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• Re: Mercedes Rim lug hole size
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:56:54 -0900
  ...see some of the Benz's use 14 mm wheel mounting bolts or studs......so > no problem there. > it's the ET that you...
• Re: FS: Rare 15" Fuchs forged 5 spoke alloy wheels, fit vanagon and eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:25:44 EST
  In a message dated 3/17/03 9:26:59 AM Pacific Standard Time, JordanVw writes: << they are audi wheels.. machining the center hub...
• Re: Just bought some Mercedes wheels...
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:03:21 -0400
  Yea right! Well I just hope this comes out cheaper than buying a set of new wheels. I suspect it will. On Sun, Apr...
• Re: Nokian Tires
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Tue, 27 Dec 2005 05:38:07 -0800
  ...dylan --- Mark C <obeechi@RUNBOX.COM> wrote: > Hi, are you running these tires year round?? They > have studs from what I read.., you do...
• Rear wheel bearing replacement...don't do it like this..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:56:42 -0700
  ...With the rear wheel raised and spinning in the air, it was quite 'rumbly' while the other wheel was quiet. Also I've recently...
• Re: wheels
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 19:27:18 -0700
  ...vze2qww6@VERIZON.NET wrote: > > > i remember reading about putting merkur scorpio wheels on a vanagon was this > > a bolt on with no modification .... ??????? > > > > thanks...
• Re: Just bought some Mercedes wheels...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Apr 2015 22:40:03 -0400
  Wait until you buy the spacers and a set of 15" tires and then find out some of those used wheels are no longer...
• Re: Cleaning/Checking Cylinder Head Question Follow Up
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Wed, 5 Feb 2014 19:32:12 -0800
  ...thin grinding wheel to carefully grind off one area of the nuts so that they can be broken off the studs without stud damage...
• Re: Nokian Tires
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:54:24 -0500
  ...Nokian Tires > They have no problem running in snow and ice without studs. If you're running on ice and snow all the time...
• Re: Unusual vibration while accelerating
  Historical mailing list - Zach Hale
  Thu, 7 Oct 2010 18:42:57 -0700
  ...lower engine mounting studs ......I've seen one of those broken , though > rarely. > 5. � CV joints ....easily can cause vibes if they're �very...
• Re: 15" Wheel Question
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 19 Apr 2003 01:01:55 -0400
  ...tire so > the engine will rev higher. > I drive a two wheel drive Westfalia so the load carring capacity is > important. I drive in...
• Re: Led Dash Light Source, was Supplier praise
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 12 Mar 2014 07:47:52 -0500
  ...guy but they had what I need and wanted. >>> I needed > wheels studs and they were perfect. Priced very nicely and super fast > shipping...
• Re: Jaguar vs. Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 3 Feb 2012 06:43:06 -0500
  ...pressed in studs instead of lug bolts. This will also allow the flange to be placed for proper disk alignment or wheel spacing. I...
• Re: Spare tire location
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 3 Apr 2021 10:32:30 -0700
  ...the steel. > >>> > >>> My new alloy wheels came with new nuts and I converted the fronts from > >>> bolts to studs that take the nuts (came...
• VW parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Roger Lippman
  Mon, 5 Feb 1996 21:08:09 GMT
  ...tapping replacement head studs 7", used 4 Self-tapping replacement head studs 8", used 2 Self-tapping replacement head studs 9", used 1 Short...
• Re: Pulsating Brake Pedal (Need Solution)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:12:00 -0700
  ...Hub (part with the wheel studs) is bent > 3. Something wrong with wheel bearings > 4. Something wrong with proportioning valve to rear wheel > 5...
• Re: head studs & cv boots
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:36:33 -0600
  ...Those near the tranny >are great, but one of the boots near the wheel is split. Now I have never pulled one of those...
• Re: exhaust gaskets leaking
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 18:03:22 -0800
  ...The studs and nuts notoriously are badly corroded, rusted, and stuck. Getting the nuts off without breaking a stud off is 'the hard part...
• Re: Is there a "best way" to loosen up passenger seat 's "rotation"?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 08:50:34 -0800
  ...If it is still too > tight you might want to try some washers on the bolts / studs between > the swivel and the wheel well...
• DV Exhaust Bracket/Hanger fabrication question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:57:36 -0700
  ...The studs face toward the muffler. (more or less as per what I saw in ETKA and Bentley) Would this hanger provide more stability...
• was Pulsating Brake Pedal (Need Solution)-now torque stick vs. torque wrench
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:18:15 EDT
  ...One of my nicest experiences at the local VW dealer was watching his young Vgon "specialist" torque up the wheel nuts by hand, in...
• Re: WANTED: winter tires
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:16:59 -0500
  ...on many different tires with & w/o studs in the last 25yrs here. While a rear wheel drive can get by with snow tires...
• Re: WTB 15" South Africa rims
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:25:40 -0600
  ...Are you suggesting that I get these STEEL wheels machined out in the center? I realize one can machine steel, and since they are...
• Re: Where to put the fish tires?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:37:24 -0800
  ...When we moved to Montana, it got Cooper Snow tires with studs. Couldn't be stopped. Best idea, move someplace where you don't...
• VW Parts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Roger Lippman
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 01:13:21 GMT
  ...tapping replacement head studs 7", used 4 Self-tapping replacement head studs 8", used 2 Self-tapping replacement head studs 9", used 1 Short...
• Re: Fender Flares - custom made
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:31:23 -0500
  ...In order to mount the rear sections of my front wheel arches, I had to relocate the screw studs further to the rear of...
• Wheel Weight
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Thu, 2 Apr 2015 13:44:57 -0400
  ...that mounts directly with just slightly longer studs? I don't do all that much "wheelin" in FL and it's not like Moab...
• VW parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Roger Lippman
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 21:47:59 GMT
  ...tapping replacement head studs 7", used 4 Self-tapping replacement head studs 8", used 2 Self-tapping replacement head studs 9", used 1 Short...
• Re: Wheel tightening technique
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 7 Jan 2013 23:59:06 -0800
  ...Wheel tightening technique > > It's amazing how much chatter lugnuts can stir up. > ;-) > > So I have another question, regarding proper wheel tightening technique. I...
• Re: Jaguar vs. Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 13:54:47 -0800
  ...rotors which do not utilize press-in studs. The pressure of lug bolts holds the wheel and rotors in place. Perhaps the hub material...
• Re: Autosock
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 9 Jan 2013 10:51:50 -0800
  ...Chains slow you down as well as provide traction! I had studs on all four wheels on the '84 and they worked great, but...
• My on going log for this 78 x 90.5 engine (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 12:39:06 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Install head studs, locktight and set them as deep as they'll go. Check for studs breaking through the inside with fingers, not a...
• Building that engine, but got sidetracked with the car (part2)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 22:47:42 -0700
  ...Torch studs so the nuts will come off, (am I changing the heat-treatment?) nuts that were hopelessly locked (bench vise and vise grips...
• Re: Pulsating Brake Pedal (Need Solution)
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:00:16 -0700
  ...Hub (part with the wheel studs) is bent � 3. Something wrong with wheel bearings � 4. Something wrong with proportioning valve to rear wheel � 5...
• Re: Quick question: Removing the passenger expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:49:24 -0400
  ...top of the wheel well. This, along with the tab that goes over the stud, holds the thing up. Two studs would have been...
• Re: Brake Help Please!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 28 Feb 1999 15:05:56 -0500
  ...are located on the outside, right next to the lug nut studs that are sticking out. There are 2. They bolt the center of...
• Forget the Drums, How do you get the Lug nuts OFF!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Dec 96 10:34:33 -0800
  ...However, I naively assumed it would be easy to get the wheels off--I could not remove even one of the lug nuts. I...
• idiot DC drivers (was RE: sucks in snow!
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 2 Dec 2005 21:31:34 -0500
  ...The result is people spinning wheels, and :::crashing all over the place. While I'm a native of DC, all the rest of :::my...
• Re: fitting 205/70R14 on 14 X 5.5 wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Thu, 14 Sep 2017 19:35:55 -0400
  ...fitting 205/70R14 on 14 X 5.5 wheels? will a tire - 205/70R14 fit on my skinny 14 x 5.5 inch wheel...
• Re: CV joint hard times
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:33:27 -0700
  ...to use them as studs. Actually only needed one, in the 'cave.' Insert the stud just barely, rotate the wheel till its is at...
• Re: Just bought some Mercedes wheels...
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 19 Apr 2015 18:25:13 -0500
  ...T3 fixed me up with the right length studs for the front rotors(although they might've been a bit long in relaity, I...
• Re: in vehicle head repair
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 10:49:47 -0800
  ...Be sure to put the rear wheels up on ramps or some such. The extra room will let you be more careful and certain...
• Re: Big Brakes (install)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:04:48 -0700
  ...It's held in place simply by being on the studs and being clamped in between the wheel hub and the wheel. But it...
• Re: your opinion - brake drums
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 17:44:02 -0700
  ...But be careful not to get any of it on the wheel studs. Makes future maintenance much easier. Harald '90 westy Jim wrote: > Just...
• Re: tip needed for Van Cafe oversized tire carrier install
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:28:15 -0500
  ...lug bolts and nuts .. > and make sure the wheel will fit over your longer studs or whatever and > still work. > > > On 3/11/2014...
• Re: 16" wheel in front spare location?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:33:46 -0400
  ...idea of removing those rear wheel nuts just to remove the hubs and change out to longer studs.) I know having a smaller spare...
• Re: Fwd: Big Brake kit description
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Mon, 23 Oct 2000 23:19:58 -0700
  ...91 Vanagon you get the above plus new hubs with studs. New wheel > bearings and grease seals. You also get new front brake line...
• Re: Winter tires
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 24 Nov 2016 18:00:06 -0800
  ...In Oregon studs or > >> chains are often required to go over passes in winter; we carry cable > >> chains. > >> > >> I recently upgraded to 16” wheels...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:58:27 -0700
  Hey Dave, stock Vanagon fitment is nuts on studs in the rear and lug bolts in the front just like a Beetle or Split...
• Re: 2.1 L WBX Overheat -1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 19 Mar 2015 23:18:04 -0500
  ...It's just that the gerbils running the wheel have died of heat stroke! John On Mar 19, 2015 9:57 PM, "Dennis Haynes...
• Re: 15" audi wheels with tires Seattle CL $150
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:18:45 +0800
  ...the Audi you took the wheels from. If not get some 14mm 1.5 in the desired length. Studs are no brainers. They are...
• Re: Pulsating Brake Pedal (Need Solution)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:14:28 -0500
  ...Hub (part with the wheel studs) is bent > 3. Something wrong with wheel bearings > 4. Something wrong with proportioning valve to rear wheel > 5...
• Re: '84 Vanagon, -- intermittent "Clunk" coming from under middle of van
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:17:59 -0700
  ...I do see that one of the transmission studs that attaches it to the trans mounting bracket had stripped threads which I need to...
• Re: Cleaning/Checking Cylinder Head Question Follow Up
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:39:56 -0500
  ...thin grinding wheel to carefully grind off one area of the nuts so that they can be broken off the studs without stud damage...
• Audi 15x6 steel rim, FYI
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Sat, 21 Mar 1998 11:28:55 -0400
  ...These were listed/pictured in the VW/Audi dealers accessory catalog, where many steel wheels for all models were shown. Full list was $135...
• Pulsating Brake Pedal (Need Solution)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:36:28 -0700
  ...bentHub (part with the wheel studs) is bentSomething wrong with wheel bearingsSomething wrong with proportioning valve to rear wheel The axle nut is not...
• Re: Mercedes Rim lug hole size
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:36:19 -0800
  ...see some of the Benz's use 14 mm wheel mounting bolts or studs......so >> no problem there. >> it's the ET that you...
• Hansen brake kits #3
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 21:08:46 +1200
  ...The hub itself is nothing more than a steel wheel with the 5 studs in it. >easy to machine to fit under rotors. > >The...
• VW Parts and equipment for sale (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 12:23:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...241A Rear wheel bearing puller for swing axles 246 No-go plug gauge to check wear on starter shaft bushing 270A Gauge for checking...
• Re: Go Westy's 16" wheel offset ?
  Historical mailing list - Adrian Bertarelli
  Sat, 4 Feb 2006 15:55:56 -0700
  ...They are a exact bolt on with no modifications to the hub(boring the wheel, longer studs, spacers and what not). It was an...