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• Re: New Ball Joints feel like I am driving on ice. Home-made toe gauge
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 08:52:08 -0800
  ...Good luck, Tim --- Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote: > Take it to your local alignment shop. The toe-in is > toed-out. > > Jim ===== Tim...
• Re: faster syncro ebay
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:05:21 -0700
  ...bracket that seems to cause so much vibration due to poor alignment. The new 135 hp TIICO now uses this type bracket and serpentine...
• FS: '85 Westfalia GL, $4250 (Pa.)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Oct 1996 12:33:19
  ...Recent alignment, steering rack, newer water pump. Trailer hitch. Power steering/brakes. No A/C. Interior is very nice. Full camping package: Sink, stove...
• Re: vanagon power steering
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Thu, 15 May 2008 12:32:57 -0400
  ...You will need an alignment after you change the rack. Good luck on this project! If all else fails, you can always disconnect the...
• 89 Syncro driveshaft detached
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 22:15:54 -1000
  ...badly enough for me to be concerned about an alignment problem. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to check out the pull to the...
• Re: Alternator belt burning up?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 5 May 2012 11:04:14 -0500
  ...cause the rotor to drag. >> >> Also, you might have a pulley alignment problem but if it's been running >> fine this is not likely...
• Re: Headlights: 2D1 types to Euro H4 types?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:59:44 -0400
  ...The only reason they are not OEM, from what my mechanic told me, is due to not having the "alignment bumps" on the lens...
• Re: Align-boring?
  Historical mailing list - Dom
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 11:08:37 +1000
  ...heard as much as an 0.080" oversize used for the alignment cut. That from memory is the largest size you can go, at...
• Re: Anyone replace their a arm bushings (front) themselves?
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Sat, 6 Jul 2002 17:53:29 -0700
  ...I gave up and Im going to limp my westy to an alignment master come monday. Hopefully I can sort things out. Laters Phil...
• Re: sealing exhaust parts
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 13 Sep 2003 06:33:56 EDT
  ...Your just trying to rectify other problems of alignment with the torque on the retaining hardware. Cheers�� Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada <A HREF...
• Re: Should engine mount move this much? (PIC)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:32:11 -0700
  ...it, you could shim the mount(s) > to achieve the desired alignment. > > Mike B. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon...
• Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] Dometic Fridge Servicing / Renovation
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:20:56 -0400
  ...The screws will NOT pull them into alignment. Use a broomstick/dowel to get the flex chimneys sitting the way they should be. Put...
• Re: Power steering woes
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 7 Apr 2019 17:29:45 -0400
  ...rack or just the boots and if I'll >> need an alignment or not. Thoughts here? >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> Jared >> >> >> Links >> --------- >> GoWesty Pump: >> https...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:00:35 -0400
  ...No temporary adjustments or > magic chemicals should be needed. > > Then there is all there other stuff such as tires and alignment and brakes > not...
• Re: Metalic brakes / Brake Squeal
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 02:49:16 EST
  ...squeal until enough pressure is applied to force the caliper into alignment, a frequent cause of brake squeal is that the rotor is not...
• Re: steering rack u-joint
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:31:31 -0600
  ...First, I have been driving with the front-end out of alignment because no one seems to be able to get it to specifications...
• Re: Trying To Understand Tie rod Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:06:42 -0500
  ...All alignment measurements are referencing this center plane. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com http://www.kegkits.com/JABF/ 256-656-1924 -----Original Message...
• Re: bad shock? Tire ovals
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 09:57:27 -0500
  ...tire? How can you tell if a shock is bad? Would alignment cause this problem? 91 2.5 Vanaroo Westy-Baloo 88 2.1...
• Re: Exhaust manifold blown - rusted bolts...tips?
  Historical mailing list - chris Moyles
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 13:13:25 -0400
  ...4 hours and a lot of swearing later I got the thing on and together and it is just enough out of alignment that...
• Re: upper control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 13 May 2009 08:31:50 -0400
  ...end wear? Since I'm going to have to do an alignment when I replace the control arm bushings, I don't want to...
• Replaced Transmission Mount - Whoa Baby!
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:16:00 -0600
  ...I think what was happening is that my transmission would essentially settle into the correct alignment over night so shifting out of the driveway...
• Re: High Mileage - its all been done before
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:43:04 -0700
  *Make a cover for your luggage rack *run more efficient tires *optimise your wheel alignment - ask Rocky how much it helped his mileage On...
• Re: My van was aligned ...
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:07:26 -0400
  ...There's a shop here, and all they do is alignments and front-end work. They are not located at a mall, or shopping...
• Rear CV-Joints/PS Rack boots..
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Mon, 16 Dec 1996 19:50:48 +0000
  ...If they have to undo the tie-rod at the ball joint, that will be 3.5-4.5 hours including a wheel alignment...
• Re: Syncro Driveshaft Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 22:35:38 -0700
  ...that goes into the welded end of the shaft that ensures alignment of the flange assembly and the shaft. The "flange shaft" is necked...
• Re: 1986 Westfalia with 16" tires
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013 17:08:46 -0700
  ...Maintaining caster and camber alignment sometimes becomes an issue. > Next tire change consider the 225/60-16. That slight change ups the load > rating...
• Re: torque converter carrier plate
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 6 Apr 2013 21:06:31 -0700
  ...On 4/6/2013 7:54 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > Most common is engine to transmission looseness, miss-alignment. Lower > studs/nuts coming loose...
• Re: trans mount
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jul 1995 13:55:59 -0700
  ...Humm.... >I didn't think it should have to move so much for alignment. I lowered the >jack and shifting is really stiff. The...
• Re: Front door hinge pin update
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 21 May 2015 17:01:41 -0700
  ...The washers were a tad under 1mm thick and was enough to bring the door back into alignment with the body panels on the...
• Re: I'm confused/frustrated
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:24:14 -0400
  ...the incredible amount of pressure required to set the beads. (The alignment guy drives an 85 Golf Diesel! Smart man!) Anyway, these tires are...
• Re: Drive shaft installation
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 12:04:52 -0500
  ...The alignment of the drive shaft > >will end up unchanged. But if any of the above has changed you need > >to lossen up (alot...
• Re: How much fuel efficiency gained by shedding 300 lbs?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:32:45 -0400
  ...This depends on things like bearings, gears, wheel alignment, the type of tires, and tire pressure, multiplied by the mass of the vehicle. The...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Musing About Recent Trip - Too Long
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:38:42 -0500
  ...an inch, in any given gear, > with now other changes in alignment, H pattern etc. > > in addtion .. > the shfit lever is a little bit...
• Re: bad shock?tire ovals
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:31:16 -0800
  ...tire? > > How can you tell if a shock is bad? > > Would alignment cause this problem? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 91 2.5 Vanaroo Westy-Baloo > > 88 2.1...
• Re: upper control arm
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 14:07:46 -0500
  ...bushings and the squeak will be gone! (Do a front end > alignment afterward too.) > > Ken Hunter wrote: > > > > I have the same problem and my...
• Re: yokohama y356
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 23 Sep 2004 23:03:14 -0700
  ...The time I used Y356's, I had them mounted and an alignment done > at a front-end shop I had never used before...
• FW: Transmission mystery
  Historical mailing list - Stanley, Kerry
  Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:34:11 -0400
  ...I guess to keep it in alignment with the clutch and tranny. You are right that if the clutch pedal is in, the input...
• Re: Doors hard to latch when windows closed
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 22:05:27 CDT
  ...I tried to >correct this alignment but, it was beyond the limits of the strike and >hinge >adjustments. So, a couple of U-shims...
• Boston Bob's flywheel video
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:22:44 -0700
  ...which includes " Pressure Plate - Clutch >>>>> Disc - >>>>> Throw-out Bearing - Clutch Disc Alignment Tool - Pilot Bearing", what >>>>> other >>>>> parts my I run into that may...
• Re: Remove Brake Caliper: Steering Knuckle Off Vehicle
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 19 Jun 2016 17:59:00 -0700
  ...apart. > > Really..I'd just go to a Tire and Wheel Alignment Store ( much as I try > not to ) and just say .. > 'could you...
• Re: sliding door popping open
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:24:49 -0600
  ...on > door is going bad? i can not get a perfect alignment that will alow > the > door to close properly other then where it...
• Re: Upper Control Arm Camber Nut
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Wed, 15 May 2024 13:48:34 -0400
  ...Arm Camber nut came loose again, following a > "profession" VW mechanic alignment. It was totally disengaged, and the > whole front end was loose. > > So...
• Re: 1000 mile rebuild recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:07:18 -0400
  ...The three throttle body alignments outlined in the Bentley should be checked. Carefully pry the black cap off . If you don't mess it...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 5 May 2007 to 6 May 2007 - Special issue (#2007-466)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sun, 6 May 2007 10:20:46 -0700
  ...The case is bolted together and all the crankshaft journals are measured for proper alignment, size, and ovality. If all is OK, then you...
• Re: Coolant bottle is out of whack!
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:36:08 -0400
  ...on that go throught the shield and the motor mounts, the >> alignment will be off again. Anyone had this happen or have an idea...
• Re: 5 speed DX trans, which mount holes?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 07:27:08 -0700
  ...I'm assuming moving the nose is the only way I'm going to > fix the CV alignment issue, but before I hook up...
• Re: Vanagon de Graff generator?
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 11:27:02 -0800
  ...The problem > with the crackle on your AM radio is not a spark but rather a miss > alignment in the subspacial return when shifting...
• Re: bearing crush?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 23 May 2003 18:41:25 -0700
  ...I think since #3 bearing is round it doesn't deform unless you trap the alignment pin under it. To verify clearance or crush...
• Re: Fridge....should it stay on...
  Historical mailing list - Dusty Edwards
  Wed, 25 May 2005 13:39:37 -0700
  ...screws to draw >down on the vent flange,to make this alignment. Do it by >eyeball,bending ,and then pushing, and then tighten the...
• Re: VLVC: Super Beetle TCO....
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:43:33 -0400
  ...The front strut design made the car particulalry sensitive to any abnormality in wheel balance, straightness, offset and alignment. At least that was my...
• Re: Unidentifiable sound
  Historical mailing list - Inua
  Sun, 26 Nov 2006 11:07:31 -0600
  ...I thought perhaps treads had become > distorted from bad alignment or some such. No, they're fine and they > aren't > abnormally warm either...
• Jacking Up a 2WD GL w/Syncro stuff?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 6 Dec 2008 17:29:24 -0600
  ...rest of the parts, or can adjustments be made to the alignment and make things correct?. 3. If I bolt up the entire sub...
• Re: G60 in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 04 Jun 1996 14:33:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...It's a vibration/alignment problem. . * . * . * . * . * * . * . * _ . * * . . * . * . * . * . _/ \ * _ . . * * * . * . \ / \_ _/ \ * * * smaher@gi.com \ . * _/ /\ \ / () \_ /\_ * * . * . . ^ \_ / _ _/ \ _/ \_ . . S T E V E M A H E R . \ /` ( ) / <> \_ / <> \ . * * . . * \ \_ () __/ ^ \ /\ \_ * http://www.wp.com/IrishMafia /\ \_ _/ () / \ \_ ^ \_ * . * * . *
• Re: how do i flush the power steering system
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:20:21 EST
  ...Although a proper wheel alignment is in order, you can get away with just reorienting the steering wheel to the proper position if the...
• Re: rod bearing clearance (again)
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 12:47:37 -0700
  1) had the bore alignment checked on the wbx case - everything is within .0005" of nominal (but we are talking about rods?) 2) 3...
• Re: power steering V-belt falls off
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:53:34 -0700
  ...I agree with Mike Collum that another issue (usually, but not always alignment). Scott Dempster is having a similar problem on his 90 Multivan...
• Re: Bilstein HD shock report
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Mon, 3 May 2010 15:20:18 -0400
  ...Double Wow! The damn thing >actually tracks on the highway! (Include a wheel alignment also) >Replacing the KYBs with Bilsteins (HD, Bilstein doesn't...
• Re: [WetWesties] Simple Question on Pop Tops
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 9 Oct 2012 22:56:27 -0700
  ...Do one bolt at a time so you don't mess up > the hinge->pop top alignment (ask me how I know). > If you...
• Re: 1987 Westy Problems
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 18 Sep 1995 07:10:35 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I bring it to the VW shop for alignment as the camber is probably out and he says he can't put it right...
• Re: Shift Problem after engine install?
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Wed, 11 Jan 1995 09:58:26 -0800
  ...Anyway, has anyone had > this problem before? Is it just a re-alignment problem or does the > shifter need adjustment? > Please e-mail me...