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• Re: Tell me about rear bearings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 12:55:58 -0500
  Rear wheel bearing life can be all over the place. Typically 150K+ if they get a little care. Fronts (2dw), on the other hand...
• Re: Syncro front-end into RWD bus
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 11:00:53 -0800
  ...I doubt that rear wheel bearings and syncro front wheel bearings are the same. Anyone with ETKA or a good parts person could tell...
• Re: Syncro wheel bearing play?
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:54:13 -0400
  ...They may be adjusted, but it you have been driving them for a while the bearings are toast. Front wheels are the same but...
• Wheel Bearings
  Historical mailing list - ALAN GONDRY
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 21:37:11 -0700
  I replaced my front wheel bearings. I notice that when I turn sharp there seems to be a drag. No noise just a feel...
• Re: Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:08:02 -0700
  Steven, Make sure you have the right front bearings. They changed in late 83. I think 9/83. Those bearings and races are slightly...
• Re: front wheel bearing questions...
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Feller
  Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:04:13 -0400
  ...front wheel bearing questions... its my understanding from reading more than hands on that a clunk and wiggle associated with front wheel is due...
• Re: complete front end bushing/bearings rebuild kit
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 21:15:52 -0500
  ...complete front end bushing/bearings rebuild kit is there such a thing as a complete bushings/bearings rebuild kit for the front end? i...
• Re: Tell me about rear bearings
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 11:59:48 -0600
  ...I've a vibration up front and it's not the wheels/tires. No noise in the front wheel bearings either. Have new tie...
• Re: Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 4 Jun 2007 17:13:18 -0700
  ...Front wheel bearings > > The driver side front wheel bearing has gone bad after maybe 1500 miles. > The > swap was done by a local, un...
• Front wheel bearing question
  Historical mailing list - ALAN GONDRY
  Sun, 14 Jul 2002 11:45:53 -0700
  What size wrench is required to take off nut to replace the wheel bearings? _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn...
• Re: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 28 Feb 2017 20:31:39 +0000
  ...The front heater motor is making a metallic screeching sound more > frequently and on all but max speed now. > I assume the bearing is...
• Front Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Mon, 23 Feb 2004 13:12:59 -0500
  Due to my front end complete overhaul I have the rotors off the spindles to get the lower ball joints out. The bearings feel...
• Re: Front Wheels clicking noise
  Historical mailing list - Neal Hansen
  Sat, 18 May 2002 15:36:35 -0700
  ...front wheels making clicking noise-wheel bearings? so i was investigating a clicking noise coming from some wheel this morning, and originally thought it...
• Re: {front} wheel bearings on an '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 16:00:41 -0300
  ...Is anything different about the front wheel bearings on a T25 (vs the old buses and vans) which would lead to them loosening over...
• Rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Mon, 8 Dec 2003 18:59:35 -0500
  ...wheel bearings As part of the restoration of my '84 7-passenger, I had my local shop replace brakes and bearings front and back...
• re: EuroVan wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 May 97 15:27:34 EDT
  Don, Thanks for writing up your experince changing the EV front wheel bearing. I'm curious though about the special tool you used to...
• Re: front heater problems/flex tube?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 07:38:27 -0600
  ...front to get to the > > bearing more directly? > > > > Yes, BUT, how ya gonna tell when the flex tube gets anywhere near the > bearing ? > endoscope?
• Re: PEX front bearings WARNING-big brake kits!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 09:56:15 -0400
  ...PEX front bearings WARNING-big brake kits! At 06:56 PM 6/16/2012, Dennis Haynes wrote: >The inner race should not spin with...
• Rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Thu, 21 Apr 2022 14:57:47 +0000
  After 250K miles it looks like the rear wheel bearings need replacment. I�ve done the front successfully in the past but the rears...
• Re: Tell me about rear bearings
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 10:40:00 -0600
  ...The front bearings also fail much more often than the > rears. To test you need to pull the calipers to get the pads off...
• Re: Brake Job Front and Back 85 2wd vanagon. Wheel bearing question.
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 17 May 2011 09:08:14 -0400
  ...I bought both rotor sets, drums, brake > shoes, pads and retainer hardware too..... > I should have bought bearing kits front and back too right...
• Uh-oh wheel bearing spindle trouble
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 3 Jun 2011 18:11:36 -0400
  ...replace the front rotors on my 86 and found a problem on the right side. There is play between the outer bearing seat and...
• Re: installing i-shaft bearings
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 22:07:45 -0400
  ...The rear plug is best installed threw the freese plug hole and the rear bearings can be purchased seperatly. the front bearing is so...
• front wheels making clicking noise-wheel bearings?
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Sat, 18 May 2002 07:00:51 -0700
  ...cv, turns out one of the front wheels is making the noise, is this a wheel bearing? thanks for any info... ===== Scott Wilson 85...
• '88 Vanagon disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 11:23:47 -0600
  Just did a complete front brake job. New rotors, new races, bearing, and seals. Well lubed. New Girling pads. Adjusted bearing washer pressure per...
• Re: front wheel noise
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 9 Jul 2011 08:10:02 -0700
  ...one of the front wheels. It's > speed dependent, rrrraaoo, rrrraaoo, rrrraaoo, and I would say it's a > wheel bearing based on what...
• Re: lithium based wheel bearing grease
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 21 May 2011 14:58:52 -0700
  for the front wheel brgs ? you do have, after all.......just like it says. "European cars disk brake wheel bearings" i.e. ...it's...
• 1985 Vanagon - rear wheel bearing job
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Thu, 20 Jan 2005 01:37:42 -0500
  ...Rear wheel bearing Hammered out or pressed out! Can anyone help me out with this topic....lots of data on front wheel bearings but...
• Re: Front wheel bearing differences
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:39:51 -0400
  ...It >would seem that if you're ordering early front wheel bearings from >them, you might want to cross reference with another vendor to...
• Re: Mechanical/Brakes/1984 Westy
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 1 Dec 2016 08:55:29 -0800
  ...the later-version bearings on our early-1984 bus, meaning there was a huge amount of slop in the front bearings that enabled rotor...
• Re: Tell me about rear bearings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 11:30:12 -0500
  If you can affect the rumbling noise by changing direction the problem is usually the front. The front bearings also fail much more often...
• Re: 1985 Front Spindle needed
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:26:26 -0800
  It's right that 84 was the outer bearing size transition year but even 85 spindles came 2 ways, manual steering or power steering...
• Clutch Throw-out bearing
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 8 Mar 2007 12:41:02 -0500
  ...http://www.benplace.com/clutch/clutch_release_bearing22.bjpg.jpg That said, the clutch is hydrolic, so when you press the pedal in front...
• Re: Wheel bearing play (in Baja Sur)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:13:38 -0800
  ...There are >> inner and outer front wheel brgs of course. >> >> Put some extra grease in the bearing cap too . There should be some there...
• Re: Replacing brake rotors [Syncro]
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:13:50 -0800
  Brent, on most Vanagons the front wheel bearing races are pressed into the rotors so changing the bearings is convenient when changing the rotors...
• Re: '86 Syncro wheel bearings(and front shocks)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jun 1996 13:30:34 -0500
  ...out the stub axle from the bearing housing? I assume this will allow me to remove the front half axles with CV joints for...
• Re: Replacing brake rotors [Syncro]
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:29:08 -0800
  ...Replacing brake rotors [Syncro Brent, on most Vanagons the front wheel bearing races are pressed into the rotors so changing the bearings is convenient...
• syncro: brake pads, wheel bearings, CVs, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 15 Jul 1997 10:03:25 -0700
  ...What about front wheel bearings? It's common to repack these when doing brake work on 2WD vehicles but the syncro is a different...
• Re: Bearing Grease Confusion
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 28 Dec 2003 22:37:49 -0500
  ...I got 2 >sets of front bearings from Ron and upper control arm bushing (this >weekend's project.) In my collection of greases and...
• Re: Front Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 23 Feb 2004 10:48:22 -0800
  ...Front Bearings Due to my front end complete overhaul I have the rotors off the spindles to get the lower ball joints out. The...
• Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Steven Smith
  Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:59:45 -0700
  Looking for tricks to repacking the front wheel bearings on my '84 Westy. I have tried everything to make the bearings last longer than...
• Fwd: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:10:23 -0500
  My recent experience with a front wheel bearing on my 90 was that it was making a lot noise but I could not induce...
• Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Mon, 4 Jun 2007 21:56:34 -0400
  ...Front wheel bearings > > The driver side front wheel bearing has gone bad after maybe 1500 miles. > The > swap was done by a local, un...
• Re: Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 7 Mar 2014 19:10:48 -0800
  If in ANY doubt.....replace them.� When front wheel bearings go, so do quickly front spindles if you can't get to repair quickly...
• Front thrust washer
  Historical mailing list - David Parsons
  Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:49:33 -0400
  ...I just for a 81 VANAGON and it came with new front wheel bearings,seals,thrust washers and locking nuts in the box. The...
• Re: Wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Wed, 6 May 2020 08:08:30 -0400
  ...Am I correct to assume that this is a bad sign and front wheel bearings are in my future? I did spin that wheel...
• Re: Play in front wheels
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:34:38 -0700
  ...if it's up-down play ........then you think about wheel bearing play. I would not say that one 'torques' the front wheel bearing...
• Re: Wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 May 1996 19:51:29 -0400
  ...Moran) writes: > I have to may have to replace the front wheel bearings on my 86' syncro. >I have some play in the wheel...
• Re: {front} wheel bearings on an '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 27 May 2016 16:42:14 -0500
  ...Is anything different about the front wheel bearings on a T25 (vs the old buses and vans) which would lead to them loosening over...
• wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - David SIDOTE
  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 17:23:58 -0400 (EDT)
  Hi Volks, I am going to do wheel bearings tomorrow on the front of my 83.5 westy. Could anyone (or everyone) give me...
• Re: Wheel Bearings and measurements
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 8 Mar 2014 07:43:48 -0500
  ...Wheel Bearings and measurements OK, so I've got some skills, some tools, and I can measure my front spindle to the 1/1000th...
• Re: what happened to my thrust washer?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:01:03 -0700
  ...vanagonauts BTDT website: >> http://www.vanagonauts.com/-Wheel-Bearings154.htm >> >> This PN: "Front Outer Bearing Part # 211 405 645 D Fits 83-84 Thru...
• Re: Front spindle possibly needed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:22:45 -0400
  ...Saturday, September 13, 2008, 11:01 PM I recently had bearing failure on the drivers side front spindle. The outer bearing is crispy and...
• brakes, and wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Sun, 26 Oct 2014 17:00:17 -0400
  ...I've tightened the front bearings down in line with Bentley -- tighten to seat the bearings, backing off, then tightening enough so that the...
• clairification: Hot nuts up front. was: [Fwd: bosch digifant]
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 08:28:37 EDT
  In a message dated 98-06-25 08:00:47 EDT, GMBulley@AOL.COM writes: << If you suspect you have bearing problems, take a...
• Proper Peen nut adjustment-front rotors?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sun, 8 Aug 1999 14:24:33 EDT
  Hello-- I'm pretty sure I had over tightend the peen nut on the front wheels when I replaced the bearings. Hence the other...
• Re: Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Tue, 5 Jun 2007 05:43:41 -0500
  ...Front wheel bearings ????? Lasy mechanic, period. First of all, you change one side you change the other side! You put new rotor, you change...
• Re: Thechnical clutch question....(the answer may help many to save some$$$)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 11:41:50 -0400
  ...short explanation: > >>The clutch pedal spring should bring back the clutch bearing in > >>front (Front > >>is front/ transmission side), moving him away from the...
• Re: Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:58:50 -0400
  ...Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs OK. Got the bearings seated all the way in the ROtors on both sides. Packed new bearings and the...
• Re: Strange Noise
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 9 Apr 2000 22:09:59 -0400
  ...I just put my '86 Syncro front axle back together and the front wheel bearings have tight radial seals on both sides of the...