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  • Re: Only ONE drive wheel?
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:07:19 -0500
    ...This produces much greater thrust on the right than >> the left, and the airplane tries hard to turn left all through the climb >> to...
  • Re: rear brake shims
    Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
    Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:06:11 -0600
    ...time, and then backed it off until I could move the thrust washer a little bit. Everything feels fine now. You are right in...
  • Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
    Historical mailing list - Mike
    Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:42:36 -0500
    ...I've even seen my share of the cam thrust bearing wiping out. Loose heads and dropped valves are also a problem. If you...
  • Re: What are the 'official' Syncro alignment specs
    Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
    Wed, 15 Oct 2003 11:10:17 -0400
    ...based on total toe in inches: (-0.08") +(0.26") measurement Thrust angle -0.10 +0.10 page 44.3a ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes on calculations (for...
  • Re: Fwd: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
    Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
    Mon, 5 Oct 2015 09:21:12 -1000
    ...MechanicA does not >> see how a push-button starter will fix this >> situation, if the low-power doesn't get the >> Bendix to thrust...
  • Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:21:35 -0500
    ...I've even seen my share of the cam thrust bearing wiping out. Loose heads and dropped valves are also a problem. If you...
  • Re: Mercedes 5cyl 300TD in Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 20 Dec 2002 01:47:51 -0600
    ...The brake was on or off (also full thrust). Speed was > controlled > by choice of gear, time available and the sign and magnitude of...
  • hokay ...it's FRYEDAYE!! ;) time for some off-topic stuff: national parks, part II
    Historical mailing list - joel walker
    Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:08:36 -0500
    ...If suddenly thrust back to the years spanning A.D. 500 to A.D. 1300, I'm not sure I would have survived so...
  • Re: Derek's Syncro alignment specs
    Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
    Tue, 12 Mar 1996 01:18:28 -0500 (EST)
    ...based on total toe in inches: (-0.08") +(0.26") measurement Thrust angle -0.10 +0.10 page 44.3a ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes on calculations (for...
  • Re: Exhaust Design, Now Conversion for Function and Reliability
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:19:11 -0500
    ...hemlock! As I have repeatedly and boringly emphasized, its torque or thrust at the tire contact patch that moves the beast. This very heavy...
  • Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
    Historical mailing list - Mike
    Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:19:42 -0500
    ...I've even seen my share of the cam thrust bearing wiping out. Loose heads and dropped valves are also a problem. If you...
  • Re: 2.0L AUDI Turbo thots
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Wed, 8 Aug 2001 14:14:11 EDT
    ...so your engine (? - 2.5 or 3.3 or) and mine should have about the same thrust at the wheel. So, my engine bay...
  • Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:02:45 -0500
    ...I've even seen my share of the cam thrust bearing wiping out. Loose heads and dropped valves are also a problem. If you...
  • Re: Fwd: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Mon, 5 Oct 2015 16:21:57 -0500
    ...MechanicA does not > >> see how a push-button starter will fix this > >> situation, if the low-power doesn't get the > >> Bendix to thrust...
  • Cavitation corrosion/erosion
    Historical mailing list - Rick Stevens
    Fri, 1 May 1998 12:59:56 -0700
    ...The pistons strike the liners as they travel up and down due to the side thrust imparted by the connecting rods as the power...
  • 16" Translation
    Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
    26 Apr 1995 16:53:16 EST
    ...on, and its only around 2500 rpm that anything like robust thrust sets in. So, in practice it takes forever for the motor to...
  • road test: 1968 VW Station Wagon (long)
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Tue, 10 Jan 95 15:48:47 CST
    ...In addition to the usual trailing arms which absorb acceleration and deceleration thrust, there are now diagonal trailing links which absorb side thrust (the...
  • Re: Fwd: * 10/4/2015 Needed NOW! Vanagon (1981) ONLY starts when cold /How To FIX this advice. PLEASE . . .
    Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
    Mon, 5 Oct 2015 11:38:25 -1000
    ...MechanicA does not >>>> see how a push-button starter will fix this >>>> situation, if the low-power doesn't get the >>>> Bendix to thrust...
  • Re: rear brake shims
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:52:21 -0700
    ...time, and then backed it off until I could move the thrust washer a little bit. Everything feels fine now. You are right in...
  • Re: On Engine Efficiency, Comparing I4s, WBs and Subies (not short)
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Thu, 1 Nov 2001 00:11:47 EST
    ...pressure exerted on the piston (although actually this reduces to the thrust on the crankshaft rod journal). This takes into account the heat generated...
  • Re: Questions re. Audi 3A engine swap (after searching the archives)
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Thu, 6 May 2004 02:11:02 EDT
    ...As I have offered before (argued is probably more fitting) its torque translated into thrust! Whole story. Want a peppy vehicle (the Westfalia is...
  • Alignment For Vanagon Syncro
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 17 Mar 94 12:01:34 EST
    ...based on total toe in inches: (-0.08") +(0.26") measurement Thrust angle -0.10 +0.10 page 44.3a ========================================================================= Notes on calculations (for...