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• Re: Tricks to ball joint removal without Pickel fork?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 19:29:12 -0500
  ...Another strategy that I would try now in the same situation would be drill through the body of the joint and into the ball...
• Re: Cost of auto shifter cable
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 26 May 2010 15:24:23 -0700
  ...There is a ball pivot on the trans lever where the aft end of the throttle cable from the gas pedal connects to that...
• Re: Ball joints, upper / lower
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:53:40 -0500
  ...COM> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 3:49 PM Subject: Re: Ball joints, upper / lower > I am an """misunderstood""" person... Stop bashing my English...
• Re: Posted
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Sun, 29 Aug 2021 19:07:24 -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...
• ball joints
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 19:00:08 -0400
  ...My van is a 1990 and still has the original ball joints. Every once and awile I check them by lifting one side of...
• Vanagon Drag Coefficient?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:17:59 -0800
  ...By the way, if a sphere is .2'ish then what is a golf ball? A golf ball has a much lower Cd than...
• VW PHOTO CALENDAR VOTING - STARTS NOW
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 3 Dec 2004 06:27:09 -0700
  ...So I wiped out all of yesterdays votes and implemented a "Email Ballot Approach" If you voted yesterday ..... please follow the link in this...
• GW Trailer hitch
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Thu, 17 Oct 2019 21:46:40 +0000
  ...to fit the standard bumper.Included is a 2-inch hitch ball.Located in Southern California at Van Nuys Airport in the San Fernando...
• Re: Newest Video about removing and replacing upper ball joint
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 21 Jun 2013 00:21:54 -0400
  Thanks Ken! This job is in my near future. Would love to see as many early front end videos as you can make :) -- Thanks...
• Grand Junction Colorado
  Historical mailing list - Richard Angelini
  Fri, 11 Jul 1997 11:33:35 -0700
  ...Thanks in advance! Richard 84 Westy e-mail me at richard@bally.com
• Re: FIBERGLASS
  Historical mailing list - Carter
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 19:39:31 -0800
  ...resist...would like to see the show when the dog goes ballistic and you are trying to explain...<VBG> Kit Carter, 85 Westy central...
• Re: Lubrication of sliding door - How to?
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Wed, 16 May 2007 16:47:23 -0400
  ...Does anybody know if the plastic block upper slider on an air cooled van can be upgraded to the ball bearing slider found on...
• Re: Control Arm Bushings (do I need to WELD?)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:30:31 -0400
  ...a_tool.htm ----- Original Message ----- snip> Anybody know if autozone lends out the tools you > need to remove and replace the lower ball joints?
• Re: Vanagon shocks and coils spring
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:22:25 -0600
  Bad ball joint boots can allow the insides to rust and squeak. Surprised me, too! Jack it up and work some grease into the...
• Re: Westy Stolen In Ballard (North Seattle)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 1 Dec 2013 08:11:18 -0500
  ...Our van was stolen in the last 2 hours from in front of the house > in Ballard. If you see a dove blue (medium...
• Re: Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how?
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:08:00 -0500
  ...I'm sure you will agree, we don't want to see anyone smack a tree because the brakes failed, or a ball joint...
• VW better get on the ball.
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:10:20 -0500
  ...DC (Daimler-Chrysler) is listening to what the public wants and if VW doesn't get on the ball soon is going to loose...
• Re: 90 Vanagon Automatic Starter Saga - Now Over!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:39:16 -0500
  ...The final drive was missing two of the 10 balls >that carry it in the case flutes. There was a little bit of play...
• Smoooooooth Shifting
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Dec 1995 14:56:05 -0500
  ...Well, the "cup" that the ball sits in was about one-third ful of a compacted grease/dirt mixture that had become solid enough...
• Lobro CV Joint WARNING, more observations
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 19 Apr 1997 10:56:21 +0000
  ...So thing was, one of them was MISSING a ball. I emailed Ron immediately who was of course instantly willing to exchange at his...
• Re: Stuck accelerator at throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:01:17 -0700
  it's common that the ball pivot at the top of the auto trans lever .. where the throttle cable connects to that ball there...
• Re: FRYDAYE Why does it hurt when I pee WAS: Re: fuel tank capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 14:22:27 -0700
  ...Got it from the toilet seat > My balls feel like a pair of maracas > My balls feel like a pair of maracas > Oh God...
• Re: ball joint replacement, '81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 18:13:27 -0700
  ...Looking at Bentley, it looks like the wheel bearings, brake disc and steering knuckle have to be removed before squeezing out the ball joint...
• Carat value
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Apr 2015 15:34:11 -0500
  ...8300 and one not so good $4300! So where in the ballpark might one be valued at that is average with a SUBARU CONVERSION...
• ??? UPHOLSTERY ???
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:57:00 EDT
  ...What is a ballpark price to have the seats recovered in a Vanagon using a basketweave vinyl on the seating surface like in a...
• Re: Whining about 17-18 mpg
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 05:08:53 -0800
  ...pensioner (14MPG on good days) Drag coeff. .5, BHP 240, Top speed Ton Up + 18 ran out of balls. H-6 DOHC 3.3l...
• Re: Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how?
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:08:36 -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: G.W. 1.5" lift springs
  Historical mailing list - ToddB
  Wed, 12 Mar 2014 08:16:38 -0700
  ...Extending the > shocks will put the ball joints beyond the angles they can handle. > GoWesty sells a spacer for the upper ball joint.
• Re: Brake swap
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:31:19 -0800
  Yes, Joe, the job is fairly easy, if dirty! The upper and lower ball joints need to be unbolted, and the tie rod ends...
• Adjusting shifter
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Sat, 26 May 2007 21:52:47 -0700
  OK, how do I adjust the shifter mechanisms forward of the tranny and the shift lever/cup/ball directly attached to the tranny? Clutch...
• Re: Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how?
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:37:38 -0500
  ...Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how? There is absolutely no reason to disconnect the upper ball joint to...
• Replacment Ball Joint and Tie Rod Boots
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Dawson
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 23:01:53 EST
  ...They list them as only a tie rod dust boot but I have found that they can work on ball joints. They make four...
• Re: Ball joints
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:59:43 -0400
  ...I have done balljoints on Baywindows,Vanagons,various bushings on both ect... Its a great feeling to have the tool to do the job...
• Re: Knocking sound
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:53:35 -0700
  ...ReInstalled > > on the Same Side of Trany the Face of the BallGroove the Receives or > Transmits the > > Force Remains the Same ~ Have to think...
• Re: rear wheel bearing question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:47:21 -0700
  ...It is an open ball bearing (17 mm id, 35 mm od, 17 mm thick ,NSK6207 C3 or KOYO 6207R) and when you are...
• Drip Tray "latch" to keep up while cooking
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 29 May 2010 18:58:22 -0600
  ...I think it has to be something (after lots of googling...) that is called a "bullet catch" or a "ball catch". Lee Valley has...
• Rad fan ballast resistors
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 21 May 2010 06:55:43 EDT
  Folks, as some of you may be aware the ballast resistors for the rad fan, both for vans with A/C and without are...
• Re: Friday Humor, It Begins Now!
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 18:02:15 -0800
  ...Friday Humor, It Begins Now! > > It Begins Now. > > > > \ | / > > \\ \ | | / > > \\\ \\ // /// > > \\\ ######### /// > > \\ ### ### // > > -- ## ## -- > > -- ## squish!! ## -- > > -- ## ## -- > > // ### ### \\ > > /// ######## \\\ > > /// // \\ \\\ > > // / | | \ \\ > > / | \ > > > > You have just been hit with an e-mail snow ball! > > (The first one of...
• Re: Front end bushings
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:42:04 -0700
  ...I'm going to try the lower ball joint with a FLAP kit and I have a backup shop to do the press work...
• Re: YABT: Yet another brake thread... :-(
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:04:42 -0700
  ...For example I had never seen a badly trashed lower ball joint on a Vanagon that did not involve first a bad boot. Then...
• Re: Meet in the Middle
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:35:00 -0500
  ...So far as the natural petroleum seeps that produce the tar balls on the beach you visited: True about the natural seeps, but the...
• Re: cv-joints: Constant Velocity Marihuana?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Jul 94 11:00:12 EDT
  ...This way, upon reassembly, each ball goes back into the same socket. Seems to make sense to me. Drew Jenkins 86 Synchro (with 8...
• re: Smoooooooth Shifting
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Dec 95 12:03:17 PST
  ...ball sits in was about one-third ful of a compacted | grease/dirt | mixture that had become solid enough to cause the ball to...
• Re: CV Joint advice
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 13:28:46 -0600
  ...same surfaces and continue wearing on the > same side of the ball trace. This is because the torque at the differential end > has an...
• Re: westy mirror tightening
  Historical mailing list - Todd D. Gadberry
  Sat, 24 Jun 2000 18:19:01 -0700
  ...Underneath that mounting shoe is a nut with a spring and ball type assembly. If you tighten the nut, you tighten the spring, which...
• Re: Moderator Re: Rad fan ballast resistors
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 21 May 2010 13:00:26 -0400
  At 12:20 PM 5/21/2010, Michael Sullivan wrote: >but I really appreciate list discounts and fast shipping. Maybe all listers >get expedited...
• VW PHOTO CALENDAR VOTING - ONLY 2 DAYS REMAINING
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 9 Dec 2005 11:46:41 -0600
  ...CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO SEE PHOTOS AND CAST YOUR BALLOT http://tinyurl.com/9a5zb Larry Chase www.roadhaus.com
• Re: "Rust Ball Really Rolling"
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 17:15:13 -0600
  "Maybe they should just start salting the roads in CA ha" Jim, The roads are "peppered" with unnecessary new SUV's in Cali ;>) Bob...
• Re: Bike rack - ball hitch mount recommendations.
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:55:25 -0400
  ...It does non have a >hitch/receiver that I can remove only a ball that seems to be connected with >a nut from below...
• Re: Book time for CV Joint work?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:06:25 -0500
  ...I believe there is a ripoff artist in my neighborhood! Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Jeffrey Schwaia wrote: > Upper Ball Joint - 1.0...
• Re: Steering Question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 5 Jan 2011 09:55:01 -0800
  ...A few weeks ago I replaced worn upper ball > joints > and put on new shocks all around. The lower ball joints looked ok, > the...
• Ball joints, upper / lower
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:16:31 -0800
  Mm-kay, I know I have to get Mellow Yellow's upper ball joints replaced on account of the clear wear on the tires...
• Re: Special Tools for the Home Mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 7 Feb 2014 07:56:22 -0600
  John; That upper ball joint simply I bolts from the car. I am not sure what that extractor would do. The bottom is complex...
• Re: I've been waiting ALL WEEK for Friday.....
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 18:52:07 -0400
  ...the restrictor size on the engine, and stipulated >>the R8 carry ballast, to make the races more competitive Exactly my point in an earlier...
• Re: Any last words before siliconing the filler parts?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 17 May 2012 08:16:50 -0400
  ...Yes, I know the later years > had that floaty-ball ball in there to stop this “defect” but I have the > 83.5 with...
• Re: Linkage broke to the accelerator pedal
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:56:13 -0800
  ...My arm has a ball on top of it that would cradlllle a nicely tied loop of the twine and then girth hitch it...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 24 Oct 2003 (#2003-1038)
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 25 Oct 2003 09:27:02 -0500
  ...What = > lug > nuts are you Audi wheel rollin' Syncros using? The wheel is a ball-seat = > but > all of the VW alloys use cone...
• reverse (manual) shifting
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Wed, 6 Jun 2007 22:53:28 -0700
  ...The plastic ball joint was all but shattered. Now I fit another used lever and ball joint assembly, removed rear linkage and put new...
• Re: Muffler Bearings, was RE: Friday: Best Stupid Automotive Product
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:39:39 -0800
  ...Sorry, I know it's Saturday >but regarding muffler bearings- > >Many car exhaust systems use a "ball joint" type connection to allow the >exhaust...
• Re: Firearms and Inuvik?
  Historical mailing list - Yvonne Reineke
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 12:53:32 +1200
  I own several powerful slingshots and a can of ball bearings from old CVs that I take along to Canada when I camp. I...