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• Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:45:17 -0700
  ...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: Left Passenger Wiper Failed after snow and ice build up, need some feedback on how to fix this please.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:54:31 -0500
  ...I use a dental pick type tool to clean the > little slivers of metal out of the shaft splines. Once the shaft > splines > are...
• About CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
  Fri, 22 Nov 1996 00:18:18 +0100
  If you remove a joint from the driveshaft, can you just mount it back on the splines, or do you have to "line it...
• Re: How to remove U-joint from power steering?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 11 Sep 2001 07:01:05 -0500
  ...It has been a few years back, but as I remember the coupling is a type of clamp with matching splines. You must force...
• Re: Van Steering Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 12:38:32 EST
  ...The splines will fit fine but they do not have the coneshaped cavity just below the splines (don't know the technical term). As...
• Re: Idea to Re-use Worn Wiper Arm?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:34:03 -0700
  ...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: Wiper Arm Knurling - How does it work?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:38:15 -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: Wiper Shaft Stripped
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:43:01 -0700
  Get the wire tooth brush out of your tool bag and clean the sacrificial metal from the wiper splines. Put the wiper back in...
• Loose wiper arm
  Historical mailing list - Gregory S. Morrison
  Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:15:07 -0800
  ...Our passenger side wiper arm is really starting to flop around and the splines are very worn. Can someone please forward "the fix" to...
• Misc ranting on shoddy work...
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Mon, 14 Apr 1997 21:01:33 -0800
  ...So I spent 25 minutes carefully filing the splines to fit the drive shaft, then only 10 minutes putting it all back together. I...
• Mechanics -- Toronto-Montreal Corridor
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Sun, 22 Jul 2012 01:29:30 -0400
  ...side of the road; but after watching traffic on this listserv, I'm AWAKE!!! Busted CV's, stripped splines, flaming gas hoses...) humbled, gab
• Re: '73 tranny trashed?-Reply
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 00:57:29 -0800
  ...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: Rear Whell Bearings Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:27:34 -0500
  ...The movement will wear the hub and splines causing them to come loose. Eventually the splines will fail and you will lose driving ability...
• RE: Help on Brake Drum.
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 11:57:36 EST
  ...and the fact that it is delivered in bursts, work very well if the problem is the drum rusted onto the axle splines. B.
• Re: Wiper Position
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sun, 16 Dec 2001 09:02:17 -0800
  ...The splines are designed to "deform" or "bite into" the insert. and the insert is tapered and of the proper shape to allow this...
• Re: 094 main shaft
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 21:13:55 -0500
  Are you referring to the shaft with the clutch splines or the shaft with 1-2 gears on it? Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: windshield wiper repair redux
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:19:23 -0400
  At 08:44 PM 8/17/2012, mcneely4@cox.net wrote: >However, I was unable to get the splines that remain to bite into...
• Rumblings from the rear!
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Grant
  Wed, 23 Nov 1994 19:37:59 +0000 (GMT)
  ...When I removed the brake drum (big one piece cast one on the '70), I found that the splines were about half the normal...
• Re: wipers no longer aligned with each other 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:57:57 -0500
  ...The splines are made of softer metal than the wiper arm. Remove the plastic cap, loosen the nut, reposition the wiper arm and tighten...
• Re: loose rear axle nut
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:59:52 -0800
  ...but on old Buses back in the day ...the splines were in the brake drum .. having those splines stripped out from running with the...
• Re: Wanted: one front windshield wiper arm with airfoil
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 13 Apr 2017 02:17:14 -0400
  ...special washers to get it to seat properly on the drive splines. 251 955 409 Yrs, d On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 9...
• Re: tilt steering column???
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 26 Sep 2001 00:48:42 EDT
  ...However, I am betting that the lower splines will match up with the Vanagon coupler. BenT
• Re: Quick freeze, wipers on...
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:47:04 -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: windshield wipter worries
  Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:03:49 -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: Wipers Moving Independently
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:19:05 -0400
  ...Clean all the soft metal from the splines on the post then refit the wiper arm in the proper position and tighten the nut...
• CV questions (searched archives...some ;) possible air cooled mod too!
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:36:46 -0400
  ...42.9 that "chamfer on inside diameter of ball hub (splines) must point to contact shoulder on axle shaft and to larger diaemter of...
• Re: Syncro Front Axle Removal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:16:15 -0400
  ...Note that the outer joints should be loc-tited into the splines so you will need a puller to pull (pus them through. This...
• Re: Wiper splines are trashed, how to fix?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:57:46 -0700
  If I remember correctly, someone recently posted about this dilemma and, because the "splined" barrel that the wiper slides onto is soft, almost lead...
• HOW TO make other vw model steering wheels fit the VANAGON (GTI, Scirocco, etc..
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:47:14 EDT
  ...took the vanagon steering wheel off, it bolted on - the splines matched up, but like the MK1 Scirocco wheel, it didnt go all the...
• Re: windshield wiper nut diameter + thread pitch?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:59:33 -0700
  ...I havn't had to be this detailed about wiper shafts and cleaning out the splines........ but it sure makes sense ! thanx. ----- Original Message...
• Re: [T2] HELP!! CV Joints!!
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:29:22 -0800
  On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Tom Young wrote: > the CV joint (that thing with splines that fits on the axle itself) > WILL NOT MOVE...
• Re: Rear Wheel Bearings Replace$$
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 22:40:21 -0500
  ...http://tinyurl.com/644p4 I have seen the splines stripped off the rear axle due to a loose nut. The axle spins but you...
• Re: Wipers Moving Independently
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:21:25 -0700
  ...the > path of the driver's side wiper. > Sounds like the splines on the passenger side wiper arm are stripped and friction is all...
• Re: horn ring (no global warming content)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:44:50 -0400
  ...After removing the nut, you should mark the position of the splines so you can put it back in the same position. I'm...
• Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:59:23 -0600
  ...manual and automatic. >But the damn thing I have has fewer splines and won't take >the new CV. >Maybe I've got a...
• Re: Mating AT to engine
  Historical mailing list - Cold Noses
  Fri, 31 Jan 2020 19:20:31 +0000
  ...If trying to put this together with the converter attached to the engine the splines for the pump drive could be misaligned. The trans...
• Re: CV bolt socket tool
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Mon, 3 May 1999 11:01:50 EDT
  ...My 10+ year old Wera brand 3/8ths drive tool works just fine as its splines have worn over the years and the same...
• Re: Tristar is here... shifter question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:30:14 -0700
  ...to adjust for aft location, say in neutral, you loosen the clamp on the splines in the rear shift rod , then gently move the...
• Re: '80 linkage problem
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 13:49:40 -0600 (MDT)
  ...I would use a socket over the end of the shaft to tap the bracket into place on the splines, rather than crank on...
• Re: 1.9 manual 4 speed linkage question
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:24:10 -0700
  ...I went too far at first but then eased it back one click of the splines at a time until Voila! Thanks Scott for...
• Re: Stranded in Portland OR
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:43:18 -0400
  Keith, Stripped axle splines letting it spin in one of the rear hubs? Ken On Sat, June 26, 2010 2:01 pm, Keith Ovregaard...
• RE: Raise The Rear!!!
  Historical mailing list - CAP'N HOOK, THE SOFTWARE PIRATE
  Sat, 03 Dec 1994 19:36:56 PST
  ...Of course the correct way is to remove the trailing arm plates etc.etc.etc., and realign the splines for the correct squat. Well...
• Re: Axle Shaft bolt tool
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sat, 31 Oct 1998 13:05:19 -0500
  ...hold until I can find the correct torx-style-but-more-splines tool to remove the axle shaft bolts. Bentleys shows tool # 34-1291...
• I got the shaft.... out..
  Historical mailing list - Paul A. Cianciolo
  Sun, 25 Apr 1999 20:09:41 -0400
  ...The Bently book is not that clear on where the splines are for the input shaft. Well I just went out to the garage...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 18:31:59 -0700
  ...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: Windshield Wiper
  Historical mailing list - Tony
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 23:21:16 -0700
  ...This is just soft Pot Metal > and chews up easily, whereas the wiper shaft is real > steel and the splines there don't. > Not...
• Re: linkage woes
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 14:45:36 -0700
  ...The splines are only there to add friction to the clamped area as only the inner part has splines. This means you cam move...
• Re: Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Tue, 5 Jan 2016 14:28:41 -0800
  ...Measure from the splines to the tip of the shaft and compare. If your engine is a 1.9 gasser, then the input shaft...
• Re: horn ring (no global warming content)
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:15:04 -0400
  ...Collum wrote: > After removing the nut, you should mark the position of the splines so > you can put it back in the same position.
• Re: Syncro-rear wheels
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 11:25:12 -0700
  ...i just wound on a lugnut until the splines were completely through, one stud at a time. the top end of the splines cut...
• Re: CV questions (searched archives...some ;) possible air cooled mod too!
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:06:05 -0400
  ...Presumably to facilitate introduction of hub splines to shaft splines. Is this correct? (I know they should function either way, but just want to...
• Re: Flywheel Sensor - Removal procedure
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sat, 13 Jun 2015 22:22:52 -0700
  ...This is a pressed in with splines. Is there a procedure for safe removal? And does anyone know the specs on depth or replacement...
• OEM Grease Colour: Rear Axle Shaft, Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 8 May 2016 11:35:43 -0700
  ...After removing the rear axle flanges, I see brown grease at splines of one rear axle shaft and blackish colour grease at the other...
• Re: shift box for syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Feb 1996 15:39:17 -0400
  ...Did your mechanic get the splines on the shaft (that is under your bus) back together properly? It sounds like the splines are a...
• Re: Sounds Like a Bad CV joint? Keeping the old shaft.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Feb 2014 08:05:16 -0500
  ...3 months you will not be able to put the good lobro cv joints on the Chinese axle, the splines don't match up.
• Type III trailing arm???
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 22:47:17 -0400
  ...having trouble loosening the right side lower trailing arm from the splines that hold it in. I've tried pullers, heat, air hammers, crowbars...
• Re: No gears
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:24:24 -0700
  ...on old air-cooled VW's that was common when the splines in a rear drum stripped out ... the axle would just spin in...
• Re: wipers won't stay tight
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:02:05 -0500
  ...That will wipe off the pot-metal splines and leave a smooth surface again. Dig the metal out from between the splines on the...
• Re: shifter grind after swap
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:43:44 -0400
  ...This is the clutch lever with the ball on the end, located by splines, attached with a circlip. The inner splines are in a...
• '90 drive shaft problem...
  Historical mailing list - John Gladu
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 23:17:13 -0500
  ...The CV joints accommodate the angle between the wheel and transaxle, but the shaft does not slip on the splines. Any idea if this...