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• Re: Diesel input shaft?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 20:56:40 EST
  Someone told me a few weeks ago that you can use a Beetle shaft instead of the diesel one (supposed to be the same...
• NEW Lobro Half Shafts with CV's for Syncro on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - leif
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 08:58:59 -0600
  I am auctioning 2 of the German Lobro Half Shafts with cv joints and boots for the Syncro. I bought these from Bus Depot...
• A/C Shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - chris snyder
  Sat, 17 Jul 2004 09:59:02 -0600
  Dear group, Does anyone know if the front shaft seal for the original A/C compressor is available? My compressor is working fine it...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: No luck getting injection pump drive shaft seal out
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:56:08 -0700
  ...No luck getting injection pump drive shaft seal out We use this tool and it takes all of 5-mins, and can even be...
• Re: '73 tranny trashed?
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 10:15:11 -0500
  Okay, well I tried putting the shaft back in, and it does reconnect in there -- and when you turn it the axles turn, etc...
• Re: What would make you disconnect your front axle on your Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:48:47 -0400
  ...Don't rely on the driveshaft shop telling you the shaft is OK or balanced. Unless they can bolt up to the flanges on...
• Re: Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 17:57:57 -0700
  ...Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft? > > >> I have often pondered this in my head, somehow I think you may be driving...
• Re: What would make you disconnect your front axle on your Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn MacDonald
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:25:00 -0400
  ...The reason the prop shaft is out is I sent it to check the balance. There was a vibration before the axle broke, and...
• Re: distributor drive shaft installation
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:26:11 -0700
  ...distributor drive shaft installation > > > > i think i installed my distributor drive shaft 180* out, because my >dist. >is > > in backwards. should i leave it...
• Final Drive Oil Seal Bushing
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 4 Jul 2005 21:18:19 -0700
  ...He said to check the pinion shaft for end play and I'll understand the necessity. Well, I drove out for my weekly Vanagon...
• Re: Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 5 Jan 2016 12:21:04 -0700
  ...I think I'm far enough > away that the input shaft has not even started into the clutch disc > splines; the fresh grease I...
• Re: Remanufactured engines & Halfshafts (AutoZone)
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 14 Apr 2002 12:43:12 EDT
  In a message dated 4/14/02 10:32:58 AM, rogers23@OPTONLINE.NET writes: << As an example, remanufactured half-shafts, (made by CCI...
• Re: Longer range gas tank?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:04:17 -0600
  ...The drive shaft passes only about 1 inch from that point of the frame. You would have one heck of a redesign job on...
• Re: input shaft question
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 21 May 2019 16:37:40 -0700
  ...The end of the input shaft is a bit corroded. Does anyone know > if this can be cleaned up by hand so the trans...
• Re: Questions on clutch kit install, 87 Wolfy
  Historical mailing list - Daivd Janzen
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 21:54:00 EDT
  I used the Luk kit from Ron and Installed transaxle input shaft seal, rear main seal and o-ring on flywheel, throw out bearing...
• Re: wipers won't stay tight
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:24:46 -0500
  ...Jim > For next time...just take the wiper arm and forcibly rotate it on the > shaft. That will wipe off the pot-metal splines...
• clearancing cam shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 1 Jun 2003 21:25:13 -0700
  ...the only problem is that there is likely an interference with the cam shaft - that bevel right in front of the bearing just forward...
• Re: how to fix floppy armrests (was Re: Looking for Grab handle packing ??
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:54:14 EDT
  ...I can't put it down into the horizontal position. > -Wes > 1.9l '84 > > metal armrest socket rusted to the shaft. seen it before...
• Re: Install Auto transmission to final drive problem
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 28 May 2006 09:12:54 -0400
  yeah, now that I think about it more, I think you are right about the other shaft(s). You may need to separate the...
• Re: CV joint rotation ?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:20:46 -0600
  ...1) left and right half-shafts are the same length on manual transmissions, 2) left and right half-shafts are different lengths on automatic...
• Re: Failing clutch master or slave?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 9 May 2021 19:49:00 -0400
  ...The noise is definitely coming from slave cylinder area where the shaft is. It sounds external though. Of course, noises travel through metals are...
• Re: Wiper Shaft Stripped
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:21:50 -0700
  ...SO examine the splined shaft and dig around with a pick, awl, pin, and see if you can't chase the metal out of...
• Re: Rebuilt cv drive shaft
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 20:34:20 -0600
  If you want bigger balls (no pun intended) with you shaft, it's the way to go. But it changes the geometry of the...
• Relay Steering Gear
  Historical mailing list - Arthur,Dave
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:50:33 -0300
  ...The relay steering gear (251 419 025) connects between the Steering shaft and rack. How subject to wear is this unit? Would it be...
• Stiff Shifter
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Doniach
  Sat, 01 Mar 1997 08:20:05 +0000
  ...It was somewhat of a hassle, but I removed the front half of the shaft that connects the gear shift with the transmission. About...
• Re: Syncro Front Drive Shafts - SOLD
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 23:43:18 -0500
  > I have a supplier who has 2 brand new Syncro front drive shafts, each > complete with both CV's, that he wants to get...
• Re: Flat Towing Vanagon Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sun, 12 May 2002 22:32:13 -0700
  ...On an automatic, the shafts are different on the two sides. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Ward" <eladdraw@EARTHLINK.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Shifter shaft seal replacement
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 23 May 2005 12:21:16 -0700
  My '82 diesel 4 speed tranny appears to have a slight leak around the shifter shaft. Is this seal replaceable with the trans in...
• Re: Manual trans replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:56:16 -0400
  ...when you put that arm back on the shaft do >>> > yourself a favor and put anti-seize on the shaft. that helps it come...
• Re: tranny swap
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 15:04:58 -0500
  ...I've tried the method of filling it with grease and using an input shaft or some other rod to "hammer" the bearing out...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:39:04 -0400
  ...Take steering wheel off move steering shaft with vise grips, no horn. Brass finger is at a 25-30 degree pitch up. I suppose...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: No luck getting injection pump drive shaft seal out
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:51:22 -0700
  ...Removing the injection pump input shaft seal with the washer method worked well. Basically got a big 5/16" washer, 8 small screws (#4...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:48:28 -0700
  ...how much side play is on your throttle shaft ? Like with engine off, how far can you move the top of the shaft left...
• Re: A couple of head repair Q's:'81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 14:42:42 EDT
  ...Anyway, in looking at one of the rocker arm shafts I've pulled, one side of the shaft (where the rocker arms ride) is...
• Question about 2.1l Cam
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 4 Aug 2009 14:13:02 -0400
  ...He wanted a new cam shaft. The only source I have is VW so I got him a brand new, in the VW box...
• Re: Alt grumbling noise, anybody guess what it is?
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Tue, 29 Oct 2002 15:09:47 -0700
  ...When you free spin the shaft, there is no side-to-side > play BUT there is forward to rear play in the shaft. Is...
• Re: Transmission leaking from drive shafts
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 6 Nov 2005 10:02:23 -0700
  ...the drive > shafts, especially the passenger side. > > Is this the situation where others have been advised to remove the > drive shafts (good time to...
• Rebushing carb throttle shafts
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Mar 1996 09:24:20 -0600 (CST)
  ...Carburetor throttle shaft rebushing kits. They list for Quadra-Jet and Holley for about $35 and then a 100 piece kit that has 10...
• Re: Power window motor rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:58:19 -0700
  ...Shaft is stuck so I pulled off the cover, >pulled off the "ball" fitting on the shaft and am now wondering what >the next...
• Re: Shift linkage part
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 20:32:06 -0700
  ...The > splined part that connects to the transmission shaft > is worn and loose and the > plastic ball got driven up the metal shaft about...
• Re: Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 5 Jan 2016 11:56:15 -0800
  ...I think I'm far enough >>> away that the input shaft has not even started into the clutch disc >>> splines; the fresh grease I...
• Re: Removing rear axel and CV on Syncro
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 25 Apr 1999 21:03:06 -0400
  ...You will have to move the vehicle slitely to rotate the shaft to get to all the bolts, (8 total). Each bolt has self...
• Re: Syncro Vibration problem
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Nov 1996 12:15:39 -0800
  ...At 60 MPH, smooths out again. >| Sometime ago I had a car with a bent drive shaft, it feels >| the same. With the car...
• Re: WAS Re: Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 2 May 2000 02:21:41 +0200
  You are totally correct, the position of the shaft was for the vacuum that needed it's place to live too. I admit, I...
• Re: Problem removing / installing automatic from final drive
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:41:04 -0700
  Paul..Its a tricky wiggling tapping turning that get all the splines in the various shafts to line up...Turn the final drive flanges...
• Re: 86 Syncro Driveshaft
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019 18:28:16 -0800
  ...Should be good for an American car! For the Vanagon the drive > shaft is connected to the transmission output shaft. With the stock 4th...
• Re: removing input shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sun, 13 May 2012 08:13:00 -0700
  ...removing input shaft seal How hard is it to remove the input shaft seal on the transmission without removing the bell housing? I realize...
• Re: replacing transmission selector shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 30 Jul 2016 11:01:26 -0400
  ...replacing transmission selector shaft seal > > > > My '87 has transmission oil leaking from where the selector shaft > > enters the transmission case. Is it fairly straight...
• Re: another odometer repair
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:25:08 -0700
  ...I had also made a stop so that it or the >>> whole shaft couldn't slide out in that direction. >>> >>> So I slid that...
• drive shaft removal - 12 pt. star tool
  Historical mailing list - Rik Santos
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:20:21 -0400
  ...star 'tool', but as i began to remove the second drive shaft (driver's side) i found that the nut heads were not the...
• Re: Floppy side mirror
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 May 2000 03:20:15 -0400
  At 02:49 5/24/2000, Jimmy Sanby wrote: >the hex shaft that the nut was on was pulling out of the plastic housing...
• Re: [Syncro] SyncroBeast going back together, HELP Please
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:10:07 -0700
  ...correctly for the drive shaft?? I seem to remember something about > correct placement in relation to the drive shaft. Carl, The subframe has no...
• Re: Dropping the tranny - advice NEEDED
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 11:53:15 -0800
  ...the tip of the input shaft is a metallic brown - I >assume from the pilot bearing. The one thing that IS strange is the...
• syncro drive-line
  Historical mailing list - Rajesh Injety
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 18:46:56 -0800
  ...i found one for sale, but it is missing the drive shaft that goes from the trani to the front diff. and, doesn't...
• Shift shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 05:31:30 -0700
  ...The shift shaft seal is really leaking on the trans now. Have to top off the trans fluid every time I do an oil...
• Re: Speed vs rpms w/ AT?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:48:05 -0800
  ...locked up as one solid piece with the input shaft spinning the output shaft at 1:1.... I don't exactly know when/how...
• Re: diesel to gas conversion ongoing...WARNING!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 3 May 2002 22:58:45 -0700
  ...I used the diesel trans and diesel input shaft, and broke out the 3/4 hub I had replaced 20K miles earlier. The depth...
• Re: 4 speed shift problems
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:30:59 -0700
  ...The dying pilot bearing grabs onto the input shaft so that shaft continues to turn at engine speed even with the clutch pedal down...
• Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 12:52:08 -0800
  ...I recall there's a bevel gear that's driven off the intermediate >> balance shaft... that may be loose somehow, allowing distributor shaft and...
• Re: Syncro Driveshaft and Vibrations ARRRGH!
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 23:25:45 -0500
  ...The drive shaft place > measured up my u-joints for size, and found a match. They are available > everywhere now that I found out...