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• Re: tool needed
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 6 May 2007 15:07:54 -0700
  ...IIRC, I made slide hammer by grinding the pointed end of a long spike flat, drilled a hole in this end, threaded a small...
• FW: CV Joint Swapping
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 08:01:13 -0700
  ...Wrong! Whattayamean, wrong? Seriously, I did swap mine end for end keeping the same axle on each side. Will something go wrong because of...
• Re: clutch cable tube woes
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Aug 1994 13:53:50 -0400
  ...I tied the string at the pedal end to the end of the cable that would end at the tranny and then proceeded to...
• NEED an 2.0 ABA bottom end
  Historical mailing list - Timmy Evens
  Fri, 27 Dec 2013 17:17:53 -0800
  Today at 6:16 PM anyone have a healthy ABA 2.0 bottom end they'd sell and ship to me? I had an...
• Re: 1.9 muffler orientation
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 17:14:35 -0400
  Ed, One consideration is how the exhaust tip ends up. I would start from that end and work backwards. Check bumper clearance and making...
• Positive Cable End
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Tue, 1 May 2012 19:03:02 -0700
  My positive cable at at the starter end is showing corrosion and I have hard starting. �I'm thinking trying to cut the last...
• Re: P/S Rack , removing tie rod
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 14:49:12 -0800
  ...maybe if i got a rubber mallet, i could bang on the end of the bolt securing the tie rod ends to the knuckle...
• Re: rotating cvs and axles and lions and tigers and bears, Oh my!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 15 May 2002 09:32:16 EDT
  ...The pencil twisting proves nothing and may only spawn more emaciated reasoning because flipping the pencil end-for-end, changing nothing else, results in...
• Re: 85 exhaust supports needed
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 01:25:00 -0500
  ...Heat the ends, of the correct length of rod, cherry red, and stick the hot end into a vice. Quickly run the vice down...
• Front end creeping resolved
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 22 May 2022 16:53:10 -0400
  First front end chatter then creeping.. Myy T# anti sway bar is great but I have not enjoyed the extra sounds. First a front...
• Front end seems wrong
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:24:01 -0600
  My blue 84's front end seems to move around a lot more than my brown 84. They both do not have power steering...
• Re: Crankshaft Endplay / Shim question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 6 Dec 2006 06:04:59 -0500
  ...Adding thickness closes the gap (reduces end play) and no gap will cause binding. sorry 'bout that. Mike Mike Collum wrote: > Good morning, Cary...
• Re: [vanagon] Vanagon list
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 09:52:14 -0800
  ...search oil filter in vanagon end in this case i searched for "oil filter:. The "end" is so the program ignores signatures and other...
• Free Bumber End-Caps
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:14:42 -0700
  You pay the shipping!!! I have 3 left side bumper end-caps in fairly good condition. I have 2 right side end-caps that...
• Re: Bumper Painting Info/Pics! (who's bored on a Saturday? Me!)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 13:13:27 -0500
  ...Not too many end cap hardware kits supply them, let alone supply them in stainless steel. To remove the end cap plugs,(with pliers...
• Re: Front End Alignment Needed?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:33:17 -1000
  ...Front End Alignment Needed? Good evening Listees, As my departure for points south draws near I find I have many questions/loose ends... Here...
• Re: Crankshaft Endplay Adjustment Hits Me Flat
  Historical mailing list - Mladen, Zoran
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:24:53 -0700
  Measuring endplay is not a brute force task. Remember that your crank is going to move this amount every time you press the clutch...
• Re: 84 Electrical-Fusible Link?
  Historical mailing list - Mark E. White
  Sat, 20 Jul 1996 14:00:26 -0500
  > > if not (in engine compartment) > if not (behind fuse box) > do while (not working) > ask the list again > keep checking on my own > enddo...
• Re: having trouble with steering rack install
  Historical mailing list - sg
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 22:08:54 -0800
  ...the rebuilt steering rack that i bought doesnt come with the tie rod ends (ie the ball joint) that connect to the knuckle. thus...
• Re: CV questions (searched archives...some ;) possible air cooled mod too!
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:06:05 -0400
  ...am still uncertain which end of CV goes onto drive shaft first. Old CV's: both ends of ball hub chamfered. New CV's...
• RE: Reconditioned rods
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Aug 97 02:24:35 UT
  The big end is cut, and then re-machined. The piston pin bushing is replaced. If the are doing it right, the also replace...
• Re: tie-rod ends (second request)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:39:15 -0700
  ...I started getting > a > front-end clunk when I turn the steering wheel. It appears that there is > something wrong with tie-rod ends...
• Re: Balancing rods
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 14 May 1998 23:15:01 EDT
  ...Supports on either end of the rod so unit can pivot or roll freely. Then let gravity show you which one's small end...
• front end
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 10:58:05 EDT
  The front end on my 82 Westy feels loose and sort of clunks when I go over dips. I jacked up the front end...
• Tie Rod Ends
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:04:07 -0800
  ...First measure the end-to-end length of the steering + tie rods. Like, measure from one tie-rod end to the other. When you...
• Re: Propex install near water tank
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:12:28 -0400
  ...Is there a way to splice in an extension on it and maybe >attach >a light weight metal tube on the end so that...
• Re: Front end creeping resolved
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 May 2022 14:32:55 -0700
  ...Same for the bushings used for the stock endlinks. However, if you are running the HD endlinks, we did have some upper joints that...
• Re: sagging rear end
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:30:00 -0400
  Wait until you put a couple of sagging rear ends in the front seats and a full tank of gas, it'll level out...
• Re: Ball Joint Removal Tool
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Thomas
  Fri, 2 Sep 1994 13:02:13 -0500 (CDT)
  For removing tie rod ends and ball joints, I've only had luck with the long forked devices that you pound on with a...
• End play (was: Siezed pancake on table)
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 13:07:22 -0500
  Speaking of end-play. How does everyone check their end play? Do you have a fancy gauge, do you do the goofy Muir thing...
• Re: squeaky front end
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:07:08 -0400
  ...My mechanic said > that the front end looked fine, other than one worn tie-rod end. He's got > 22 years experience, so curious...
• Re: Crankshaft Endplay Defies Me--Please Help
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 14:45:17 -0600
  ...Crankshaft Endplay Defies Me--Please Help > > > > The way I understood it is VW calls for .004 endplay, so that when the > > engine is warmed...
• Re: Crankshaft Endplay / Shim question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 6 Dec 2006 05:56:14 -0500
  ...Thicker shims or more shims increase end play (increase the gap). If you were to bolt the flywheel on without enough play (movement) the...
• Re: ABA into 1.9 Vanagon was coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Mon, 13 May 2013 10:49:29 -0500
  ...Its is twisted stainless with ends, or you can get it without ends. I used the endless type, and cut a 1/2 in...
• Re: Knocking sound
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:53:35 -0700
  ...You can prove it to yourself by drawing arrows > > representing force on opposite ends of a pencil. > > > > Yrs, > > d >
• Re: Installing front springs 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:24:53 -0800
  ...Mark the threads on the tie rod ends and radius rod ends with paint so that you can position them in exactly the same...
• Re: CV Joint advice
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 13:28:46 -0600
  ...This is because the torque at the differential end > has an opposing torque at the wheel end. When you flip them, the torque > directions...
• Re: Vanagon handling.
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 17:15:46 -0600
  The only special tool required for replacing tie rod ends and most front end work is a pickel fork or ball joint seperator. I...
• endcaps and the tailpipe
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Oct 1996 19:25:45 -0600
  Anybody ever have the tail pipe burn a hole in the plastic bumper end cap just above? Chris
• Re: BUMPER END PIECES
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:52:50 -0600
  Entity Rob Wilke spoke thus: > HOW MUCH ARE THE BUMPER END PIECES WORTH IN GOOD USED CONDITION? 7$???
• Re: Big Brake options...Front Brakes do 80%
  Historical mailing list - Jon VonOhlsen
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 10:42:50 -0600
  ...So WORST case, the rear end comes around you and you’re looking out your big windshield at the front end of an 18...
• Re: Push Rod Orientation
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:56:17 -0700
  Both ends are the same. Check them carefully for pitting etc. make sure the insides are not clogged up. Ideally they are kept in...
• Re: CV joint reversal?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:03:58 -0600
  I don't think it would matter, but swapping the axle end for end would be the simplest and cleanest way. It wouldn't...
• Re: Can't get the %&#*!!! OFF!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 07:28:05 -0700
  ...I then tried a pipe wrench it just started to round the ends. I then bought a six-sided Craftsman boxed end wrench @$8...
• Re: How to remove the tie rods??
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 21:02:54 -0800
  Peter, You don't need to remove the tie rod end from the steering knuckle to replace the rack boot! Just mark the threads...
• Balancing rods
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Thu, 14 May 1998 14:34:59 -0700
  Ok, I almost give up, does anyone have any tricks for wieghing the ends of the rods? I am trying to do this a...
• Re: End of the Rustagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 16:56:45 -0700
  ...End of the Rustagon > folks, for those of you wishing to do some work on the front end of > your bus, this is a...
• Crankshaft End Float
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 21 May 2002 08:00:44 -0700
  Listees, Is the crankshaft end float affected by the resurfacing of the flywheel?. Tom Hanlon Palm Springs, CA 84 Westfalia
• Rad Hose Dumb Question
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Sat, 22 Nov 2003 14:22:14 -0500
  I've read about the metal inserts in the ends of the plastic tubes, but have never been there to see them until today...
• Re: Propane regulator replacement on ASI conversion
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sun, 27 May 2007 18:31:37 -0400
  The end with the brass fitting is fitted to the tank end. The pictures of the Bus-Depot reg have the fitting already on...
• Coolant Pipe Needed
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:15:06 +0000
  I bought the GoWesty repair kit to install as preventative maintenance.  Sure enough one end on 1 of my pipes was almost out, just...
• Crankshaft Endplay Defies Me--Please Help
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 12:07:53 -0500
  The email below asks whether it is better to violate Bentley by a) having only one C shim controlling crankshaft endplay even through Bentley...
• Plastic Fuel Lines
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 11 May 2001 09:08:50 -0400
  ...He said not to cut the ends off, because they are reinforced and the new ends will leak. I find this really hard to...
• 70 Bus - Too Tall In The Saddle
  Historical mailing list - Richard Kurtz
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 13:32:59 -0500
  ...As far as I can tell, the front end is stock. What would be a reasonable way to bring the front end down, short...
• Re: End Cap for AC duct tunnel...
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:43:15 EST
  Neil, I've seen these A/C duct end caps on Adventurewagen camper conversions. BenT San Francisco
• Changing tie-rod ends
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 5 Apr 2006 21:08:25 -0500
  Anyone have a reference web-site on changing out the tie-rod ends?? Thanks, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver x2
• Re: On the Road Again (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:08:18 -0700
  Another data point you might add is whether or not you've been on both ends of an interstate. I've been at both...
• Re: O2 sensor wire replacement, '85
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 1 May 2008 16:47:21 -0400
  ...The shielded wire must only be grounded at ONE end (at the ECU end). If it's grounded at both ends it won't...
• Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 14 May 2002 18:11:13 -0700
  ...Twist it. > Swap it end for end. A light will light up. Did for me.
• Re: loose front end
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 11:44:57 -0400
  ...front end >The front end on my 82 Westy feels loose and sort of clunks when I go over >dips. I jacked up the...