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• Re: Torque converter help
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:19:09 -0700
  ...There are three splines on which it fits. The most fragile is the center spline, as it is a shaft that goes to the...
• Re: Discovered my clutch failure reason.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 May 2021 14:16:40 -0700
  I can’t machine the splines on the arm. I’d have a go at the splines in the shaft, that’s easier. But...
• J.B. Weld - non Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Dec 1996 16:35:15 -0500
  ...I had a problem with a JD diesel tractor - the splines in the coupling for the front PTO was stripped out. It couples the...
• Re: Windshield Wiper
  Historical mailing list - Boroko
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 03:02:33 -0700
  ...Remove whatever touches anything other than the splines of the shaft. You can usually get quite a few re-new's out of this...
• Re: Windshield Wiper
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 02:42:37 -0400
  ...The arms don't have splines when they are made -- they're cut when you tighten the arm onto the shaft. The splines on...
• Re: '73 tranny trashed?-Reply
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 23:17:06 EDT
  ...Just push it back in, rotate it a bit to make the splines line up. This is a common problem, the threads that hold...
• Re: Transmission Noise ?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:35:39 -0500
  ...loose splines sound like you describe. mike
• Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft
  Historical mailing list - madsen
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 01:11:09 -0500
  ...If the > splines and ring groove are in good order, you can just grab hold of the CV > a pull it right off. When...
• Re: Wiper Arm Knurling - How does it work?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:36:45 -0400
  ...the pot metal from the splines of the shaft and >then tighten the arm back on so the splines could bite fresh. > >I once...
• Re: coil over springs for busses with sagging rear ends?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:55:45 -0500
  can't you adjust the splines on the rear torsion bars. It looks easy in the manual, but coil springs may be easier
• Re: Vanagon Wiper Arms
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 18:10:52 -0800
  ...NO GO! The Audi used a much larger splined shaft and more splines. Hmmmm. No wonder the Vanagon ones give trouble. The high end...
• Re: Wiper Adjustments?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:43:23 -0500
  ...The shaft has some splines which are supposed to dig into the soft metal of the arm. Since it's been slipping, those splines...
• Re: Need help, I can't get transmission back into vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 09:17:00 -0800
  Correction: Splines on the pilot shaft. Spleen in my gut which almost ruptured. Sorry for the mis-spelling Ron Is it friday yet?
• Re: Syncro-Tech. front axle Question
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Oct 1996 19:38:30
  ...front axle Question > > >> When installing the outer front CV joint into the wheel >> hub Bentley wants the splines to be lock compounded to the...
• Re: windshield wiper repair
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:38:09 -0400
  ...Were you certain that the splines were shiny-clean? The old splines from the arm shear off and stay in the grooves between the...
• Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:50:04 -0800
  ...FWIW, I did jockey the crank back/forth to help make >> sure splines lined up. > > Well..... I don't want to be the bearer...
• Re: Type 2 Rear Axle nut coming loose?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 07:13:18 EDT
  ...After a while you have worn hub splines. Your friend should be replacing his bearings, not just tightening the nut as this may help...
• Re: Transmission -- hard to get in first
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 08:30:20 -0500
  ...You say that even one notch on the splines may be too much . . . how can you turn it half a notch? Should I try...
• windshield wipter worries
  Historical mailing list - Tony
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:32:49 -0700
  ...wiper blade and it slid down -- i am concerned that the splines on the drive are either chewed up/getting chewed up -- hate to...
• Re: Wiper Shaft Stripped
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:36:16 -0400
  I took a razor blade and cleaned out the splines of the shaft. As you guys had suggested, it was just filled with soft...
• 87 Westy Wiper Mechanism Question
  Historical mailing list - Mark G
  Sat, 4 May 2002 02:06:51 -0400
  ...Anyway, I found a new OEM wiper mechanism in the glovebox, and sure enough, the driver-side wiper is stripped. (The splines are stripped...
• Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:46:57 -0800
  ...Did that >> >> >>> >>> I have seen where after a lot of horsing around and not getting the >>> splines >>> to engage ....the splines of the clutch...
• Re: Rear Wiper Motor Not Wiping
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:17:11 -0700
  ...If it is, then just clean the splines and retighten the arm. -- BenT
• Re: Question on CV joints
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Thu, 1 Aug 1996 23:35:05 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The grease is coming from the transmission out of the splines like you guessed. You are missing a rubber seal over the splines areas...
• Re: front diff input shaft
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 11:21:24 EST
  ...Is this looseness normal? >> Checked for wallowed splines.
• Syncro-Tech. front axle Question
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sun, 13 Oct 1996 23:05:25 -0400 (EDT)
  ...When installing the outer front CV joint into the wheel hub Bentley wants the splines to be lock compounded to the hub! Bentley manual...
• Re: Wiper Arm Knurling - How does it work?
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:55:51 -0400
  ...the pot metal from the splines of the shaft and > then tighten the arm back on so the splines could bite fresh. > > I once...
• Syncro front axle spline damage problem
  Historical mailing list - V H Wolfgang Carolsfeld
  Tue, 24 Nov 1998 14:31:55 -0800
  ...Outer CVs were ok, one inner was replaced with a new rear type CV and severe damage of the splines on the outer end...
• Re: Fixed What w/What?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 11:56:46 -0500
  Not mine, but here's a rather inventive field fix for stripped rear axle splines on a VW dune buggy: http://www.meyersmanx.com...
• Re: My new 5-min webpage
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Tue, 25 May 1999 14:14:38 -0700
  ...Clean the splines and remove all rust, crud and what-have-you, then place a SMALL amount of grease on the splines of the...
• Wiper fixed - Thanks!
  Historical mailing list - Gregory S. Morrison
  Tue, 3 Mar 2009 13:23:17 -0800
  ...Great information! Over my lunch hour I cleaned the splines and reset the wiper arm. I didn't want to force test it, but...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 2 Jun 2015 10:45:13 -0700
  ...the > splines. > > So you have, nominally, 2.7 mm of room before the hub bottoms out on the end > of the splines on the...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 09:16:05 -0700
  ...That 2.7 mm of (wiggle) room before the hub bottoms out on the end of the splines looks good enough. What do I...
• Re: Quick freeze, wipers on...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:22:08 -0500
  ...Clean all of the soft metal out of the splines of the wiper shafts which will surely be there. Getting the old stuff off...
• Re: Vanagon Wiper Arms
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 15:04:11 -0600
  ...the stripped metal from the > splines > on the shaft and properly tightening the connection to make deep new > > splines in the socket, it will...
• tilt steering column???
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:20:45 EDT
  ...The splines look the same but haven't started measuring yet. Any tips will be appreciated. Why? Because it's there. And it's...
• Re: Vanagon Wiper Arms
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 10:18:08 -0500
  ...If you're not *thoroughly* cleaning out the stripped metal from the splines on the shaft and properly tightening the connection to make deep...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 11:02:49 -0600
  ...the splines. >> So you have, nominally, 2.7 mm of room before the hub bottoms out on the end of the splines on the...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 15:58:23 -0400
  ...Even so, I think that the splines getting beaten up on axle and hub will be the major issue, not longitudinal wear. Ideally those...
• Re: Loose wiper arm
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Tue, 3 Mar 2009 21:14:11 +0000
  There is an article at vanagonauts.com (i think) that details the nitty gritty of cleaning the splines of the sacrificial metal from the...
• Re: Quick freeze, wipers on...
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:47:18 -0500
  if you are lucky the wiper arms were loose and they just slipped on the splines of the wiper shafts. Remove the wiper arms...
• Axle Shaft bolt tool
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Sat, 31 Oct 1998 08:48:24 -0700
  Good morning everyone, Clutch replacement on hold until I can find the correct torx-style-but-more-splines tool to remove the axle shaft...
• Re: Wiper Madness.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:44:48 -0400
  Jim, The wiper arms have soft metal where they fit over the drive splines. You have to pull the rubber plugs ... remove the little...
• Re: 85gl rear drums
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:01:57 -0500
  ...Sometimes these are not properly torque and the looseness will cause the splines and sides of the flange hub to wear and make things...
• Flywheel Sensor - Removal procedure
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
  Sat, 13 Jun 2015 21:54:08 -0400
  ...This is a pressed in with splines. Is there a procedure for safe removal? And does anyone know the specs on depth or replacement...
• Re: Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 5 Jan 2016 12:54:32 -1000
  re getting the splines to start engaging.. I always put the trans in gear, and put the parking brake on. that way, while rotating...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 2 Jun 2015 11:25:19 -0700
  ...the >> splines. >> >> So you have, nominally, 2.7 mm of room before the hub bottoms out on the end >> of the splines on the...
• Re: Wiper Arm Knurling - How does it work?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:29:30 -0700
  ...the pot metal from the splines of the shaft and >> then tighten the arm back on so the splines could bite fresh. >> >> I once...
• Re: Type 2 Rear Axle nut coming loose?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 20 Oct 2001 00:26:00 -0700
  On my old Squareback, the splines went completely away while I was off in the boonies of western Arizona. Thought sure I had blown...
• Re: Replacement Wiper Arms?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:33:12 -0500
  ...Clean the shaft splines out with a pin, thoroughly. Put the arm on in correct position, tighten the nut through firm resistance until it...
• Re: Left Passenger Wiper Failed after snow and ice build up, need some feedback on how to fix this please.
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Mon, 7 Dec 2009 21:44:36 -0800
  ...I use a dental pick type tool to clean the little slivers of metal out of the shaft splines. Once the shaft splines are...
• Re: Euro-Trans: FIX 91 Volkswagen Vanagon , Mechanical, input shaft
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 08:42:37 -0800
  Incorrectly assembled or stripped splines in the sleeve? -Dana- "Richard Meissenheimer (by way of Derek Drew )" wrote: > question I now have is this: If...
• Re: First try at a trannie only pull - questions
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:36:55 -0500
  Reinstalling the tranny is a breeze if the splines on the input shaft line up with the clutch disk. If they don't, you...
• Re: Wiper arms.
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Wed, 3 May 2000 17:03:32 -0600
  ...Cleaning the splines of the arm before replacing is the thing to do. Then medium tightening. Richard A. Jones Boulder, Colorado '81 Vanagon Mr...
• Re: Discovered my clutch failure reason.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 May 2021 15:36:30 -0700
  Oh Neil, you’re as bad as me :-) Nope, bug arm has splines in diff place. I’ll find a used one I’m...
• Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:40:45 -0600
  ...But the damn thing I have has fewer splines and won't take the new CV. Maybe I've got a shaft from a...
• Re: Sounds Like a Bad CV joint?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Feb 2014 23:25:57 -0800
  ...3 months you will not be able to put the good lobro cv joints on the Chinese axle, the splines don't match up.
• Idea to Re-use Worn Wiper Arm?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:16:28 -0800
  ...I measured the length from shoulder of wiper arm shaft (below splines) to end of splines and length of portion of wiper arm that...
• Re: Stupid Steering Wheel Question Install Replace
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Sat, 25 Jun 2011 02:04:33 +0000
  ...problem is getting the actual steering wheel to go on the > >splines of the shaft, it won't even get started but I'm...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 26 Feb 2014 to 27 Feb 2014 (#2014-124)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:28:33 -0500
  ...I measured the length from shoulder of wiper arm shaft (below > splines) to end of splines and length of portion of wiper arm that...