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• Re: Mirror replacement alternative: tightening (was Re: Truck Mirrors Installation - Pics Needed - Advice)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:30:34 -0700
  Yes, you are correct, too much tightening will pull the bolt out of ball joint.� I fixed it this way:� using a drill press...
• Re: Fryeday Question
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:02:57 -0600
  ...i dimly recall someone in high school who lunched his engine after dumping a box of moth balls into his gas tank. now, whether...
• Re: 'drives like a boat'
  Historical mailing list - Tom Peticolas
  Fri, 01 Nov 1996 16:22:28 -0800
  ...Robertson wrote: > > Turned out that the center pin and steering box were fine, it was the > G**damned new ball joints were too tight...
• Re: Drivability Problems with Vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Oct 1996 14:09:55 -0400
  ...not use a ballast resistor...which is usually present for starting purposes.The coil can fail w/o having a ballast resistor.Do not...
• Front Suspension Overhaul
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 19:44:22 -0500
  I purchased an entire front end bushing/tie rod/ball joint set for my Van. The Bentley lists several specialty tools for removing/pressing...
• Re: Best Source for Ball Joints 2wd 1990 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:30:13 -0500
  ...wrote: > Hello All: > > I'm looking for the best source of BallJoints. I > bought a set from Bus Depot a year ago and they...
• Re: Ball joint observation 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 Sep 2021 05:24:10 +0000
  ...The GoWesty ball joint spacer fixed the ball joint spacing perfectly. > > Also, this is a new JP upper control arm installed with the Nolathane...
• Re: Special Tools for the Home Mechanic
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 7 Feb 2014 09:23:15 -0600
  After watching some of the Youtube vids on replacing the upper ball joint - I decided to follow suite on this one - which shows the...
• Re: Best Source for Ball Joints 2wd 1990 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 19:53:13 -0400
  > I replaced upper & lower balljoints and control arm > bushings on my 1990 Carat about a year ago with ones > purchased from Bus Depot. I...
• Re: Fun with lower ball Joints
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:23:48 -0700
  ...Can anyone in Canada confirm if Crappy Tire still rents this ball joint kit? Thanks for the HF part numbers...they will be handy...
• Re: Exhaust Air Jack Lifts Your Car with a Balloon
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:06:53 -0700
  ...Exhaust Air Jack Lifts Your Car with a Balloon that is actually a pretty common device in australia. i dont think anyone would go...
• Re: Question about filler tube (Plus photo of "floaty ball")
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 22 May 2012 17:22:17 -0700
  ...20.27 in Bentley should shed some light though it shows a clamp and no ball. The filler tube I have in the basement...
• Re: Ball joint observation 2WD
  Historical mailing list - turbotransporter
  Sat, 4 Sep 2021 07:41:38 -0700
  ...The >> GoWesty ball joint spacer fixed the ball joint spacing perfectly. >> >> Also, this is a new JP upper control arm installed with the Nolathane...
• Lower ball joint question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 22 Oct 2024 07:04:47 -0400
  Hi folks, So, both my lower ball joint boots, on my 84, were ripped. Last year a friend replaced the driver side boot and...
• Re: removing ball joint nut?
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:10:05 -0400
  Unless some MIDAS shop was there first, I sincerely doubt that there is an SAE nut on that ball joint. Jeff On Thu, Sep...
• Ball Joint, and bushing tools...
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 18:46:09 EDT
  You mean special tools for the Ball joints right? I dont think any special tool are need for the bushings, although I havent done...
• Re: best lube for sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 7 Jun 2011 07:35:20 -0700
  ...It's the > ball bearings that really need the lube. Yes, it requires taking > everything apart to get in there but just putting grease...
• Re: Auto Trans Throttle Linkage
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 14:53:56 -0400
  Ball socket. You mean the cruize control??Roger
• Re: Lug Nuts for Audi 5000 Turbo Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 25 Oct 2003 19:20:51 EDT
  ...What lug nuts are you Audi wheel rollin' Syncros using? The wheel is a ball-seat but all of the VW alloys use cone...
• Re: Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:12:08 -0400
  ...Very carefully so as to avoid too much damage to the ball. Not easy to get to. Larry A. On Mon, Sep 10, 2012...
• Re: what is part # 251 798 116 A
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 10:14:43 -0800
  It contains ALL the parts for the shifter ball repair...everything from the bottom of the shifter to below the boot...spring,ball halves...
• Re: Passenger Mirror Again
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Tue, 5 Aug 2003 10:20:19 -0400
  I used sandpaper and roughed-up the ball area on the mirror, then took a punch and hammered around on the ball and edge...
• CV joint Ball Bearing (and Re: Front Glass)
  Historical mailing list - Greg Schmidt
  Tue, 14 May 1996 14:40:59 -0500 (CDT)
  Hello All, I have lost one of the shiny metal ball bearings from my CV joint!! Somewhere between the driveway and my shop (back...
• Re: Tricks to ball joint removal without Pickel fork?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 13:44:06 -0600
  ...phishman068@gmail.com> wrote: > I've got to pull two upper ball joints which are just spinning (have the > bolts half out) and no...
• Re: Lemfoerder Ball Joints - where to buy
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 21 May 2013 14:09:18 -0700
  ...it appears that everyone is out of Lemfoerder Upper and Lower Ball Joints. Does anyone have a connection or low where I can find...
• Report on New Springs
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:58:09 -0700
  ...And oh yeah, the squeak in the front end is gone with the new ball joints.
• Re: Stuck Oil Drain plug
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:53:22 -0500
  ...A round iron or aluminum ring with a steel ball sitting over the hole - all at room temperature - will not allow the ball to...
• Re: Knocking noise
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 4 Dec 2004 07:03:54 -0800
  ...The large balls ride in grooves that are sideways. When the CV axle is under tension from the tranny output flanges the balls are...
• Floppy Vanagon Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 14 Aug 2019 00:23:15 +0000
  ...Yes, drill through the black ABS plastic, into the ball, into the stud, out of the ball, out of the black ABS plastic.  I...
• Re: Useful, if pricey, vanagon related tool
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 17 Oct 2020 13:41:34 -0400
  ...But the ball end has an embedded c clip type thing that holds the fastener on the ball. Really great when you have to...
• Re: Useful, if pricey, vanagon related tool
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 17 Oct 2020 10:42:00 -0700
  ...But the ball end has an embedded c clip type thing that holds the > fastener on the ball. Really great when you have to...
• boot: shifter linkage
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 May 1996 18:08:06 -0500
  ...On the '90 GL standard, this is a two-pleat accordian shape that fits over the nylon ball on the actuator and it changes...
• Re: Tricks to ball joint removal without Pickel fork?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 20:54:42 -0500
  ...Then I heated the but cherry red and worked it off while > grabbing the ball end with vice grips. > The other one had the...
• Re: Control Arm Bushings
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:56:34 -0700
  ...Hmmm, the upper ball joints are > >> little loose, might as well do those at the same time. > >> Hey, those lower ball joints are 21...
• Re: Front End Suspension - 1985
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 9 Jan 2013 14:33:26 -0800
  I could have worded that differently: "it would be my preference to press in the lower ball joints or have them pressed in." I...
• Re: Drip Tray "latch" to keep up while cooking
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 30 May 2010 06:14:22 EDT
  ...Those bullet/ball catches are also available at Home Hardware. The holes in the wood lid are already there but may need to be...
• gears stuck
  Historical mailing list - Nicole Constandis
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 17:01:41 -0700
  ...i followed the drivetrain? to beneath the engine and the ball bearing type joint (CV joing???) there seems to be the issue. the ball...
• Re: Ball Joints/SOLD
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 13:49:27 -0300
  Hi Peter; I have sent the ball joints via Canada Post, same week delivery. UPS forgot to tell me that they would accept cash...
• Re: Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Wed, 14 May 2003 21:46:29 -0400
  The only thing that I had trouble with was the extraction of the significantly rusted terminal cup from the ball of the lever on...
• Re: Ball park price on Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 18:27:24 -0700
  ...07, 2003 3:32 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Ball park price on Exhaust Any idea what a rough price is on...
• Spot the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Fri, 2 Dec 2011 23:00:16 -0600
  23rd photo down with the hot air balloon; there's a blue Vanagon to the left of the balloon alongside the railroad tracks. ; ) On...
• Re: heater valve
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:29:16 -0600
  > John Is there a place to install the ball valve where it is accessible from inside the vehicle, or better yet can be controlled...
• Re: Ball Joint removal.
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:08:10 -0800
  ...Loosen the nut on the shank of the joint (ball or tie rod) so its just holding on by 2 threads and smack the...
• Re: stuck CV joint (kinda long)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Thu, 27 Jul 1995 07:30:19 -0700 (PDT)
  There are two main pieces to a CV joint (forget about the cage and the ball bearings themselves for a minute). 1) The splined...
• Re: Ball joints
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:18:55 -0700
  ...2021 3:54 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Ball joints I just received a bunch of Lemforder uppers I also received...
• Re: Control Arm Bushings (do I need to WELD?)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:21:17 -0400
  ...The thing that's putting me off from doing the lower ball joints is that you need some tools I don't have (well...
• Re: Lubing clutch pedal
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 23:39:09 -0700
  ...This shifter ball may be cracked or just dirty. It is a two part ball. You may have to replace it. The glove box...
• Re: circlip on lower ball-joint
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:51:52 -0400
  I don;t care how tigh the ball jints are pressed in, on the 2WD, the wieght of the van pulls on them. I...
• Re: Ball Joints??????
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 19 Apr 2001 21:49:38 -0700
  ...Ball Joints?????? > Hi Volks, > > I was wondering about replacing the ball joints on my 85 GL. I imagine they > are the original joints. I...
• Re: Failed Inspection- questions on rust and ball joints
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 May 2011 10:42:50 -0400
  ...Failed Inspection- questions on rust and ball joints I need to have a front right lower ball joint replaced. Is this a pretty simple...
• Re: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:44:30 -0500
  John, Do you know if the metal ball valve types are any easier to actuate?? The vlave on my van is really stiff, and...
• Steering knuckle install
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Sat, 21 Feb 2015 11:56:42 -0500
  Hey guys and gals, I'm installing the steering knuckle with new lower and upper ball joints. The Bentley states that it had to...
• Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft; Lessons Learned.
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 01:47:39 +0100
  ...Syncro axle, or from some other VW, but the race and balls jammed tight, and I had to hammer on the outer race to...
• Trouble with Shifter bearing
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 09:02:05 -0500
  Well the "lower ball" as Haynes calls it, on my 85 Westy's shifter has disintegrated. This makes shifting an adventure. Any ideas on...
• (lower balljoint on Syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 21:19:07 EST
  ...Help! I cannot get the lower ball joint to budge. I searched all over today for the special tool shown in the Bentley to...
• Re: Side mirrors blow in
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Tue, 21 May 2002 19:15:25 -0700
  >Also, I like the idea someone on the list had about using a cutter to >score lines in the ball-socket surface(s), giving...
• Re: Swapping out bad spindle/s
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Sat, 5 May 2012 18:36:33 -0700
  ...The question is the lower balljoint,is it the same size on the spindle? I know they changed the lower contol arm in november...
• Re: Twelve, Six and a verdict on Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Wed, 31 Mar 1999 23:47:34 -0500
  ...Just hope the slime-ball waits until he is outside to make that long-distance call!!! BOB - WA4RRN '85GL - "Bourgeois" http://www.malelesbiansrule.org
• Re: Ball joints, upper / lower photo procedure
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:54:03 -0800
  ...Ball joints, upper / lower photo procedure > > > > I'm gearing up to do the ball joint thing and am wondering what else I > > should replace...
• Re: More on TR 16x7 steelies
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:47:23 -0800
  ...The diameter of the ball they >>>are >>>machined to fit is smaller. There is a guy on Samba selling > hybrid >>>nuts >>>needed to properly...