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• Re: Removing stuck nuts and bolts e.g. Axle Nut
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 15:44:42 -0500
  ...that I toasted my axle stub. I live in the mountains and I'm certainly not going to drive a van any distance at...
• Re: Audi Parts in a Vanagon (Frankensteinagon?)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Arbaugh
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 19:56:06 -0800
  ...And uh, if the trans width is different, the drive axle length would have to change. I'm going to the junky tommorrow to...
• Re: Fw: Heeeellllppp!!! (trans/final drive)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 4 May 1999 15:55:42 -0400
  ...There souldn't be >anyting turning in the final drive when I'm not moving should there? I've Jed, if you're in...
• Re: Induction Timing Light
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 21:52:07 -0600
  ...Just take the axles to an auto parts store that has a press or do it like I do, just drive up in front...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs? Rear Wheel bearings.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 5 Jun 2015 12:10:06 -0400
  ...axle nuts on both side of the Westy. The passenger side was exceptionally hot. I couldn't hold on to it. The drive side...
• Re: Rear axle replacement advice
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 25 May 2014 21:41:20 -0700
  ...Saint-Amour <genevasaintamour@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > Today we broke the drivers side, rear axle. We have several questions that we hope someone can assist...
• Re: Power window problem
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 16:06:30 +0200
  ...The motor axle sits rather tightly in an elastic plastic cylinder which transfers the torque of the motor axle to the spindle in the...
• Re: Clicking noise/whining noise
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 29 Jul 2014 07:15:48 -0700
  ...on the > > transmission and drivers side axle. We replaced the entire right axle > and > > CV joint with an new axle. That was repacked when...
• Re: Tires again!
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 08:21:28 -0400
  ...You want a tire that supports the Gross Axle Weights. When VW > > selected a tire that could be inflated well above the GAWR, they...
• Re: Rear Axle Nut ~Man that's big!!
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:29:39 +0000
  ...Years ago I was trying to remove the axle nut from my '74 Super Beetle vert using a 1/2 drive and 4' cheater...
• Re: towing my van
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:07:47 -0400
  ...towing my van > > Hey > > I'm planning on flat towing my Syncro about 3000 miles, with the driveshaft > and both rear axles removed. > > Opinions...
• Re: CV boots life
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 21:27:00 -0700
  ...Ab. $115 / axle in parts. Easy job compared to some modern front drive cars. Leon Torrance, CA 7/29/02 5:25:27 AM...
• Re: CV Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:53:05 -0700
  ...Place a BF screwdriver (or > prybar) close to the axle above one adjacent bolt and below another > adjacent > bolt so that the forces of...
• Re: [syncro.org] Syncro propshaft vibration mystery
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mari
  Wed, 23 May 2007 18:04:26 -0700
  ...and go-westy drive shaft work find if all other items are in good working condition. I had a front axle assy act similar...
• Re: Rear axle replacement advice
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 26 May 2014 06:07:38 -0500
  ...Saint-Amour <genevasaintamour@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >> Today we broke the drivers side, rear axle. We have several questions that we hope someone can assist...
• Re: Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 May 2016 22:10:56 -0400
  ...If it is the > driveshaft end hitting the inside of the hub, why would it do that once per > revolution and only sometimes? The...
• Re: Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Wed, 25 May 2016 20:44:26 -0400
  ...The thread on samba zeroed in on the theory that the axle itself was moving between the CV joints. Because it's only held...
• Synchro to 2wd
  Historical mailing list - Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette
  Sun, 5 Jun 2005 21:43:51 -0700
  Hey I'm considering removing the driveshaft and front axles from my Synchro in preparation for a long road trip. I'm traveling with...
• Re: help. noise from the rear/ CV Joint
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 20:39:17 +1300
  ...Outer axle-end dropped >down, >> disconnected from the hub. A flailing axle-end at speed could cause >further >> damage. >> >> Maybe Totota CVs are just...
• Syncro front CVs?
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:02:34 -0700
  Hello all, I would like to remove the front axles from my Syncro and continue to drive. I have to keep some CV's...
• do bad CV joints click in a turn??
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Fri, 20 May 2005 02:58:26 -0400
  ...You can also pop in a re-built axle, which is more expensive in parts but a bit quicker in time. Best regards, Shawn...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:41:14 -0500
  ...Loosen the outer 46mm axle nut(s). (you do not have to put the van on >jackstands; drive-up ramps would be better if...
• Re: Complete Axle arrive, and some questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:18:33 -0500
  Eric, I just wanted to say--something you may already know--that there is a good bit of procedure to an axle swap but...
• Re: Moving in my Vanagon, part 2 LVC
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Sat, 7 Oct 2006 11:27:07 -0700
  ...syncro, with the driveshaft and both rear > axles removed. Am I going to damage my VC even with the driveshaft > removed? Can't imagine...
• Re: Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 25 May 2016 21:37:51 +0000
  ...Auto or stick tranny?  Axle lengths are different left and right on auto. Someone may have used stick axles or swapped sides?  Ones too...
• Re: Rear wheel bearing replacement...don't do it like this..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:38:36 -0700
  ...remove the axle first ! it VERY easy to remove the Bearing Housing with stub axle and brgs in it. just remove axle. undo big...
• Re: Smart Car Opinions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 May 2012 21:59:47 -0700
  ...but I like 'hark the hearld axle swing.' Triumph has a Sprite ..? can't think of it. Austin Healy Sprite, yes. On 5/4...
• Where do I place the floor jack ?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 12:58:13 CDT
  ...the rear axle final drive casing' (which I presume means the transmission casing section that is inline with the rear axles?) This would require...
• Re: Thumping Noise - Wheel CV Joint Bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 02:01:09 -0400
  ...Otherwise >> when I'm at a steady speed on level ground there is no noise. >> >> Axles/CVs: The entire axle/CV joint assemblies on...
• Re: Thumping Noise - Wheel CV Joint Bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 18:58:11 -0500
  ...Otherwise when I'm at > a steady speed on level ground there is no �noise. > > Axles/CVs: The entire axle/CV joint assemblies on...
• Re: CV joint theory: long
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 23:08:22 -0500
  ...off the axle, which I thought to be odd, but I forged > ahead. > > I installed the axle, and was dismayed to drive the van...
• Differentials: open, limited-slip, & locking (was: limited slip rear end)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 16:48:28 -0400
  ...between the rear axle and the viscous coupling. 2WD with a locking differential: If either one of the two drive wheels has traction the...
• Re: adjusting rear brakes! removing rear drums
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 07:58:36 -0500
  ...so it is not stuck to the axle. Will not come off. Any way to drive it off with a drift through the backing...
• Re: CV joint reversal?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:49:33 -0800
  Thanks, Mike, I'm going to try it the way you describe, since I was only intending to pull the one axle shaft out...
• Re: Question and parts request.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:09:03 -0400
  When you lost the tire was the cause the lug nuts coming off or the axle nut coming off? I ask as the latter...
• Re: triple square axle bolts information for newbie
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:00:25 -0800
  ...give me opinion about the triple square axle > bolts. > > Came time to swap out my drive axles, as they had started to make noise...
• Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:59:23 -0600
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver VWNut Hawk wrote: >I didn't mean that the other side is necessarily a different. >I don't...
• Re: Cv boots cracking
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:49:40 -0700
  ...But the manual does not show clamps on the inner part of boots on the rear axles. alistair On 2013-03-22, at 7...
• Re: Huge Nut on Rear Drum
  Historical mailing list - Jeanne Maly
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:24:18 -0700
  ...You place it over the axle nut, place a ratchet or breaker bar in the 1/2" drive, and while pressing down on the...
• Re: CV joint Ball Bearing (and Re: Front Glass)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 May 1996 11:13:47 -0800
  ...Now after removing the plates I carefully put the CV onto the drive axle, and put the clips in. Jack the wheel up as...
• vanagon tows vanagon(almost)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 06:52:15 -0400
  ...even used the driver side sliding windows on the front of the trailer. not sure what they did about the axles, but it was...
• Re: Solved?? Re: further measuring of new GW brake shoes vs old generic brand shoes
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 26 May 2016 14:31:54 -0700
  ...New drum maybe 0.5 mm wider? Measuring from outermost edge to inside face that meets axle hub flange Could be I over torqued...
• Re: Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Wed, 25 May 2016 17:54:25 -0400
  ...On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 5:22 PM, Dan Lamb <vanagongramps@gmail.com> wrote: > Auto or stick tranny? Axle lengths are different left...
• Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
  Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
  Wed, 15 May 2002 08:07:46 -0700
  ...Swapping axles left-for-right reverses the load-bearing > to the opposite side of the CV, using a previously-unused bearing surface. > > Swapping axles...
• Re: '90 GL Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 02:41:20 EDT
  ...Speed Sensor - Can measure rotational speed of an axle, a driveshaft, or engine. Most systems use the pulses of the ignition coil to measure...
• Re: some sort of clunking - rear end
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Fri, 13 May 2011 17:34:48 +0000
  ...I also couldn't see any movement on the axle shaft so it must be outside of there right? The axle nut appears tight...
• Re: drilling out axle bolts
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 06:47:26 -0800
  ...today i was not so lucky; > the > second axle bolt that i attempted to remove from the wheel side was > already badly stripped, apparently...
• Has anyone driven or owned a Rialta? Test Drive!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Mar 1996 22:57:41 -0500
  Today I had the opurtunity to drive a Rialta. This is a mini motor home type vehicle that is bilt by Winnebago on top...
• Re: rear brake adjusting
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 7 Oct 2001 10:33:42 -0500
  Edward Maglott wrote: > I think Bentley shows taking off the > monster nut on the axle, and then pulling off the hub with the drum...
• Re: drilling out axle bolts
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 09:38:02 -0600
  ...Next, take a nice strong hammer and drive the socket into the stripped head. Often times that will give the splines enough bite to...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:49:28 -0600
  ...Even if they make noise you can usually drive quite a ways before they go critical. Squeezing some grease in there usually rejuvenates them...
• Re: request CV joint knock diagnosis confirmation
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:23:24 -0500
  ...drive_shaft.jpg Turn the wheel VERY Slowly back and foward, look for some loose/play between the wheel and the inner axle, what...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:28:24 -0700
  ...The > threads will not >> be frozen, and if you have broken caps on the driveshaft > flange, you risk >> getting the solvent into the tranny...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 4 Oct 2014 19:18:47 -0500
  ...Would the CV joint/axle be more likely to knock under the conditions I experienced? I was prepared to think it was an engine...
• Re: Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 17:57:57 -0700
  ...With the >drive line removed, the drive line would be moving *slower* relative to the >front tires/axles. I have to assume that VW...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:17:25 -0600
  ...Loosen the outer 46mm axle nut(s). (you do not have to put the van on > >jackstands; drive-up ramps would be better if...
• Re: Stripping a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:48:06 -0600
  ...C4C vehicle, the engine and drivetrain must go to the crusher > > Now, does "drivetrain" include CV joints, axles, spindles and hubs, etc? > > Does "engine...
• Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 16:13:20 -0600
  ...I took a bus down to the Candian Tire, with 1/2 axle under my arm, and got them to press it off the...
• CV boot replacement, Syncro front outer
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:59:06 -0500
  ...Wondering what is involved? (the archive is down...) Bentley shows 39.17 "front final drive axle flange oil seals, replacing." Is that where I...
• Parting Out Another Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 05 Jun 1996 06:05:30
  ...Engine, gas tank, drivers seat, and axle beam are all either not for sale, already sold, or no good. Pretty much everything else is...