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• Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:45:17 -0700
  ...I've also read that uneven wear in the clutch lever forks can cause p/b failure, which leads to input shaft seal failure...
• Re: Syncro tranny problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:46:51 -0700
  ...The shift linkage was disconnected at the splined shaft and the > fork. I've followed the Bentley procedure to adjust that linkage. It > won...
• Re: Least-interesting Friday ever, etc.
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 20:23:19 -0600
  ...I had to fork over another $50 for > a new one since I was told that the coaxial cable can't be replaced on...
• Re: lock code reading
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 15 May 2022 20:20:59 -0400
  ...Once the handle is out there is a fork, two prongs. The code is tiny and on the prong. Often you need to clean...
• Re: clunking from CV????
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 22:49:44 -0700
  ...Broken throw out bearing fork? > > If you haven't already, it is best to specify year, model, and > drivetrain when asking these sort of...
• Re: Clutch Cross Shaft Arm Wear. Abnormal? PICS
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 23:24:02 -0400
  ...It is also common for the forks to break of the cross shaft. Looking at the lack of weld it is possible that shaft...
• Audi 5000 Information (NO VANAGON CONTENT)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:59:41 EST
  ...Sam Bateman Fork Union, VA '87 Vanagon GL '85 Audi 5000S Avant
• Re: '87 Vanagon shudders in Reverse
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 30 Dec 1999 08:36:59 -0800
  ...or regrind it??? If it was regound, was the depth from the rim to the surface verified? If the shift fork fingers get worn...
• Re: Is Bus Depot Ok?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 15:40:50 -0400
  ...david btw, Stuart mentioned the clutch fork -- that's not part of a clutch kit. It's a dealer item that sells for about...
• Re: broken gear box
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Wed, 1 Nov 2017 16:27:08 -0400
  ...I found the two plastic pads on the fork under the gear shift were broken and after replacing them it was more difficult to...
• Re: engine swaps
  Historical mailing list - Veverka Family
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 22:07:36 +0000
  ...If VW imported the EuroVan with this engine I would have forked out the $35K even though it defies logic. We are buying an...
• bonehead maneuver
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sun, 4 Jul 1999 11:11:43 -0400
  ...And why does the fork with the two nylon pads seem narrower than the space between the two tracks inside the box? Obviously it...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:12:03 -0400
  ...It will never fork to multiple electrodes the way >the Splitfire ads show it. > >-- > >David Brodbeck, N8SRE >'82 VW Diesel Westfalia >'86 Volvo 240DL...
• Re: What Did You Leave At Home?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:06:48 -0700
  The roasting fork. Seems inconsequential maybe, but when you have kids that consider S'mores to be a highlight of a camping trip, it...
• Re: crashing
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:46:19 +1200
  ...Still wish I'd >forked out for the Toyota tho'! >Some people like 'em, but wouldn't touch a Mazda or Nissan. Toyota DOES...
• Re: Can I put cheap tires on my Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:47:14 -0800
  ...to a >> newer model) so I really don't want to fork out $400 for tires. Can > anyone >> recommend tires that will be ok...
• Re: Camping in the four corners states? Try the BBB event!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 10:58:38 -0800
  ...I like to camp between the East and West forks of the Black river. More of trout stream but still fun. Good luck and...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 9 Apr 2003 - Special issue (#2003-395)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 22:12:41 -0400
  ...Thanks to the concept of Resource Forks, though, MacOS offers the unique opportunity for viruses to infect data files as well as executables. -- David...
• Re: Custom Bike Mount PICTURE - For Sale??
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 09:35:32 -0700
  ...I read a post recently > from someone using a pickup truck fork mount behind the driver/passenger seats > inside the van. Keeps the bikes...
• Power door locks, anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Ward
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 01:54:57 -0800
  ...I hate the thought of forking over good money for new motors when (a) these seem to be OK after some cleanup, and (b...
• Re: removing the window crank and side panel
  Historical mailing list - Jon Schaer
  Sat, 22 Nov 2003 21:36:59 -0500
  ...There are some special interior service tools available to help it go smoothly; usually sort of like a two-pronged fork for prying. If...
• Re: Ball Joint removal.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:49:31 -0800
  ...in degrees (no pun intended), trying in stages with the pickle fork. That bugger was in there very tightly. alistair On 18-Nov-10...
• Friday funny!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 22:54:47 -0500
  ...Them dang plastic forks and knifs >> > >> > MOUSE: What eats the grain in the barn >> > >> > MOUSE PAD: That's hippie talk fer the mouse hole...
• Re: mirror package
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 20:31:57 +1200
  ...off well when run over, dumped on or skewered by a forklift. Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand VW & mollusc nut 1984 VW Caravelle (currently...
• Re: HORROR STORY
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 07:54:49 EST
  ...This dream deal turned sour when the yardmen, thinking the tank was in the rear, used a forklift to lift the van in the...
• Re: Showering on the road
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 10:52:23 -0600
  ...The one in Grand Forks, ND is free when you fill up. You get a locking suite with a shower room, and an ajoining...
• RE:bike storage
  Historical mailing list - Johanni Larjanko
  Sun, 17 Dec 1995 22:21:51 -0700
  ...Schirmer wrote: > >A way to mount two bikes inside a Westie >-get two fork mounts($30 each at a bike shop, or better, improvise...
• 87 Synchro for $6K
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 6 Oct 1996 02:23:47 -0400
  ...find any major problems that wouldn't otherwise be obvious before forking over $6,000? BTW, VW's safety inspection seems like a good...
• Broken Down and Need Help
  Historical mailing list - Lee F. Schelin
  Mon, 31 May 1999 15:40:41 -0700
  ...Well the clutch didn't respond, and now my only thoughts are a broken Fork on Throw out bearing. The clutch was replaced last...
• 1st and 2nd gear, where'd they go??
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 22:24:30 -0700
  Ross..I would guess that the 1st/2nd shift fork or relay lever interally has broken...not a big deal once the thing is...
• Re: Can I put cheap tires on my Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:21:50 -0500
  ...to a newer model) so I really don't want to fork out $400 for tires. Can anyone recommend tires that will be ok...
• Re: Help! Tie Rod end/ power steering connection...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 20:48:53 -0600
  ...To remove the tie rod end first disconnect it from the wheel with a pickle fork or tie rod end remover. Next, loosen the...
• Re: Vanagon's Strange Noises
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:46:31 -0400
  ...attached a > rectangular piece of card board to the front wheel fork so that the edge > of the card board sticks out just far...
• clutch chatter fixed, thanks
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014 22:23:06 -0500
  ...The original fork (yoke, whatever) was still perfectly sound, as Darrell said it likely would be, as his experience is that this part wears...
• Re: Held Together by Rust and Faith- Help!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 01:57:57 -0400
  ...Also, the pivot forks themselves will probably be frozen into that support -- they're supposed to be free to rotate. A good solid dose...
• Re: Bike rack over luggage rack
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Fri, 4 Dec 1998 18:45:50 -0500
  ...of the rear > door (Yakima would work too) and uses the fork attachment to hang the > bike with the rear tire resting on the...
• Re: Rear Bumper Concerns
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 22:37:38 EST
  ...Sam Bateman Fork Union, VA '87 Vanagon GL
• Long life w/ low pressure in 1&3?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Nov 1996 14:56:21 -0500
  ...well go on to valves, engines and lots of $$$$ I could fork out the money but it would mean racking up the credit card...
• Re: syncro clutch
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 11:06:28 -0400
  ...That is, > I think the chattering problem was ultimately identified as the fork > shaft for the throwout bearing instead of the clutch. This possibility...
• Re: Roof Rack Options
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 08:24:49 -0700
  ...Mounting Yakima 1A raingutter towers on these platforms and using a 72 inch bar and fork mount "hangers" four mountain bikes can be carried...
• Re: plastic floating dash midgets was Re: various interior mod pics
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:32:23 -0700
  ...to your bike) zip-tied to the legs of a Girvin fork. Had the kids left over and strung 'em up in the VW...
• camping with mr. coleman and martha stewuart
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 14 Oct 2003 09:09:02 -0700
  ...If you fork the bread it will toast and the edge will get hard enough so you can rotate the bread and get an...
• Re: tranny issue
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 21:08:14 -0700
  ...trans guy to replace input shaft, seal, release shaft with new fork and bushings,new CV seals.Including removing bellhousing and inspecting r&p...
• Re: Floppy Wiper arm, is there a fix?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 23:43:34 -0700
  ...that > seem more aerodynamic, but I don't just want to fork over the $30 bucks and > still have the same floppy situation occur...
• Re: swapping r&p
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:38:37 -0800
  ...since this would be in an automatic tranny, >> i don't need to deal with shift forks, but what about >> special jigs and alignment...
• Re: Metal V.S Plastic engine lids
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 04:00:40 EST
  ...durable. (ive seen them broken before in junkyards, ran over by forklifts and such, and they kind of splinter) At any rate im sure...
• Re: Front end bushings
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:38:20 -0700
  ...generic flaps press should work well). > > Don't use a pickle fork if you intend to re-use your tie rod ends. > Use the...
• Considering scrapping my project van after forking out over $26 grand
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 16:01:32 +1300
  Well, I've gotten to the stage where I am considering loading all the parts I have bought for my van (993 brakes, 2...
• Re: Manual trans replacement
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:08:07 -0700
  ...cute little plastic bushings and sleeves > that the throw out bearing fork rides in. �however as i remember it the > arm came off and...
• Re: locking rear diff on 2WD van or Limited Slip?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Wed, 12 Dec 2001 20:37:51 EST
  ...WHOA! I have a case, carrier, shift fork, etc (no actuator..they ALL get smashed) $450....if your tranny is GOOD you don't...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 07:41:26 EST
  ...a while) You then mill the locating slots for the shft fork bolts on the vanagon shift rails a bit wider too..and then...
• Re: Ball Joints
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 23 Dec 2002 13:14:38 -0600
  ...1)Floor Jack 2)Pickle Fork 3)3# pound Hammer 4) Ball Joint separator 5) Front end alignment machine 6) Press 7) Experience Stan...
• Re: locked in 4th gear
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Tue, 1 Jul 2003 09:20:53 -0700
  ...The internal shift rails wear the bushings in the housing (esp 3 & 4) and can cock the shift fork...a few other things come...
• Re: removing input shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 14 May 2012 17:50:51 -0700
  ...I'm not filling the transmission > until tomorrow morning so it will have fully hardened by then. > > I also rounded out the fork arms...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:17:27 -0800
  ...I once replaced the entire clutch only to have the throw out bearing fork break as soon as I tried to drive it. So...
• Re: Fresh coat of paint or not?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:05:24 EST
  ...and you'll need to fork over more than 1k otherwise it will look like crap. a good paint job will prolly cost $1500...
• Re: removing input shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 14 May 2012 08:18:23 -0700
  ...Even out the forks on the crosshaft as long as the difference is slight. We round them off and even them up on most...
• Re: /f Road hazards (overpasses)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Jun 1995 23:05:56 -0400
  ...She told of a time that he used a concrete >over pass to peel a load of new fork lifts off the back of...
• Yakima racks on the back
  Historical mailing list - john silverman
  Fri, 11 Sep 1998 17:07:16 -0600
  ...I then put up to 4 bikes on with their "steelhead" mounts, which are fork mounts. I suppose you could use the short tray...
• Re: bike rack
  Historical mailing list - Mick Reynolds
  Tue, 16 May 2000 16:03:09 GMT
  ...across the very rear of the top of the van with fork mount quick releases and have the rear tires hanging on the back...