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• Wanted: '91 Syncro hubcap center
  Historical mailing list - Laurie Loeb
  Wed, 12 Feb 1997 15:01:13 -0800 (PST)
  Shakin' n' shimmyin' down a long dirt road the other day I lost the center silver colored knob of the hubcap on my '91...
• Re: Rear Brakes 87 Van GL
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:09:11 -0700
  ...Rear Brakes 87 Van GL Can you remove the brake drums without pulling the hub? Techniques? Do you need the pulled to pull the...
• Rear trailing arm/wheel hubs/bearing housing same for all years?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:57:52 -0800
  ...Are the rear trailing arms, wheel hubs and bearing housings the same for an 81 and 85 Vanagon? Thanks! Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air...
• Re: rebuilt tranny slipping out of 4th gear-reply
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Fri, 10 Jul 1998 15:32:19 EDT
  ...This sounds like the clutch hub is flexing due to cracks and after the inital load is taken off 4th it moves somewhat. When...
• A Front Wheel Bearings Question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 15 Oct 2002 20:01:14 -0700
  ...Today I installed the races for the bearings in the hubs. Although I've never done this before I heated the rotors in the...
• Re: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
  Historical mailing list - Fillmore West
  Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:59:53 -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: Rear disks in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 09:02:25 +0100
  ...I am doing the conversion on my 2WD and use a new hub, too. >Well, since I am working on this myself, I'm...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:32:12 -0500
  ...Silly question about hub caps Those metal VW caps wouldn't stay on my front drivers either, the dust cap/speedo cable got in...
• Re: 85 Hub Cap...
  Historical mailing list - Jose R. Moscoso
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:45:06 -0400
  ...85 Hub Cap... > Hello All, > I am looking for a Hub Cap for a 1985. Does anyone have one or can you > tell me...
• Re: hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Mon, 24 Aug 1998 16:46:30 +0100
  ...You can buy new hubcaps with VW in the middle for about 10 Pounds ($16 ish) in Scotland. I don't understand why you...
• Re: broken 3/4 hub
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 09:30:51 -0800
  As far as I can tell--the "new updated radiused" 3/4 slider hubs were installed in the most 90 & 91 Vans although I...
• Re: WTB. "wire wheel" plastic hubcaps for 83 Bus> FS!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 07:11:31 -0700
  I have a set of these hubcaps that were taken off of my 83 air cooled 2.0L Vanagon Westy. Long since sold the...
• Re: WTB four nice hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 8 May 2006 19:26:57 -0400
  ...WTB four nice hubcaps For my 87 vanagon. I only want to take real nice ones. I can fix the old ones and paint...
• Re: Van-Cafe Brake Kits
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 2 Jun 2006 18:51:55 -0700
  ...Varying degrees of markup on the hub assembly maybe? Of course if you could get the hub, you could put together a brake kit...
• Re: Hubcaps - chrome moonies
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 18:14:49 -0800
  ...on my hubcaps, waiting for the dreaded rust! :o) Gary (in the salted-road portion of Nevada) > > > > any chrome moon hubcaps for a '71...
• Re: Rear Drum
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 23:27:19 -0400
  ...If the hub flange interferes with the brake hardware, taking the hub off would make the job easier. Not to say I advocate removing...
• early wheel hubcap clips
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 15 Feb 1995 20:46:58 -0800 (PST)
  I am going thru a frustrating experience with those stupid little clips for the hubcaps on the early wheels! I got the old rivets...
• Re: Looking for a hubcap like this
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:47:47 -0700
  ...Looking for a hubcap like this I cant see any on the usual list members websites. http://www.flickr.com/photos/55896090@N04/5934871957...
• Grease leaking/spreading out of hub cover.
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:28:07 +0000
  ...I have noticed since that after driving for a while the front right tire has grease coming out of the hub cover on my...
• Re: Audi 5000 Turbo Rims
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 26 Jun 1999 12:36:22 EDT
  ...hubs and only marginally supported by the lugs. >> i have a few audi 5000 turbos, and the center hole does not touch the hub...
• hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Kathy Jacobs
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 04:42:22 PST
  Just a suggestion, but if you don't want to spend that much money for some nice hubcaps, I got some 14in ones at...
• Re: Anyone Ever Bore Out Rims At Home?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 9 Jan 2011 12:21:45 +0000
  ...Oh speaking of that, the Audi and Mercedes wheels are known as hub-centric. The wheel is a tight fit around the hubs and...
• Free trailer hitch, steel wheels and hub caps - Raleigh, NC
  Historical mailing list - email99
  Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:30:15 -0500
  ...3 MXT, 1 MXL and 1 195/75R14 passenger car tire) along with four original Vanagon hubcaps. The wheels are in good shape (with...
• Re: Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Mon, 4 Jun 2007 17:50:46 -0700
  ...The hub has cutouts in it that allow you to get behind each race with a drift punch. Use the old race to install...
• Re: ok, now a tire question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Jun 2014 09:21:02 -0400
  ...Then there is the hub especially on the 2 wheel drives. Note that many wheels are hub centric, meaning they use the center hub...
• Re[2]: Syncro wheel bearing play?
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 15:56:12 -0400
  ...When the hub & spindle heat up they make the respective parts longer in the axial direction. If the spindle gets hotter then the hub...
• Re: Wanted! Hubcaps or wheels!!!
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 7 Aug 2001 12:16:23 -0400
  ...I'm wondering if anyone has (2) used gray disk >style hubcaps for my 87 Vanagon GL Head over to WallyMart ---- you can get...
• Re: Identify this Mystery Model!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:10:01 EST
  ...the hubcaps! > > not any special model.. just looks like a hacked up '85 ish GL .. someone put a fold down ramp in place of...
• Re: spare tire stowage quiz...
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 1 Nov 2008 16:29:01 -0700
  ...On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Do you stow your spare tire: > > a) hub...
• Who needs hub caps?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Gibson
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 18:16:35 -0500
  See above Thanks
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 09:16:05 -0700
  ...That 2.7 mm of (wiggle) room before the hub bottoms out on the end of the splines looks good enough. What do I...
• Re: Wheel studs, Passat wheels.
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:46:01 -0700
  ...8/18/99 5 hours Install studs in front syncro hubs. These went into the hub with light pressure indicating that a slightly larger...
• Fan Hub O-Ring
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 20:38:26 EDT
  81 Vangon Westy - HELP! - Can someone tell me where the O-Ring goes on the fan hub? I cant tell if it supposed to...
• Re: rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 19:38:56 -0700
  ...But why did you add "(and I now know, the hub) off"? It's certainly not necessary to pull the hub to get the...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 31 May 2005 15:00:22 -0700
  ...Correct hub caps > > >> I saw a 1982 Vanagon brochure and it pictured the vehicle with the >> chrome domelike "VW" hub caps a la my...
• Alloy center hub
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Wed, 2 Nov 2016 14:26:47 -0500
  ...16px">Before I break anything plastic, is there anything I should know about installing a new plastic center hub in my factory 14&quot...
• Those hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - JAnet Andersen
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 20:40:21 -0700
  Ok if the hubcaps every one is so hot for are those aluminium looking six spoked(or so) things with the Wolfsburg emblem in...
• Re: diesel water pump
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 4 Dec 2000 09:09:30 -0800
  You will need to use a water pump with a 40mm hub. Most of the passenger cars have a 30mm hub. These use different...
• Re: Cheap Westy in OKC- Should I grab it?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:50:11 -0500
  So what does a slider hub do and what does repairing it entail? Jon Joyce '81 Transporter Oklahoma City >I'll bet you $100...
• Re: wheels
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:55:16 -0700
  ...Lifelike hubcaps. I was wrong and I grovel; what more do you want? :) On 8/14/07, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@hotmail.com> wrote: > > http...
• Re: Audi alloys on a vanagon was:Re: Tires!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 14 May 2007 14:00:39 -0400
  Hub-Centric, the wheel hub is centered around something on the hub or rotor and the lugs merely hold the wheel assemby in place...
• Re: Jaguar vs. Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 16:58:41 -0700
  ...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: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:06:48 -0500
  ...camper has pictures and instructions for removal of the chrome, moon hubcaps when changing a tire. David On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11...
• Re: Gas Brand Preferences?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sun, 5 Feb 2012 17:37:51 -0800
  ...Gas Brand Preferences? Do not confuse a local pipeline hub / distribution center with a refinery. A refinery has all the complex chemical mojo happening...
• Re: 3rd---->4th gear...Vanagon tranny
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 11:10:06 -0700
  ...My hub was fine but replaced with the new one as a routine part of the rebuild. Others have had that hub go out...
• Re: Time to change rear drive axle??
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 21 May 2008 16:47:52 -0400
  ...It might be a better idea to just swap a bearing hub with a rather low mileage hub. Someone got one for this owner...
• FS: '87 bumpers, hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Sullivan
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 12:43:58 -0800
  ...4 Hubcaps - original silver plastic vw, some scratches $40 Kevin Sullivan '87 Syncro Westy Santa Cruz, CA ksull@mbari.org [text/html]
• FS:4 hubcaps for sale, and westy weekender interior and poptop FS
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 11:31:02 EDT
  for sale; set of 4 chrome vw hubcaps for sale, fit all vanagons/ buses from '71-91. also i have the whole interior from...
• Re: Odometer problem
  Historical mailing list - Bob Wing
  Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:33:50 -0400
  ...There was a small hub on the gear and I found a small internal star washer that fit over the hub. It created enough...
• Re: Brake Drum Removal
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Sun, 19 Jan 1997 10:10:10 -0800 (PST)
  ...I can't quite visuallize this tool, but it sounds like another form of hub puller, not a drum puller. It sounds like you...
• Re: Need some hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 00:24:32 -0500
  ...Need some hub caps Hi I am badly in need of some nice hub caps for my '82 Diesel Vanagon. Does anyone have a...
• Re: Play in front wheels
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:24:12 -0700
  ...My mechanic and I found bad outer bearings on both sides, in addition to the wheel hub being eroded beneath the race, with the...
• 6" hubcaps & bentley book
  Historical mailing list - ray hale
  Mon, 10 Jul 95 09:13:53 EST
  went to flea market near atlanta on saturday and grabbed two chrome vw hubcaps for $1. they are only 6" diameter but set up...
• Re: Rear Brake Drums
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 10:15:52 -0400
  >I find my rear drums >pretty solidly frozen to the hubs... is there a special puller or >extractor for it, or is it just...
• For Sale: vanagon parts headrests, dash pads, chrome hubcaps, alloys,etc...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 12:06:24 EST
  ...from '74-'79 westy -4 chrome vanagon or bus "moon style" hubcaps (for the "retro" look :<) fit all vanagons -fiberglass rear bumper endcaps, fiberglass...
• Re: Anyone ever painted their hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:39:43 -0400
  ...ERic BajaLeo wrote: >I have the original silver/grey disc hubcaps on my '84 and they are kinda scuffed up. Anyone have any luck...
• Re: Arm Rests...what breaks and what is the fix?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
  Sat, 16 Apr 2005 09:20:25 -0400
  This is in the archives in more detail, but basically what usually fails is the fasteners between the armrest "hub" (on which it mounts...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 31 May 2005 16:05:43 -0700
  "Basket Weave" hubcaps?!? Jeepers, that's a new one to me. Anyone got a picture of those things? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71...
• Re: Mud Flaps, generic or otherwise? Sugestions
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:31:35 -0400
  Not sure on mud flaps, but I know Beetle hub caps fit all but the driver's side wheels. The drivers side dust cap...
• odometer & hub cap enquiry
  Historical mailing list - Roy Jared Michael
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 22:20:26 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Does anyone have any suggestions before I rip the dash apart?? Also I am looking for 1 hub cap for her, does anyone have...