just > prefer > the little VW logo hub caps. > > I've seen photos of Vanagons with these VW logo hub caps before. Is there...
• Re: brake drum removal difficulties--need advice
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 10:28:39 -0700
  ...The drums are pretty much bullet-proof and often are rusted to the hub. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott G. Terry" <sgterry@ENGINEERING...