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• Re: Paint questions
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 7 Mar 2014 14:58:39 -0800
  ...if you use the van. Alloy wheels are prone to breakage. Hubcaps/wheel covers: my van looks good with cheap Big box store (under...
• Re: Need a hubcap, what's the going price?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:09:01 -0800
  ...EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > The tire shop neglected to put on a hubcap properly and it escaped. > How much > would I pay for a replacement...
• Re: Rear wheel bearings - adjust or replace?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:10:37 EST
  ...The hub width, I do not know as I have not had the opportunity to have a new hub pass before me for measurement...
• subcribe
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 22 Aug 1994 07:29:58 -0400 (EDT)
  ...So those of you looking for hubcaps, check the ditches by the rumble strips. So,,besides all the hubcap and tire woes all else...
• Re: WTB: woodruff key
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:55:17 EDT
  ...A nut alone fixing a hub relative to a straight shaft cannot be depended on to maintain the relationship of the two components. The...
• Re: 3rd Gear Grind.....
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 10 May 2001 13:28:20 -0700
  Probably a combination of tired syncro and small cracks in the 3/4 slider hub...The hub puts the 2 gears and forks slightly...
• Steel wheels spied at dealer
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 10:46:05 -0500
  ...Priced attractively at $99usd for four wheels with hubcaps. If anyone is interested I can investigate further. Tony Anthony L. Mourkas Hampden, Maine, USA...
• how hot should; CV's, rear Wheel bearings & brake hubs.
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:05:33 -0600
  ...The rear Hubs around the bearing areas about the same. ( I would think this would be good?) But the Brake drums were too hot...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 08:07:22 -0700
  ...You could assemble the stub axle, hub, and bearings outside the bearing housing. The big nut presses the hub against the inner race of...
• Friday NVC - 70s Ford Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Fri, 31 May 2019 19:38:08 -0400
  Hi Volks! I discovered a set of 4 Ford hubcaps in my garage. They’re in pretty good shape, I’m hoping I can...
• Vanagon tire ?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 18 Jul 1994 06:40:37 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I'm still looking for a used but not abused, original side tent for a Westfalia and an original hubcap. Oh no not the...
• Stupid Hubcap question for '74 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark E. White
  Wed, 26 Jun 1996 18:53:00 -0500
  With all of the discussion on tires and wheels lately on the list, that brings me to a question concerning hubcaps. How do you...
• Is anybody here interested in billet aluminum hubs for Porsche brake rotors to fit their Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 17:24:59 -0800
  ...You buy the rotor separately, and that bolts to the hubs. Vendor is projecting a price in the $500 range including correct bearings (front...
• WTB: Momo hub for Vanagon / PN: 8012
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:56:54 -0800
  Please pmail with price and condition. Thanks, -- BenT
• Re: Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:34:10 -0400
  ...At 02:57 PM 9/22/2005 -0700, Beley, John wrote: >The OEM hub caps were poor quality plastic that began to crack in...
• Re: Substitute tool question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:41:57 -0500
  ...Remove the two small bolts through the hub. Back off the self adjusters. Beat on the drum with a rubber hammer and it will...
• anybody got an old hubcap?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 1 May 2007 19:41:38 -0700
  I need just one hubcap for my 84, and I bet someone out there who has upgraded to !5" alloys or something probably kept...
• Re: Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 10 May 2003 23:58:07 -0400
  ...Rear Brakes Perhaps living in California has spoiled me in this regard, but even in situations where the drums and hubs have been together...
• Re: Later style 091 transaxles
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:09:56 EDT
  ...Its very similar to the earlier style transaxle hub but those vehicles weighed a lot less so it didn't see the amount of...
• Re: Later style 091 transaxles
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:09:56 EDT
  ...Its very similar to the earlier style transaxle hub but those vehicles weighed a lot less so it didn't see the amount of...
• Re: 77 Baywindow fan noise
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Jul 2019 04:31:47 +0000
  ...Remove the 3 bolts holding it to the hub. The hub has a taper so to remove that a puller may be needed after...
• Re: Audi wheels!!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 14:57:20 EDT
  ...The center of the rim is supposed to fit snuggly on the shoulder of the hub. The lugs alone aren't dependable enough to...
• Re: Odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 22:28:57 EDT
  Joseph, When my odometer stopped, it was the hub on the left front wheel that was the problem. There is a little square pin...
• Re: VW obscene parts pricing
  Historical mailing list - rea
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 21:24:54 -0400
  ...The local dealer won't order anything unless it's paid for in full first. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hubbard" <hubbard.1@OSU.EDU...
• Re: will these rims fit one of my vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:41:58 +0000
  I wondered about that too, I have OEM Mercedes 15" wheels and they fit right over the front hubs on a 2wd. >Are you...
• Audi 16 spoke 'spider' rim
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Sullivan
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 10:20:54 -0800
  In my continuing quest to replace my syncro westy with other than the stock rim/hubcaps I got a set of '80s Audi Turbo5000...
• Re: Differences of early/late caliper mounts
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:40:40 EST
  ...Plus the added bonus of not having to buy new hubs. BenT
• Re: tire rims
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 22:21:33 EST
  ...audi wheels may require machining to center hub hole to clear vanagon hub, as well as spacers depending on offset. mercedes wheels usually have...
• Re: studs for alloys - removal and installation
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Mar 2005 12:28:33 EST
  ...Am I reading the Bently right when it says to remove the rear drum and hub, > then press them out / back in? Is there...
• WTB chrome hubcap for vanagon oem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Sat, 22 Jun 2013 22:18:17 -0400
  Need one all the usual sources are empty. thanks mike
• Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:50:58 EST
  ...i simply made the comment "i wasn't diggin those chrome moon style hubcaps" is because with that low of mileage, it would have...
• Rotor (disc) seizure on hub
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sat, 13 Jul 2002 21:06:05 +0100
  ...In the end, I removed the rotors with > the hubs still attached. The rusting was much worse than before. I descaled > the rotor/hub...
• Re: Wheel/hubcaps "look" options
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:59:11 -0800
  ...Wheel/hubcaps "look" options What we need here is a web-based Vanagon paint application where we can try different color schemes before committing...
• Re: Syncro-Tech. front axle Question
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 14 Oct 1996 19:37:14 -0400
  > When installing the outer front CV joint into the wheel > hub Bentley wants the splines to be lock compounded to the > hub! Bentley manual...
• free hubcaps??
  Historical mailing list - Byron Spears
  Thu, 11 Sep 1997 22:04:50 -0400
  ...I just wanted to put in a bid for the free hubcaps, which by now have undoubtedly found a home. Nevertheless, there is that...
• Re: [Syncro] My Van Runs Now 245/75/16 Re: anything special I sho uld do after vans been sitting?
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 13:54:25 -0500
  ...On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 01:04 PM, Forhan, Thomas wrote: > How many other syncros are running around missing rear hubcaps, and > why?
• Re: looking for replacement hubcap
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:22:08 -0800
  ...looking for replacement hubcap > > > I lost one....I dont think they were original and cant see any on the usual > vendor websites. Might the...
• Re: Which Cromie type Hub Caps fit the Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 14:55:12 -0800
  ...Like the tittle states I know that in earlier year Vanagons they used hub caps like the 4lug bugs are they one and the...
• Re: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
  Historical mailing list - M. Jade
  Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:55:50 -0700
  ...Removing� the bearings from the >> hub >> can be easily done with a drift and� hammer.� They are not pressed in >> requiring any special press...
• Wheel Bearing realities.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Sep 2001 19:43:09 -0400
  ...This will soon wear the new bearing causing the hub to wobble again. The hub will need to be replaced (dealer list $436). You...
• rusty little hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:04:25 -0800
  Yeah, those early style steel/chrome hubcaps that vendors sell for $8.95 each.They get rusty before the first rain. Well,here is...
• Audi Turbo wheels
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Sun, 21 Oct 2001 17:32:19 -0400
  ...My question to the list and particularly people who use these wheels is what is the preferred method of attaching the "center hubcap" (the...
• Re: wheels
  Historical mailing list - Billy Hirt
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:47:48 -0400
  Those are hubcaps. I don't know where to find them but I have several friends that have them rolling on their Vanagons. Billy...
• Re: Knocking sound
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 24 Jun 2018 13:56:25 -0400
  Pull off any wheel cover or hubcap, see if it goes away. Yrs, d
• Re: Lost a hubcap - Any for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:56:03 -0400
  On 4/5/2013 3:54 PM, Stephen Cebula wrote: > Hi Everyone, Anybody know where I can find the old chrome hubcaps for > my...
• AWD conversion
  Historical mailing list - ForestDweller
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 17:22:55 -0700
  ...What kind of mileage does one of these get, as opposed to the 2wd/4wd lockable hub type? For that matter, what kind of...
• Re: Window crank extenders
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 06:05:06 EST
  In a message dated 12/8/00 2:24:35 AM, wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET writes: << I put the hub end in a vise...
• Re: Subaru Motors Wreck Trannies?--Commentary
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 20:30:59 -0600
  ...has a headache? Rub her down with some Subaru oil and viola! Hubba, hubba! Need I say more? Head start on a Friday. Chris.
• Re: Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Sat, 10 May 2003 17:14:17 -0600
  while I do agree you can do it, it is a lot easier to remove the drum and hub. Sometimes trying to remove the...
• Re: Rotten Head Studs (and names)
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 8 Jun 2005 13:15:58 -0600
  >> >> >> By the way, for reasons I don't understand entirely, the right front >> hubcap on my '66 standard bus is named "Carl". >> >> -Dyer Lytle...
• Rear Wheel Bearing Nightmare!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Apr 2000 18:00:53 EDT
  ...Removing this rear hub is not easy and I kept putting it off until last week. When I finally did remove the rear hub...
• Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Wed, 25 May 2016 14:01:27 -0400
  ...that bunches up (I guess) and hits the hub. An absence of thrust washer between the hub and the CV might be the cause...
• Re: Wheel/hubcaps "look" options
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:34:15 -0800
  I had the original hubcaps on my van for a while...The kinda fake spoke wheel looking things. I thought they looked fine until...
• Re: Wanted! Hubcaps or wheels!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Warner
  Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:13:21 GMT
  ...Wanted! Hubcaps or wheels!!! > > >Anyways, because I'm a cheap individual, and I don't see paying almost > >$70.00 a shot for these...
• Re: (Resolved) Tips for removing drums??
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Sun, 6 Jul 2008 11:45:38 -0500
  ...The main problem turned out to be the center hub were it was really stuck on. Tried cutting in again and again and spraying...
• vw shower curtains..
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 01:03:47 -0600
  nice vw shower curtains, and hubcaps too.. http://www.devorahsperber.com/vw_html_pages/ Mike
• Re: torquing axle nuts
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:50:35 -0400
  File a match mark on the hub and nut and retighten till they match.
• Re: how much of a performance hit with 215/75/15 tires?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:07:12 -0700
  ...The brakes act on the hubs and apply a torque to the hub depending upon how hard you push on the pedal. The drive...
• Re: Why VWs & T/A. (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 09:01:58 MST
  ...Hmmmmm barndoor! hubba hubba! > > Thom Amen! This _STUPID_ thread is the reason I dropped VinatgeVW! Arguing here isn't going to change these magazines...
• Circlip ?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 20:45:43 -0400
  ...While checking my tire pressure today I noticed a little grease on the hubcap. ( front right side ) Removed the hubcap and found the grease...