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Re: Anybody Want to Claim This?
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:00:47 -0700
...You must have been in Ballard.....
drilling grease fitting into vanagon front end parts
Historical mailing list - Jeff Clayman, MD
Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:14:17 -0500
Anybody ever try to drill holes in ball joints and tie rod ends to inject grease? Any details on where to drill? Jeffrey Clayman...
Re: Fuel filters
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 4 Aug 2010 09:59:36 -0500
...The pump itself is a roller ball type pump and the rotor with the balls in it runs in an eccentric in the stator...
Re: Cable for Pop Top Assist DONE. Pics.
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:00:54 -0700
...With ball swaged on, measured swage OD at shank, drilled same size hole through bolt. Counter sunk to allow ball to be flush inside...
Re: Lug Nuts for Audi 5000 Turbo Wheels
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Sun, 26 Oct 2003 04:35:03 +0000
...All Audis use ball shaped seats. So do all VW's. This is of course directly pertaining to stock OEM wheels. On the scary...
Re: Posted
Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 19:08:42 -0700
...it in my junk folder > either! Sorry I know nothing about ball joints. > Jeff > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 29, 2021, at 9...
Re: Tricks to ball joint removal without Pickel fork?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 3 Jul 2013 16:14:08 -0700
...On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Craig Cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote: > I've got to pull two upper ball joints...
Re: How to improve shifting?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 24 Apr 2005 14:42:23 -0500
...There's a ball joint under the shifter, a ball joint outside the transmission case and some U-joints in between. They can account...
Re: VANcouver get-together report.
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Wed, 6 Dec 2006 12:20:03 -0800
...In Seattle the VW dealer in Ballard sold more Westfalia campers than any other VW dealer in North America. That accounts for the high...
Rusty parts (Auto Trans and accelerator cable)
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:38:51 -0400
...It is connected with a ball joinmt type connection. Cool right? No not cool because the socket end that is ont he end of...
Re: Front shock installation
Historical mailing list - jimt
Wed, 7 Sep 2005 10:48:29 -0600
For the whole suspension it will of course be longer but I did shocks and upper ball joints in 2.5 hours with one...
FRYDAYE Why does it hurt when I pee WAS: Re: fuel tank capacity?
Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:10:37 -0500
...Got it from the toilet seat My balls feel like a pair of maracas My balls feel like a pair of maracas Oh God...
GL Fuel Starvation and splash back
Historical mailing list
Wed, 13 Nov 1996 11:49:47 +1100 (DST)
...platic ball about the size of a ping pong ball this had some how come out of its holder replaced the ball and no...
Re[2]: Syncro wheel bearing play?
Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 15:56:12 -0400
All vanagon (except for syncro fronts) wheel bearings have two sets of bearings, either ball and roller (rear), or a set of tapered roller...
Re: HF Specials
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Fri, 1 Jun 2012 10:28:50 -0400
...just takes a whole lot of air to drive it, though. �Item 47077. > > One thing that caught my attention is a ball joint/u...
Re: king and link pins (was Grendel)
Historical mailing list
2 Oct 95 24:21
...Post '67 buses were fitted with ball joints instead which allow this kind of two axis movement with just a ball and socket. Lee.
Re: mice!!...
Historical mailing list - James Cohen
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:19:54 -0400
...They're MOTH balls not MOUSE balls. ;) Also, save your money on those ultrasonic fraud devices. They don't work, and the theory behind...
1990 TD gear shifter problems
Historical mailing list - Howard Dickins
Thu, 11 Mar 2004 19:12:10 -0000
...I looks like a nylon ball & socket joint, but the ball has come out. So should I just whack it back into place? Or...
Re: Gotta sneak this in!!!
Historical mailing list - Marcus Grant
Wed, 23 Nov 1994 19:18:05 +0000 (GMT)
> > What's a SO? The old lady/man Her/Him indoors (to be said in a cockney accent) The old ball and chain -- __ Marcus...
Bra for 87 GL
Historical mailing list
Mon, 20 May 1996 14:04:05 -0600
...too expensive either) source for buying a "bra" for my 87 GL? Any suggestions are appreciated, Vic Welker 87 GL Ball Aerospace Boulder, CO
New Syncro site
Historical mailing list - Nigel Ballard
Wed, 19 Aug 1998 21:39:30 +0100
http://www.mtnds.com/nb/Westie.htm Come visit my Syncro page! Cheers Nigel Nigel Ballard The Paperless Office Consultancy Email: nigel@joejava.com...
Re: Mouse Proofing
Historical mailing list - Terry K.
Sat, 13 Apr 2002 12:19:38 -0500
A couple of pie tin's full of moth balls work's wonder's for mouse proofing--they hate the stuff. ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- "Zoom, Zoom...
shifter parts
Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
Thu, 5 Feb 2004 18:16:18 -0600
Hi George, You can get all of those shifter components, plastic ball and all, at Volks Cafe and at a reasonable price. Warren 88...
Re: Trip Report & followup on Bad Gas Mileage
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:57:08 -0700
...Look on the underside and you should see a nut or bolt just aft of the socket where the ball sits. It is meant...
Re: Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:11:24 -0400
...Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how? There is absolutely no reason to disconnect the upper ball joint to...
Re: CV article now available - I'm confused (long)
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:35:36 -0800
...Pretend your left hand is an outer ball hub, and your right hand is an inner ball hub. Assume we're talking about the...
Re: Thread pitch on vanagon lug bolts???
Historical mailing list - BenT
Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:38:11 -0800
...I have found 14 mm > ball seat lugs and bolts ,but the thread pitch is 1.5mm. I don't know if > this is...
Re: My van was aligned ...
Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:34:29 -0700
...When I arrived to pick my Westy up, John said he noticed that I had recently replaced the upper ball joints and tie rod...
Re: CV joints
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:07:30 -0600
...BTW, these balls ARE NOT interchangeable between bearing races. In fact, each ball should go back into the groove from which it came, because...
Re: upper ball joint replacement
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Thu, 3 Dec 2009 05:04:55 -0600
...06 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > did one upper ball joint today. I was all set to have a nice time, > and...
Re: aerodynamics (Seriously...)
Historical mailing list
Mon, 29 Apr 96 22:34 CDT
>If hit the same, a smooth >golf ball will not travel as far as a dimpled golf ball. >tape a grid of yarn tufts...
Re: Vanagon-esque vehicles...
Historical mailing list - Phil S.
Wed, 25 Jun 2003 22:50:38 -0700
...we can dream cant we? Phil 84' Westy Ticco'ed --- James Ballen <ballenjames@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > speaking of these, and the mercedes someone > mentioned...
Re: Ball joints, upper / lower photo procedure--related bushings/rubber?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:05:14 -0600
...48 AM, wognacious wrote: > I'm gearing up to do the ball joint thing and am wondering what > else I should replace since I...
Accelerator Cable - revisited
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:01:28 -0400
Ok, so my options appear to be fix the ball stud with a part off a different VW model or replace the lever with...
Re: "Well, there's your problem."
Historical mailing list - bueses
Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:03:33 -0600
...I inspected the 18'' drain hose and found no problem, and the > garden hose type ball valve I had screwed into the drain fitting...
Re: upper control arm
Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
Thu, 9 Mar 2000 11:39:20 -0800
...I just received all the goodies from Bus Depot necessary to replace all the front end bushings, ball joints, etc. My plan is to...
Re: Front end overhaul
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sun, 10 Jan 2016 10:49:01 -0800
...Upper ball joint R&R is easy to do. > Would suggest using a shop that will press the new > lower ball joints in. -- Neil...
Re: Looking for a ballast resistor (86+ Vanagon)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 24 Aug 2003 08:20:38 -0400
...Looking for a ballast resistor (86+ Vanagon) Its the wire-wrapped ceramic tube that lives behind the driver's side headlight and gives a...
VWSA trailer hitch for sale or trade for Dennis Haynes style reciever hitch..
Historical mailing list
Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:50:46 EST
...comes w/ ball and everything..replaces your bumper brackets..uses your bumper bracket 19mm bolts to mount, and a 3rd bolt up further in...
Re: bumps = knock, knock
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:32:33 -0800
...My shocks are new, as are the upper ball > joints. Lower ball joints are intact. Everything else is most likely > original (160K). What are...
WTB: Fuel filler tube from 1988-1991 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Nick Feickert
Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:40:31 -0400
Hello, I'm looking for a fuel filler tube from a 88-91 Vanagon with the float ball end. Anyone have one for a...
Parts for presents - Sweet!!!!!!
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:28:14 -0400
...Upper and Lower Ball joints and a new fuel tank!!!! Awesome! -- Thanks, Jeff '85 GL (Gertie) '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
Re: lower ball jpoint install
Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:30:17 -0500
Requires a hydraulic press. Don't forget the large circlip. A machine shop will do this for very little, usually while u wait. Alan...
What? Not Air Conditioning?!?
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Mon, 27 Mar 2000 23:48:57 -0500
Hi all, Can you retrofit A/C to an '87 Westy that doesn't have it? If so, what's a ballpark figure for...
Re: [F] Flying pigs
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Fri, 12 Oct 2001 14:17:16 -0600
...Oh darn, I thought you were talking about the world famous FLYING PIG at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, now showing. http://www.aibf.org...
syncro part needed ASAP
Historical mailing list - No Name Available
Tue, 10 Feb 2004 23:08:37 EST
Hello, I am looking for a lower right side control arm and ball joint for 90-91 syncro. anyone w/ a used part? please...
As Seen in N. Seattle
Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:02:24 -0700
I couldn't pass up taking pictures of this, in a muffler shop parking lot in Ballard (that's in NW Seattle) http://share...
What grease for tie rods?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 4 Jun 2007 20:31:09 -0500
I just ordered a new set of tie rods/ball joints (the stuff inside the boot) for my westy. What type of grease should...
Re: Any tricks to removing sliding door rail cover?
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Fri, 12 Sep 2003 05:56:45 EDT
...If they are not rolling smoothly then it's because the balls have either failed or lost lubrication. If the balls are still good...
Re: How to improve shifting?
Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
Sun, 24 Apr 2005 13:23:09 -0700
...There's a ball joint under the shifter, a ball joint > > outside the transmission case and some U-joints in between. They can > > account...
Re: Clear picture of 5sp lockout pin. 5 sp manual transmission?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:34:34 -0700
...I figured out how that install it, but the retainer/ball is gone. Anybody know what that ball is, size? I tried all I...
Re: fancy front wheel bearing nut with clamp
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:27:11 -0400
...I wouldn't think a self-locking nut of that size would be a good candidate. *having the balls or rollers indent the races...
Re: Syncro Ball Joint/Squeaks
Historical mailing list
Wed, 10 May 1995 12:53:12 -0300
>I had a ball joint replaced on my syncro. It made a klunking sound. > >It cost about $2,000 to replace plus another $2...
Re:Save your balls from busted rubbers (?'s)
Historical mailing list
Sat, 23 Nov 1996 10:29:31 -0600
...any of you tried putting grease fittings on the all the ball joints and the tie rod joints? Can it be done with them...
Re: clutch cylinder - help
Historical mailing list
Tue, 1 Apr 1997 19:44:14 +0000
...All > there is now is a steel rod pushing on the ball on the clutch lever. I Steel rod should have a socket assembly...
Syncro front wheel bearings
Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
Thu, 26 Mar 1998 11:14:07 -0500
...If you remember the sound that the soccer ball space ship made from the Star Treck movie about time travel and whales thats very...
Re: trailer hitch for sale...
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Wed, 30 Aug 2000 12:51:54 -0400
...Its the > european 50mm gooseneck ball which translates to a 2" > US ball (I think) It's been up in the attic for a...
Re: Ball Joints
Historical mailing list - wb6otg
Mon, 23 Dec 2002 13:56:00 -0500
...I'd replace the upper and lower ball joints, the tie rod ends, the steering rack boots (lube the rack as much as possible...
Re: LVC I'm driving a Porsche 911 from Toronto to Phoenix starting tomorrow
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Tue, 2 Oct 2007 07:51:58 -0800
...that big gathering of Hot Air Balloons: http://www.balloonfiesta.com/indexb.html I'm in luck, too: I'm starting on a 3...
Re: Tranny end shift lever issue and fix
Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
Thu, 18 May 2017 23:38:42 -0700
...So yesterday i decided to track it down, starting at the rear and the ball and cup lever from the transmission. You know how...