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• Re: Hub Caps for 1980 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:06:13 -0400
  ...Where would be the best >place to look for hub caps for my 1980 Westy and, can I still get >originals? What I mean...
• Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Larry Petty
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 13:25:58 -0500
  ...First trip I took (25 miles) I lose the 2 new hubcaps. Old hubcaps still in place. Hubcap city says they'll sell me...
• Re: hubcap hubris
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:07:39 -0800
  I had a 1990 Vanagon (L) which came to me from the original owner with the steel hubcaps. PO insists that how they got...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 12:48:55 EDT
  In a message dated 8/10/99 7:57:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, vw4x4@FYI.NET writes: << These hub caps will fit the...
• Re: Cracked Slider Hub Pictures
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:28:38 -0600
  ...I am enlightened!! John Rodgers 88 GL Driver with 3/4 slider hub (not cracked - but subject thereto) Jeffrey Schwaia wrote: >Most if not...
• Re: How to remove HUb cap (inner)? - Springloaded?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:21:58 -0400
  ...Mike Jens Jakob Andersen wrote: > Hi > > How do I remove the hubcapon the driverside (the one protecting the > hub nut on the steering knukle...
• Re: Vanagon hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:10:52 -0400
  I have hubcaps in Atlanta I will give away. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia Jun 18, 2014 o godz. 12:16 Ron & Marianne...
• Re: Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:18:35 -0600
  ...I would like to get some OEM types. > Aren't those later hubcaps? Tom 84 westy w/ plastic mag spoke type og hubcaps(in...
• Re: Frustrating hubcaps!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 12:10:43 -0700
  ...Frustrating hubcaps! > OK, looks like this is hubcap fffrenzy fffriday, so I'll jump in: > > I hate my hub caps. All three of them...
• Re: axle connected to hub bone?
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 12:20:20 -0400
  The stub axle should not have come out of the hub unless you already removed the retaining nut. Did you do that / mean that...
• Re: hubcaps (wheel covers)
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Wed, 21 May 1997 16:12:12 -0500
  ...A > nice option considering the dealer asks like 65$ each for the original > hubcaps. > I was driving up thru MI a few years back...
• Re: remove rear hub to replace brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:57:34 -0500
  ...The hubs have a notch which allows > removal of the adjuster mechanisms but, of course, you have to turn the > hubs until the notches...
• Re: broken 3/4 hub
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 07:29:30 -0800
  When, if ever, were the radiused keyway hubs installed in the Vanagon? Thank you. -Dana- Darrell Boehler wrote: > > Hi Volks, > I have a picture...
• Cracked Slider Hub Pictures
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:18:19 -0800
  Most if not all of us on the list have heard of the cracked 3/4th gear slider hub, but how many have actually...
• Re: Who needs hub caps?
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 20:21:17 -0600
  If you have the old style chrome hub caps, they'll keep your rear axle nut from rusting badly. Same for the rear wheel...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:25:56 EST
  In a message dated 2/28/11 12:17:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET writes: > ! Those hubcaps > came originally from the...
• Re: spare tire stowage quiz...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 1 Nov 2008 13:21:55 -0500
  I've always made a point to stow it hub side up in order to keep the hub as far as possible from water...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Tue, 31 May 2005 16:29:49 -0700
  google "vanagon hubcap" to get pix...
• Re: lugs and studs for alloy LONG- Project & quasi TRIP REPORT
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 13:00:16 EDT
  << The brakes kit comes with a hub using studs instead of lugbolts and a separate brake rotor. I have been told that this arrangement...
• 2wd front hub machining
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:36:36 -0400
  ...The hub is about 63 mm and the center bore on the wheel is 57 mm plus another 2 mm at the least for...
• hubcaps (wheel covers)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 20 May 97 16:16:02 CDT
  ...822 Clinton Street Buffalo, NY 14210 http://www.hub-caps.com/VW.html (716) 856-6923 which has a bunch of different vw hubcaps...
• Re: How to remove HUb cap (inner)? - Springloaded?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:33:50 -0400
  >How do I remove the hubcapon the driverside (the one protecting the >hub nut on the steering knukle /spindle) > It just pulls off. You...
• 90 Vanagon Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Michael David Korsak
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 15:03:03 -0500
  Traveling to PSU this past week, I lost a hubcap. The person following me ran over it, crushing it into a thousand itty bitty...
• Re: Syncro Hub
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:14:24 -0400
  ...My shop checked the runout on both front hubs and found the drivers > hub runout to be out of spec, so we'd like...
• wheelcovers/hubcaps for sale was Re: Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 24 Sep 2005 12:08:36 EDT
  ...I would like to get some OEM types. > > i have a bunch of OEM vanagon wheelcovers/hubcaps.. i have: early chrome moonie style 83...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:38:11 EST
  ...the metal hubcaps are the same from 71-91 for the vanagon. some beetle hubcaps are too shallow. its possible they are from another...
• Re: Putting on tires: three hands
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:27:15 -0400
  I stick the wheel on so it's center opening is on the hub, then rotate it and the hub until a wheel hole...
• Re: Automatic Transmission Mystery Solved
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:14:09 -0700
  ...It seems that whoever rebuilt it at German Transaxle had an "attention lapse" and installed hub part number 087 323 373 instead of hub...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:37:10 -0500
  > I have these: > > http://www.hubcapzone.com/hubcaps/factory/vw/61508.jpg > > and want to install these: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VW...
• Hubcaps! Hubcaps! Who's got the Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 11 Jul 94 08:58:48 CDT
  just a little note on Hubcaps or Wheel Covers ... don't forget that the wheels for ALL buses and vanagons from 1971 to 1991...
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 6 Feb 2000 17:30:51 +0100
  ...My Mom's boyfriend trashed one of the stock plastic hubcaps on my > 1990 Vanagon, so I replaced them with stock chrome bug hubcaps...
• anti theft for hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:08:44 EST
  Is there any available device to lock hubcaps to a vehicle? Or is there a method? It seems to me a thin gauge cable...
• Re: Eccentric hub?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Sun, 27 Apr 2014 10:12:30 -0700
  ...Mark the drum at the spot that rubs, then index the drum on the hub and see if the spot moves or not. Another...
• Re: Frustrating hubcaps!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 15:16:14 -0400
  >OK, looks like this is hubcap fffrenzy fffriday, so I'll jump in: > >I hate my hub caps... Me too. Mine are so hard...
• Re: Putting on tires: three hands
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:34:42 -0500
  ...works on all cars without "self aligning" wheels and hubs. Jim On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 5:22 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net...
• Vanagon hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Ron & Marianne
  Wed, 18 Jun 2014 12:16:58 -0400
  There is a guy here in Toronto selling 4 nice vanagon hub caps for $60 total. Contact him at http://www.kijiji.ca/v...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - DOUG ELLEDGE
  Tue, 10 Feb 2004 07:47:24 -0800
  I am running bug style hub caps too. But I have also run into problems with them falling off. My problems started when I...
• Re: !!!From the Underground - Genuine Hella Hubcaps for Sale!!!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 8 May 2002 12:13:25 EDT
  !!! Special Offer on Genuine HELLA Hubcaps !!! 4 Chrome Hubcaps for Sale - HELLA brand from the BUS DEPOT. Invoice reads: item number- 251 601 151A4...
• Re: Bug Hubcaps work for us.. Hubcaps $29 for 4
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:38:06 -0400
  > We have the original 1976 VW chrome hubcaps from our old bus on > our current Vanagon. If your have your wheels painted body color...
• Free hubcaps all gone
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 13:42:05 -0700
  Hi All: The 3 free Vanagon hubcaps are gone........... Randy Bergum
• WTB. "wire wheel" plastic hubcaps for 83 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 16:43:07 EDT
  I'm looking for one or a few of the wire wheel style factory Vanagon hubcap from 83 and 84. This hub cap also...
• click click click from drivers wheel
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:38:37 -0400
  I’ve got the old regular VW hubcaps on my ‘83 and that clicking sound from the drivers wheel is driving me nuts. I...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 07:52:22 -0400
  These hub caps will fit the wheels, BUT will not fit over the center axle......it sticks out too far (I think in the...
• Re: Golf hubcaps on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Oct 2000 11:15:59 EDT
  ...As I recall both on the front and the rear the hubs were a problem, but definately on the front. And the hub on...
• Re: anti theft for hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Thu, 30 Oct 2003 04:30:14 -0800
  ...anti theft for hubcaps? Is there any available device to lock hubcaps to a vehicle? Or is there a method? It seems to me...
• Re: Who needs hub caps?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 16:14:32 -0700
  ...Roxy looks a lot meaner without those goofy hubcaps on there. Big black wheels mean business. Anyone know where I can get chrome wheel...
• Re: Putting on tires: three hands
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:22:27 -0600
  This really works ~ I've been using that method for 33yrs ~ once you get the wheel up on hub you just have to turn...
• '74 Hubcap situation solved!
  Historical mailing list - Mark E. White
  Sat, 29 Jun 1996 11:40:37 -0500
  to the list, First, I would like to thank everyone who responded to my stupid question about '74 hubcaps. It is finally solved! My...
• Re: Putting on tires: three hands
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:28:59 -0700
  ...Here, when the rim is hanging from the hub, all the holes in the rim sit below their corresponding holes in the wheel. -- Jack...
• Re: Brake Drum Removal, Alldata web site
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 19 Jan 97 12:47:35 EST
  > > >Besides, that way you don't need a giant socket, a hub > > puller and a breaker bar capable of 360 ft-lbs. > > Sorry. Yes...
• Re: '84 Hub cap problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Thu, 8 Jul 2010 07:44:22 -0700
  Rob wrote: >> I have an '84 Westy and have those metal chrome VW hub caps, >> the type that you smack on the four raised...
• Re: Syncro fourth gear Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jwilli941
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 03:24:27 EST
  Raul, Just a long distance guess here but I'd bet that the clutch hub for 3rd and 4th cracked and shifted. VW had...
• Re: Gas price war ~ way off topic (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Brian Tipsword
  Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:12:23 -0700
  ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbert_curve http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbert_peak Brian
• Re: Rear hub tightness
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 18:40:15 -0500
  ...Go find a new hub. The hub should slide onto the spines with almost no play back-forth and absolutely no wobble. The surface...
• 30mm vs. 40mm Hub on Diesel Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 13:21:27 -0500
  ...Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the 30mm and 40mm hub on the water pump for the 1.6L NA diesel...
• Re: How to remove HUb cap (inner)? - Springloaded?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:55:46 -0700
  ...Hi How do I remove the hubcapon the driverside (the one protecting the hub nut on the steering knukle /spindle) IT feels like it...
• Re: Who needs hub caps?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 18:44:29 -0500
  I also have mine off, and yes the wheels look better without the hubs caps, question I wanted to clean mine up a bit...
• Re: Hubcaps, Wheel covers
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:17:22 EST
  ...most 80-81 - chrome moonie hubcaps or - full aluminum spoked wheelcover, either painted white or left aluminum finish, with the fake lug caps and...
• Re: spare tire stowage quiz...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 1 Nov 2008 18:41:43 +0000
  The last tire I could get in there (215/65-16) I stowed with the hub down. For 2 reasons: 1/ same as Dave...
• Re: hubcaps (wheel covers)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Thu, 22 May 1997 06:56:33 -0700
  Watch out for those bug hubcaps on a Vanagon. They are cheap and look good, but on the left front, where the speedo cable...