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• Re: Request - Tips & Tricks - Wiper Arm Removal
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 7 Oct 2007 17:28:48 -0400
  ...Otherwise, the spring will help hold it on the shaft. Then remove the nut. If it doesn't come off easily tap it lightly...
• JP Group Power Steering U Joint Fitment Issues?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 21 Jul 2019 09:03:53 -0700
  ...This is regarding the power steering universal joint that joins the rack shaft to steering shaft. Looking on the internet, it seems that various...
• Re: replacing transmission selector shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Jul 2016 22:08:44 -0400
  ...replacing transmission selector shaft seal My '87 has transmission oil leaking from where the selector shaft enters the transmission case. Is it fairly straight...
• Re: [Syncro] drivetrain vibration
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Tue, 7 Nov 2000 15:38:29 -0800
  Remove the drive shaft and see if it goes away. If so, mystery solved. Be sure to rend Bently on reinstallation (reassemble exactly the...
• Axle Shaft bolt tool
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Sat, 31 Oct 1998 08:48:24 -0700
  Good morning everyone, Clutch replacement on hold until I can find the correct torx-style-but-more-splines tool to remove the axle shaft...
• Syncro Driveshaft help/input needed
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:32:11 -0700
  ...where can i get it? also anybody have an idea of how to RE&RE the bushing in the shaft? of the shaft... and...
• Clutch/transmission problem
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 21:03:17 -0500
  ...The problem was fixed twice at the dealer, replacing the main shaft, clutch plate and pressure plate, pilot bearing, main shaft seal, and throwout...
• Re: Removing input shaft from tranny
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Fri, 30 May 2003 18:33:02 -0500
  ...anyone out there happen to know how to remove the input shaft from the > transmission from a '82 Vanagon Diesel? > > I have removed the...
• Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 19:49:56 -0700
  ...I couldn't get the dizzy drive shaft to drop back down into the drive shaft gears while the pulley was 90 degrees ATDC...
• Rear half shafts
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 19:01:23 -0400
  ...I've grenaded one CV cage, and snapped two EMPI shafts with the SVX engine in my Syncro Westy. Hence the collection of spare...
• Re: Shift shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 08:56:55 -0400
  ...Shift shaft seal > Another question for everyone. The shift shaft seal is really leaking > on the trans now. Have to top off the trans...
• Power window motor rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:23:45 -0700
  ...Shaft is stuck so I pulled off the cover, pulled off the "ball" fitting on the shaft and am now wondering what the next...
• Re: Knocking noise
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 4 Dec 2004 08:25:25 -0600
  ...Flip the shaft assembly end to end and you change the direction of rotation of the shaft and bearings. Another way to check this...
• Maybe this is the cause of poor shifting in my air-cooled Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 1 Oct 2014 21:41:20 -0700
  ...I've posted a few shots of this portion of the front selector shaft at http://1drv.ms/1xDiHMh . The shaft from the Westy...
• RE: Syncro driveshaft removal/Vibration
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Sep 1996 23:25:01 -0800
  ...VW says to get a new shaft(of course they say to get a new shaft even if your joints are bad). I did...
• Re: Clutch Cross-shaft Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 11:26:39 -0700
  I never even had noticed how those arms are welded only partially to the cross shaft until I heard about the 'full welded' version...
• Re: odometer quirkiness
  Historical mailing list
  08 Jul 97 09:38:33 PDT
  Sean - Another failure mode I've had is that the gear slides on the shaft, and depending on it's mood, sometimes engages, sometimes...
• Re: Transmission drive shaft slop--CORRECTION TO POST.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 8 May 2001 11:06:49 -0700
  ...The input shaft is supported by a roller bearing in the tranny and the pilot bearing in the engine crankshaft. There is normal play...
• Vanagon MT Front Shift Shaft
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 7 Aug 2025 18:27:21 -0600
  Have a friend with a 90 Westy who is in need of a Front Half Shift Shaft & is being told by 1 of our...
• removing input shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 13 May 2012 09:24:34 -0400
  How hard is it to remove the input shaft seal on the transmission without removing the bell housing? I realize the bell housing is...
• Re: 82 aircooled westy tranny concern
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 09:56:43 -0800
  ...crank and is the bearing for the trans input shaft.It and the input shaft will probably need raplacing..:) Daryl of AA Transaxle, Duvall...
• clutch release lever removal
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:40:33 -0400
  Looking for ideas on how to remove the clutch release lever from the release shaft on an 82 manual transmission. Trans is out and...
• Re: Syncro trans input shaft guide sleeve
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 14:56:32 -0700
  ...The input shaft is supported by a splined coupling at the main shaft and the pilot bearing. In the bell housing there is the...
• Re: question regarding clutch bearings and shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 01:13:44 -0400
  Hi David, The input shaft *is* relatively easy to replace one the tranny is out. The real PITA is pulling the transmission! Here's...
• Re: Clutch Cross-shaft Question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 19:23:10 -0700
  ...Clutch Cross-shaft Question > > >> Hi all. >> >> Lucky me, got two different clutch cross shafts out. Will use best >> parts of each. >> >> One cross shaft...
• Re: question regarding clutch bearings and shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - David Most
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 22:29:10 -0500
  ...In a prior e-mail, you mentioned the following: "If the pilot shaft bearing chewed up the tranny input shaft add still more time...
• CRIPES O' MIGHTY
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Sat, 7 Oct 2000 22:54:53 -0400
  ...I looked at the point where the rack shaft engages the pinion shaft to see if their were any differential between the two shafts...
• Re: Video of Noise at Clutch Operating Lever. Help Diagnose Please?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 2 Jul 2017 22:53:20 -0700
  ...I think the issue is at the cross shaft bushing(s). So I removed the 11 mm head bolt that holds the middle bushing...
• Crank shaft seal front and back
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 11:56:12 -0800
  You all may recall I had my front crank shaft seal replaced when I put in a new oil pump a few days ago...
• Re: throttle body housing
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 22:58:15 -0400
  Warren, You can buy a new seal for the top of the shaft. The part number is right on the old one. Sometimes the...
• Re: Euro-Trans: 91 Volkswagen Vanagon , Mechanical, input shaft
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 10:29:43 -0800
  Quite often more is damaged than just the stud or coupler when the shaft comes loose...All that holds the setup together is a...
• Windshield wiper shaft
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Jul 1997 11:29:36 -0400 (EDT)
  Has anyone had to replace a windshield shaft, specifically the driver's side? How big a job is it? I was tightening the nut...
• Re: I am going to replace my pilot bearing - what else?
  Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy on Mindspring
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 19:23:32 -0800
  ...Clutch Throwout bearing Pilot bearing guide sleeve flywheel seal right side operating (cross) shaft bushing operating (cross) shaft Interestingly, the mechanic showed me how...
• Re: 2nd try- Starter disassembly question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:05:57 -0500
  ...There's a ring around the shaft held by what looks to be a C shaped wire with nothing to get a grip on...
• Re: pre-83 vanagon engine swaps: gas vs. diesel
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 17:31:17 -0500
  I just posted information about the input shafts last night. Please look at http://www.relitech.com/tomc/vanagon2.htm for pictures of the...
• Re: Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 08:17:36 -0700
  ...Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft? > I have often pondered this in my head, somehow I think you may be driving...
• Re: Trans oil leak into bellhousing?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 14 Oct 2003 07:03:18 -0700
  ...The input shaft was replaced about 20k kms ago when the R&P was done, as it had been through two PB failures. I...
• Successful fan motor repair (Jetta)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright, IS Manager
  Sun, 16 Feb 1997 21:30:49 -0800
  ...After pulling the shaft & checking the brushes, which were in good shape (amazingly, at 370k), I noticed the copper contact area is about twice...
• Was Shearing Axles... now, Axle shafts for Sale?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:42:00 -0400
  Does anyone have a pair of MT axle shafts they are willing to sell? I don't need the joints unless they are fairly...
• Re: CV-Joints (was: Web Page Update / Crew Cab update)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 10:42:04 EST
  ...A "regular" U-joint is simply a disk with four stub shafts at the 90 degree points. The input and output shafts each have...
• Re: Busted wiper bolt
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:03:19 -0400
  ...The shaft usually snaps when over tightening to compensate for arm being worn out. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: Reman. Half Shaft---an Oxymoron???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Apr 2002 15:32:12 -0400
  ...Half Shaft---an Oxymoron??? Greetings from Atlanta, Ga. A "remanufactured " half shaft....Hmmmmm.... Let's see... take a pair of worn out cv joints...
• Re: air cond belt
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Sun, 31 May 1998 18:45:54 -0400
  No instant harm will be done but if the comrpressor is not used for say 6 months its shaft seals will start to go...
• FS: 4 speed waterboxer tranny
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 10 May 2001 13:55:38 -0700
  ...The clutch shaft and input shaft are in good condition, ready to install. $325 plus shipping if needed. I am in SoCal. Mark
• '84 auto tranny axle lengths?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Timothy
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:09:57 EDT
  Only AFTER having installed my drive axles on my '84 auto trans Gl, I read the thread referring to different length axle shafts. Guess...
• Re: Longer range gas tank?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:46:20 +1200
  > >From what I was just doing under a couple of vans and where the drive shaft >runs, I don't think so. >jimt Could...
• Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:55:26 -0600
  Just be a nice guy and I'll ship you a set of either Automatic or Standard half shafts without the CV for $20...
• Re: Trans oil leak into bellhousing?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:29:33 -0500
  ...Most 091 trannies I have taken apart have some wear on the input shaft. I feel the shaft is at least part of the...
• air cooled Vanagon side shifter and oil pump diagrams/pictures needed
  Historical mailing list - thomas LaPointe
  Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:14:37 -0500
  ...it appears to have a washer on the shaft of one of the gears. is that washer supposed to be on the shaft between...
• Re: 91- Remove Chair Arms
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sat, 8 Apr 2000 08:34:58 -0700
  ...There is a shaft at the pivot point in the arm that connects to the back rest. On that shaft, between the arm and...
• Re: burner replacement
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:04:27 -0700
  ...They are different right and left, and keep track of the orientation of the flat on the shaft. The shafts come out by removing...
• Re: Manual trans replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:37:31 -0400
  As part of my Subaru Conversion project, I'm planning on replacing the Cross Arm Shaft<http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page...
• Update and new question regarding shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - David Most
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 02:03:21 -0500
  ...The end > of > tranny input shaft then is inserted into the center hole of this > bearing. Another name for the input shaft is the...
• Re: CV Joint Frustrations
  Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
  Thu, 2 Oct 1997 23:50:10 -0400
  Use a punch in the hole in the center of the shaft only. If you try to use a sock or such on the...
• Stuck distr. drive shaft ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:42:20 -0700
  Hi to all, I am having trouble to take out the distributor's drive shaft. That four inch long little shaft with a gear...
• Re: Shift selector shaft
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sat, 3 Feb 2018 14:17:50 +0000
  ...sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I am in need of the shift selector shaft for my 91 Vanagon. Anyone have a > lead on a new one...
• Re: Need : Driver's side wiper shaft part - 251955215
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 3 Sep 2013 16:39:31 -0700
  ...Scott On 9/3/2013 4:20 PM, Scott wrote: > I'm looking to buy a driver's side wiper shaft if anyone has...
• Re: Looking for Used Throttle Valve Unit
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 12 Feb 2000 00:01:38 EST
  Ken, If the problem is the shaft is loose in the housing then it can be easily be fixed. Find some bushings that are...
• Transmission drive shaft slop--CORRECTION TO POST.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Tue, 8 May 2001 12:32:37 -0500
  ...If I grab the transmission drive shaft and wiggle it, there is a lot (maybe 3/8") of side-to-side slop. CORRECTION: Sorry...
• Rebuilt cv drive shaft
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 21:03:30 -0400
  What is the party line on rebuilt half shafts. Are they available? Do they have a good/bad record? I know that many of...