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• Re: Oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Tue, 2 Aug 2022 19:45:32 -0400
  ...Once it's >>> > out, >>> > > I think any old seal puller will do. Driving it back in can be a >>> > challenge, >>> > > don't recall what...
• Re: moon caps, and who knows?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:27:10 -0800
  ...though :) >>>>> >>>>> all vanagons even came with that U shaped chrome moonie puller in the >>>>> jack >>>>> kit.� weather they came with chrome moonies or not...
• Re: CV joints - PS
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:02:55 -0800
  ...a corner off to squeeze it into the joints. > My pitman puller worked GREAT to pull the joint off the shaft, I had > to...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 21:18:25 -0500
  ...I didn't want to lay into it with the force of an inertia puller, so I held a nut between the far side...
• Re: Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 1 May 2010 15:49:20 -0700
  ...the new larger insdie bearing into the disc? I have > > a > > puller that worked quite well but how does one push the new bearings...
• Ac/Dc van Electric
  Historical mailing list - Justin Pentecost
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 20:42:56 +0100
  ...I am a focus puller not a lorry driver so I have got a wonderfull guy called Ru to take it out for me...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:35:42 -0800
  ...a corner off to squeeze it into the joints. >> My pitman puller worked GREAT to pull the joint off the shaft, I had >> to...
• Re: Not Downshifting + bearing replacement info
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Warner
  Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:59:30 GMT
  ...A couple notes to add: - You can easily pull the hub assembly off the axle shaft with a large puller. There's no need...
• Re: [Syncro] Re:87 syncro
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 08:33:24 -0700
  ...I rented a "hub puller" at my local FLAPS (Kragen) for $6 something. It was real easy with this tool to get the spindle...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:09:20 -0600
  ...a corner off to squeeze it into the joints. >>>My pitman puller worked GREAT to pull the joint off the shaft, I had >>>to...
• Re: Brakes not letting go all the way in the rear? Clunk after stopping...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 7 May 2008 12:09:27 -0700
  ...Had to finally get out a slide hammer puller. I've had to resort to a torch a few times even. If the brakes...
• Re: Pilot Bearing
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Sat, 12 Apr 1997 21:03:38 -0400
  ...I then slipped a socket over the bolt, put a washer and nut on it, and used it as a puller. My pilot bearing...
• Re: rebuilt 2.1 runs like crap - can't figure it out
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:48:12 -0700
  ...but if all else fails get somebody >with a dist drive puller and put it in proper to be sure its not the >problem...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:31:51 -0600
  ...a corner off to squeeze it into the joints. >> My pitman puller worked GREAT to pull the joint off the shaft, I had >> to...
• Re: Pulling the tranny yourself
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 03:41:48 -0800
  Hi Chris, A couple other tips for newbie transmission pullers- having pulled 2 out this week (my first-ever vanagon tranny pull, 2x!), putting...
• Re: exaust removal
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 3 Jul 2007 10:27:27 -0700
  ...the studs (very likely) we will need to use a stud puller to remove >>> them, which will require the entire exaust of that side...
• Re: Clutch Cross-shaft Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 11:26:39 -0700
  ...The shaft has to be partway out to do this. >> >> Small Pittman arm puller with 22mm open end wrench as backing slipped >> over exposed...
• Oh no I think this is the end ....
  Historical mailing list - Justin Pentecost
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 01:14:02 +0000
  ...Should I sell it as is ? Justin Pentecost Justin Pentecost Focus Puller Email:-justin@krass.com Tel:- +44 (0)20 85-58-10-14...
• Re: Advice needed for Lucky-Seven . . .82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:40:03 -0500
  ...If you decide to recover, i'd go get a canvas puller (found at an art supply store, used for stretching canvas over frames...
• Re: Problem: While Removing from Disc Brake Pads the top Caliper Receiving Bolt Wont Slide In & Out of the Carrier - Siezed
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:20:30 -0400
  ...I assume they must sell a bolt puller of some kind right? I used my neighbors tools and found something that would allow me...
• Re: CV joints - PS
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:48:40 -0500
  ...a corner off to squeeze it into the joints. > My pitman puller worked GREAT to pull the joint off the shaft, I had > to...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:45:13 -0600
  ...a corner off to squeeze it into the joints. >>> My pitman puller worked GREAT to pull the joint off the shaft, I had >>> to...
• Re: No compression
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:18:52 -0800
  ...If you replace the pilot bearing then an inside puller is a Godsend. > 7. Could this be related to the van's hot start...
• Re: removing input shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 14 May 2012 11:23:53 -0700
  ...seal with the bell hsg on, you will need a seal puller to >>> pry it out and then a longish tube that will go...
• Re: Steering rack replacement question
  Historical mailing list - zaranski
  Sat, 15 Nov 2003 19:48:00 -0600
  ...4) Removed the tie-rod end nuts (both were pinned-castle nuts) and used a generic puller to push the ends up thru the...
• Re: auto vs. manual
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 10 Sep 1998 15:21:11 -0500
  ...You will need gear pullers and some pipe to move gears and bearings off and on. You need to be a bit of a...
• Re: compressing piston rings in engine
  Historical mailing list - Derek Burgess
  Mon, 9 Dec 2013 14:37:40 -0500
  ...I've seen it called a piston pin puller, the Bentley actually shows a special VW tool to use, but I have never seen...
• Re: Rings? New engine?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:14:07 -0700
  ...I just have to take the pistons off of the connecting rods with that little puller? Regards, Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: Zoran Mladen <zmaninco...
• Re: Replacing front upper body panel?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:17:36 -0800
  ...NO! This is a simple everyday job in a body shop where they pull it out with dent puller, with those pins spot welded...
• The Saga Continues...Serious problems with CV reinstall
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 2 May 1999 18:33:13 -0500
  ...Serious problems with CV reinstall -HELP! >>Is a gear puller a good tool to get the inner race removed? > > >hmmm. it might work, but...
• Re: Addition engine cooling thoughts/ Oil Cooler Issues
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 19 May 2002 14:45:34 EDT
  ...I mounted a bank of 5 12V muffin tin fans in a puller configuration on the cooler and mounted it to the body above...
• Clutch not letting me shift into reverse
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:38:06 -0400
  ...It took a puller to get it off. Removed the lever on the tranny in the van. When I removed the clip if fell...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:18:19 -0600
  ...a corner off to squeeze it into the joints. >>> My pitman puller worked GREAT to pull the joint off the shaft, I had >>> to...
• Re: Unimogs, was Re: Tristar Prices FWIW
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 19:57:58 -0800
  ...military vehicles and serious farm vehicles/tractors! Not to mention aircraft pullers, backhoes, snow blowers, etc. etc. Karl Mullendore Westy Ventures 1987 Syncro Westfalia...
• Re: update: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:45:04 -0400
  ...You can easily remove this part with a puller and now you have the 2wd version of the pulley. You can use the normal...
• Re: clutch shudder
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 13:34:34 -0700
  ...one and tap in the new one if you have the puller for it, including time to clean out the hole in the crankshaft...
• FW: 1.6L NA d- finding TDC & injection pump q
  Historical mailing list - The Southards
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 16:39:54 -0500
  ...Any other ideas? I bought a decent gear puller with anticipation of needing to swap pumps. Meanwhile, I replaced the throttle lever assemblies onto...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:58:35 -0800
  ...a corner off to squeeze it into the joints. > My pitman puller worked GREAT to pull the joint off the shaft, I had > to...
• Re: removing input shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 14 May 2012 08:18:23 -0700
  ...seal with the bell hsg on, you will need a seal puller to > pry it out and then a longish tube that will go...
• Re: starter turns except when the battery is disconnected but does not turn engine-solenoid problem?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:58:53 -0800
  ...site looks like I'll need to find a steering wheel puller to replace this >> part). In the mean time I >> disconnected the switch...
• Re: compressing piston rings in engine
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:06:00 -0600
  ...compressing piston rings in engine > >>> > >>> Derek, > >>> > >>> I have used a home-made rig like that, but with an inertia puller. > >>> > >>> Jim > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Dec...
• Re: Engine out--won't come apart. Need heads!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:46:35 -0700
  ...scott turbovans Jim Felder wrote: > I got the sleeves out after a long session with a slide puller. Grabbed them > by the ears and...
• Re: Steering rack replacement question
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 16 Nov 2003 00:03:27 -0500
  ...end nuts (both were pinned-castle >nuts) and used a >generic puller to push the ends up thru the ears (offered very little >resistance...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 21:15:53 +0000
  ...I used this with a slide puller. It was a horrible job and I have been involved with some horrible jobs. It was the...
• Re: update: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:12:31 -0700
  ...You can easily remove this part with a puller and now you have the 2wd version of the pulley. You can use the normal...
• Re: Tie Rod end removal/Control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:24:21 -0400
  ...Wedged fork thing - it destroys the boot though. >>> Pullers - sure .....but pulling on a taperd thing ..........or >>> pushing .I >>> mean ...... >>> just isn't the...
• Re: World parts Radiator Fan Solution.
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Thu, 19 Oct 2017 09:27:07 -0400
  ...reserved=0 >>> >>> >>> Flex-a-lite 118 Black 16" LoBoy Electric Fan (puller) >>> >>> https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww >>> .jegs...
• Re: Advice needed for Lucky-Seven . . .82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:10:58 -0700
  ...If you decide to recover, i'd go get a canvas > puller (found at an art supply store, used for stretching canvas over > frames...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 21:17:13 +0000
  ...I used > this with a slide puller. It was a horrible job and I have been involved > with some horrible jobs. It was the...
• '86 Syncro front shocks/rotors - Replacement Report
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Jul 1996 21:23:12 -0500
  ...I put some pressure on it with a puller and tapped around its circumference from behind (it was being trashed anyway). It came free...
• Re: Timing belt replacement and valve timing in VW gas and Diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:39:59 -0700
  ...Another "tool" that might work to pull the seal if it existed would be a very small diametre inside pulley puller, that is something...
• Re: Clutch not letting me shift into reverse
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 13:34:46 -0700
  ...I pulled the lever off the old > tranny. > It took a puller to get it off. Removed the lever on the tranny in the...
• Further adventures of Ras Bulli Split [Part the fourth].
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 7 Jul 1996 15:12:33 -0300
  ...I was also able to locate a three-finger puller of sufficient proportion as to tackle the rear brake drums [it will be arriving...
• '86 Syncro front shocks/rotors - Replacement Report
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Jul 1996 14:58:57 -0500
  ...I put some pressure on it with a puller and tapped around its circumference from behind (it was being trashed anyway). It came free...
• Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions! - 3A Comment
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:19:48 -0400
  ...In my experience with the 3A install, the engine was a tractor puller compared to the 1.8L RV engine I had previously. How...
• CV joint theory: long
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:44:53 -0700
  ...The older joint did not require a puller, as it pretty much just slid off the axle, which I thought to be odd, but...
• Re: converting an 83.5 to power steering ?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:10:14 -0500
  ...4) Removed the tie-rod end nuts (both were pinned-castle nuts) and used a generic puller to push the ends up thru the...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Dec 2015 10:45:45 -0500
  ...I > used this with a slide puller. It was a horrible job and I have been > involved with some horrible jobs. It was the...
• Rear Bearings R&R
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:06:05 -0400
  ...Seal puller Cv joint pin spreaders Supplies: Inner and outer bearings Inner and outer seals Bearing grease high temp, choose your flavor there�s...
• Re: removing input shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 14 May 2012 19:34:02 -0400
  ...seal with the bell hsg on, you will need a seal puller to > > pry it out and then a longish tube that will go...