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• Re: My balls are knocking!!
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 23:21:11 -0700
  ...did make it. > >This morning I proceded to remove the right swing axle. When removing it >I thought, "this is odd. There is no...
• Re: another edition of the dictionary ...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Jan 95 17:09:32 MST
  ...noise that strikes fear into the hearts of > bus owners everywhere. Swing-axle VWs don't have CV joints. They have boots at the...
• Re: Alarm system, was Bus story - using a gun???
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:54:02 -0800
  ...What he's already said about swing-axle vehicles made him what he is today. Stephen --- Nathaniel Poole <npoole@TELUS.NET> wrote: > I dunno...
• Re: VW bus and beetle on Yahoo's 10 deadlies car list. Any thruth? Bay vs. Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:09:16 -0800
  ...3:03 AM, Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@gmail.com>wrote: > > The rear swing axle designs of the beetle, bay > > and splittie all offered problems for...
• Re: Frydae - For VW Oldtimers
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Fri, 28 Feb 2014 23:32:43 -0600
  ...independent rear suspension, while the standard transmission models still had the swing axle rear suspension. all 1969 models had independent rear suspensions. In my...
• Clutch Judder Fixed
  Historical mailing list - Don Bolt
  Wed, 25 Dec 2002 21:52:34 -0500
  ...If you're like me I hate it when a swing axle boot splits or CVJ boot splits. Might as well replace all four...
• Re: My balls are knocking!!
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 13:08:44 -0400
  ...This morning I proceded to remove the right swing axle. When removing it I thought, "this is odd. There is no slop in the...
• Re: VW bus and beetle on Yahoo's 10 deadlies car list. Any thruth? Bay vs. Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:03:43 -0500
  ...The rear swing axle > designs of the beetle, bay and splittie all offered problems for the > inexperienced or ignorant driver, as did the Corvair...
• Re: Bus Boys
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Jul 94 11:00:15 CDT
  ...When they got to me a few weeks later, guess what I got? Rear end swing axle plate grommets! Boy, was I pissed! Needless...
• Re: VW bus and beetle on Yahoo's 10 deadlies car list. Any thruth? Bay vs. Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:28:59 -0500
  ...The rear swing axle designs of the beetle, bay and splittie all offered problems for the inexperienced or ignorant driver, as did the Corvair...
• Re: Turning Circles in your mind. ;)
  Historical mailing list - Leslie Schwartz
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:44:36 -0600
  ...It's a fun car to drive; it has a swing axle so its likely to over-steer in some conditions like an old...
• Re: Water Pump Replacement -2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 29 Sep 2015 20:44:08 -0500
  ...of stacking things on top of each other. > In an early swing-axle transalxe...for example... > to get at any part of it that...
• Would you be interested in a limited-slip diff for your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 21:56:26 -0700
  ...VW Beetle 1302/1303 , VW Beetle swing axle,VW Golf/Scirocco/Jetta/Passat - with 020 transmission, VW Golf/Corrado/Jetta/Vento/New Beetle/Audi...
• Re: Fwd: Corvair-powered Bay on Virginia CL
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:22:34 -0600
  ...It had the same swing axle setup as the Covair. Both were subject to digging in a rim IF the owner/driver ran with...
• Re: VW bus and beetle on Yahoo's 10 deadlies car list. Any thruth? Bay vs. Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:42:05 -0800
  ...The rear swing axle designs of the beetle, bay > and splittie all offered problems for the inexperienced or ignorant driver, > as did the Corvair...
• Re: CV Joints (as long as we are discussing it)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:33:53 -0700
  ...CV joint - just joking. ) back in the VW days of the swing axle ..those boots were constantly splitting and failing .. like 5 or 6...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 15 Aug 2016 19:38:17 -0700
  Never seen a split IRS CV joint boot. Swing axle used such things, but (like I said) I’ve never seen such a critter...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 16 Aug 2016 04:43:09 -0700
  "For swing-axle models.” NOT for IRS half-shafts. > On Aug 15, 2016, at 8:33 PM, Ned Savoie <ned@HARBOURLIGHT.COM> wrote: > > Hey...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 15 Aug 2016 23:49:26 -0300
  ...EONI.COM> wrote: > > Never seen a split IRS CV joint boot. Swing axle used such things, but (like I said) I’ve never seen...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 16 Aug 2016 08:49:03 -0300
  ...Those are what I have on my ’66 Westfalia which has a swing axle (torsion bar). They are not designed for IRS. > On 16...
• Re: Water Pump Replacement -2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:18:59 -1000
  ...of stacking things on top of each other. > In an early swing-axle transalxe...for example... > to get at any part of it that...
• Re: CV Joints (as long as we are discussing it)
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:05:00 -0400
  ...CV joint - just joking. ) back in the VW days of the swing axle ..those boots were constantly splitting and failing .. like 5 or 6...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Ned Savoie
  Tue, 16 Aug 2016 11:55:09 -0400
  ...are what I have on my ’66 Westfalia which has a swing axle (torsion > bar). They are not designed for IRS. > > > On 16-Aug...
• Re: MexiBugs LOOONG (was: appropriateness (was Re: finding bad syncro wheel bearing))
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Mar 1996 11:39:33 +0100
  ...believe it's known as the 40 Hp in the US, swing axle tranny, drumbrakes all round. No trim in/on the window- rubbers...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:18:28 -0400
  ...are what I have on my ’66 Westfalia which has a swing axle (torsion >> bar). They are not designed for IRS. >> >>> On 16-Aug...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 16 Aug 2016 17:11:40 -0700
  ...are what I have on my ’66 Westfalia which has a swing axle (torsion >>> bar). They are not designed for IRS. >>> >>>> On 16-Aug...
• Re: WESTFALIA ADVICE NEEDED! (Long) (Bus Summary Included)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 1 Feb 1995 12:59:10 -0800 (PST)
  ...Most people probably would not want one as a daily commuter, as they used a swing axle suspension (i.e. they tip over easily...
• 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...
• another edition of the dictionary ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 04 Jan 95 16:18:08 CST
  ...all had 'swing-axles'. also called T2 Transporters. CAMPER a model of bus that contained interior features such as a bed, stove, cabinets, and...
• Road Test 1971 VW Bus
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 10 May 95 16:06:04 CDT
  ...The dreaded rear swing axle is a thing of the past, having been superseded by double-jointed halfshafts located by trailing arms and diagonal...
• So what went wrong with Sharkey's "Todd Hill" tranny? (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Wed, 17 May 2000 14:18:15 -0700
  ...Although this is a swing axle, it was assembled inside a 1970 IRS case for reasons I can no longer remember. The late cases...