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• Re: First time rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 6 Jan 2004 14:38:28 -0600
  ...Once I started tapping round and round, sort of bumping it towards the ends of the studs, it popped right off......without having to...
• Re: HELP! Audi 5000 Turbo alloy rims won't fit on Vanagon... BenT
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:51:19 -0700
  ...That also means you need longer studs in the rear and longer bolts up front. The center bores will not clear the front dust...
• Re: Where do the Big Wires Go?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 06:14:40 -0500
  ...Where the alternator is mounted, the current it produces has to travel through the case studs and/or head seals, and exhaust to make...
• Re: will these rims fit one of my vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:14:45 -0800
  ...to omit the spacer. > > > The wheels will need longer bolts and studs in either use. > > > > > Jake, > > I believe Evan is mistaken regarding the centerbore...
• Re: Availability of VW Blue Coolant (one for Vanagons)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Nov 2011 19:51:06 -0500
  ...Most of the corrosion we see on the heads, the liners, and the studs is due more to this cavitation erosion than actual rust...
• Re: Dare I start a Tire thread? 15" Nokian Hakka C
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:54:56 -0400
  ...On Sep 2, 2009, at 11:52 PM, Bob Stevens wrote: > I had the C2 studdable snow tire without studs Melissa and really > liked...
• RE: What Service Do I Need?
  Historical mailing list - mdstockr
  Fri, 28 Feb 97 15:36:58
  ...Have the torque checked on your head studs. Check suspension alignment. --- On Fri, 28 Feb 1997 13:46:21 -0600 Kelly Bauman <bauman@ican...
• Re: NOT a Fryeday Funnie
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 20:11:41 -0600
  ...But the way the "85 GL handled, studs in winter were a must. But after I put them on winter driving was a snap...
• Re: engine removal Q. Clutch Slave bolts
  Historical mailing list - robot .
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 19:11:56 -0800
  ...That wouldn't be to bad except for the ill-concieved bolt > >design (I think I 'm going to weld studs to the slave...
• Re: Are Audi wheels unsafe on a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 01:53:44 -0400
  ...I have also seen people use screw in studs with spacers. However, as far as my experience goes, a properly installed Audi wheel appears...
• Re: Stainless Steel Exhaust Fasteners
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 07:14:25 -0800
  ...They do work well where you must put a nut on steel studs, but where you have a choice of replacing a bolt and...
• Re: 1.9 exhaust install
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 20:43:46 -0500
  ...Changing an exhaust system is full day guaranteed to bombard you with as many rounded bolt heads, buggered nuts, broken studs, and general stuck...
• Re: Yet Another Head Pullin' Question.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 16:03:20 -0800
  ...If they were somewhat loose than either they >> were not properly installed or the engine was over heated to the point >> the studs stretched...
• Re: Rear Disc Brake conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:37:30 -0800
  ...are 2WD drivers with bolts up front instead of nuts n' studs just SOL? -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" -- No virus found in this...
• Re: how can you tell 4-speed vs. 5-speed apart outside of the van
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:27:52 -0700
  ...Measure from the shift lever pivot to the nose mounting face with the 4 studs. The tranny code stamped on the lower edge can...
• Re: Ordering Parts Online ADD: A GOOD MECHANIC VERSE A PROFESSIOAL TECHNICAN, OR Prevent a fire, Not put one out!
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Sun, 23 Jun 2013 20:20:51 -0500
  ...When ever I had a job with a chance of broken stripped bolts/studs, such as exhaust work, and pulled spark plug threads. Sometimes...
• Re: Tools for engine overhaul on 85 waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 18:02:22 -0700
  ...Several studs were broken, >and nuts backed off on others, allowing the cylinder to work up and down. >Could have been deadly. > >Vanagon engines...
• Head replacement... sooo much easier the second time
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:29:06 -0600
  ...no studs. The pipes just slip on and off. Fifteen minutes or less with an air wrench and open end wrench and those pipes...
• Re: Dial Gauge. Was: Re: Oily Oily Clutch. ....
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 15:45:53 -0700
  ...Would a thick piece of plate steel mounted to engine lower mount studs provide a stable enough surface for a dial gauge using a...
• Re: Ordering Parts Online ADD: A GOOD MECHANIC VERSE A PROFESSIOAL TECHNICAN, OR Prevent a fire, Not put one out!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:16:24 -0500
  ...The guy who broke the studs on the radiator fan for me did not tell me, and wanted to sell me a new fan...
• '84-must sell now (any suggestions?)
  Historical mailing list - john trombetta
  Thu, 7 Nov 1996 14:09:48 -0500 (EST)
  ...The problem is the transmission is blown and one of the studs holding the (rear driver's side) exhaust manifold on had recently just...
• Re: 16" Mercedes wheels
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:05:14 -0500
  ...Would I have to put in longer studs front and rear? Probably >5. Spacers? Definitely if ET40, possibly with ET35 if the rim width...
• Re: alternator question
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Rafferty
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 22:00:49 -0800
  ...up the van from the shop after the alt mounting bracket studs/bolts were replaced-they had sheared off. The alt was held on...
• Re: 16" Wheels?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 22 Jul 2003 06:50:34 -0700
  ...You will almost certainly need to make the lug holes a larger diameter and you will need longer studs and lug bolts. The length...
• Re: steering feedback
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 00:54:48 +1200
  ...loose wheelnuts loose studs loose/worn wheelbearing warped disc BenT wheel out-of-balance wheel or tire damaged tire camber or caster (maladjustment wouldn...
• Re: Mercedes Alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 08:36:21 -0700
  ...The thicker alloy wheels may need longer rear studs and front bolts even without the use of spacers. Many people have used Audi and...
• Re: Exaust Woes- REVISITED
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:49:36 -0400
  ...All i know is THERE ARE > STUDS WHERE THERE SHOULD BE STUDS! AND......the manifold should be back on > and it should be running...
• Re: Centre bores
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 31 Mar 2021 05:19:02 -0700
  ...The bigger that bore, the cozier they will be with the holes for > the lugbolts/studs. > > > BenT > > > > On Mar 30, 2021, at 5:57...
• Re: Long life Coolant & alloy wheel questions
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:46:49 -0400
  ...Also, I got a set of 14" VW alloy wheels along with this rig, but no studs/nuts or center caps. Any ideas where...
• Re: Rear Wheel Nuts!
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 6 Oct 2011 17:54:02 -0700
  ...That said, the rears have pressed in studs. To which then the wheel is placed and held with lugnuts. Most failures I've seen...
• Re: Wheel spacers
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 21 May 2001 07:12:02 -0400
  ...Some fit over your existing studs/bolts and just add track width, others actually change the bolt pattern. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "wayout" <wayout...
• Re: 15" Wheel Question
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 22:15:08 -0600
  ...I have a set of 15" Audi rims with machine work done and a set of spacers and longer bolts/studs ready to go...
• Re: Porsche engine mounting ring work on waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:01:47 -0800
  ...work on Porsche 911/356 and VW air-cooled. > > > > Are the mounting studs for the VW air-cooled the same as for the > > waterboxer?
• Merkur Scorpio alloys & other wheels which can fit Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:05:30 -0800
  ...Bill used 8mm spacers and longer studs. The rest was a bolt on. I will post at a later date about a new product...
• Head Gasket Project
  Historical mailing list - Gary Kovach
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 20:35:18 -0700
  ...In the process of removing the heads, I broke off 4 exhaust studs. So, the heads are at a local machine shop and this...
• Re: [vanagon] Alternator Bracket bolts broken off
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 11 May 1999 21:22:32 -0400
  ...I have one that I have used many times for broken studs like these. Karl ----- Original Message ----- From: +ADw-nilsh+AEA-microsoft.com+AD4...
• Re: stripped stud hole
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 06:45:11 EDT
  ...Then use stainless steel BOLTS (not studs) with a good coating of anti-sieze on the threads to hold the headers in place. No...
• My on going log for this 78 x 90.5 engine (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 12:39:06 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Install head studs, locktight and set them as deep as they'll go. Check for studs breaking through the inside with fingers, not a...
• Re: Rear Brakes Seized?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 2 Nov 2010 07:53:49 -0400
  ...Maybe apply torque with a pry bar between the studs at the same time. Did you set the hand brake when you parked it...
• Re: Advice needed for replacing front and rear header pipes and hardware
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 16 May 2009 06:45:08 -0700
  ...bolts (I think they are hex head cap screws and not studs with nuts) that attach my front and rear header pipes on my...
• Re: oh no, Wheel offset again! Help!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 4 Mar 1999 17:33:18 -0800
  ...You do need longer studs if you are going to use spacers. At 13:54 04/03/1999 -0500, Mike Ray wrote: >1.. I...
• Re: 235/45/17 tires fit? (Jap 5-stud is 112x5 PCD)
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 07:19:21 EDT
  ...Most 5 studs Japanese cars in the US are 5 x114.3 mm. Some are 108 mm, others 100 mm, and very few are...
• Re: Push Rod Shield Cover Question
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 30 May 2002 11:29:27 -0400
  The shrouding is held on at the exhaust pipe studs and two bolts into the case--nothing that holds the engine up. Are you...
• Re: How hard is it to remove exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 22:37:43 -0700
  In regards to the cylinder head exhaust studs - instead of trying to remove the seized nut why not spit the nut with a nut...
• Re: Stuck Head
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sun, 9 Apr 2006 22:54:29 -0400
  ...I then noticed that all of the studs can be moved about a > bit in the head, except for one, which seems to be...
• Re: winter tire choice & I got to Fairbanks
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 4 Oct 2000 21:04:38 -0500
  ...I never used studs (or chains for that matter) on any vehicle I ever owned in Alaska....until I got my '85GL Vanagon. The...
• MSW Type 15 16" wheels question
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:15:01 -0700
  ...We still need new, longer studs (rear) and lug bolts (front) with conical seats all around. The stock steel wheels use the spherical seats...
• Re: Coolant pressure test... video.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:07:18 -0500
  Actually you either have a cracked head or more likely the head studs failed to maintain pressure under load (that stretch preload thing) the...
• Re: '80 ac square port head
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:31:10 -0500
  ...Head gaskets burned out Head studs came loose Both often caused by case warping due to overheating. After the heads are off, carefully check...
• Re: merc benz wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 22:40:37 +1200
  ...Some Mercs have big studs and won't need enlarging of the lugholes (S-Class). You may need longer front bolts... ask Bent. Andrew...
• Re: Thanks!
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:10:12 -0700
  ...I have > removed the alternator, > and, lo and behold, the two studs that hold the > bottom bracket to the engine > block have broken off...
• FS: New (4) 15" SA Rhein Alloys $350 in SF plus other allloys
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:23:03 EST
  ...These are drilled to fit Vanagon studs. Two tires are OK. The other two are crappy. $300. Shipping and tire removal at Buyer's...
• Re: 12 point bit tool spec needed for CV/axle removal
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 7 Mar 2006 15:52:05 -0800
  ...my rear axle and it has the 12 point "allen like" > studs in there. Nobody in the state of Ohio seems to stock 12...
• Re: [vanagon] FS: 15" and 16" alloys for the vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Vern in Bend
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:43:22 -0700
  ...I don't know, but I'm pretty sure both types of wheels were for 12mm lugs/studs (rather than 14mm), and that's...
• Re: new LP tank regulator touches body
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:11:32 -0400
  ...There is no wiggle room for the tank to move in or out on the studs. Seems to me all the valves and such...
• Re: Trouble with snorkel from AFM to TBH
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 6 Oct 2016 14:21:25 -0400
  ...com> wrote: > Is the air cleaner housing properly seated? > The two studs at bottom of air cleaner housing should seat > into holes at body...
• Re: rust, nuts, and bolts
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Sep 94 10:01:36 ADT
  ...Go easy on the nuts/studs of the heater boxes/heads. These bust or tear out easily are are a bugger to deal with...
• Re: Rough Cost of Engine Rebuild??
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 08:24:16 -0800
  ...bearings, and all parts that need > machining machined and all rusty studs replaced. Somewhat less if you > use rebuilt heads, but that doesn't...
• Re: 82 running poorly when cold, any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Aug 2005 23:17:57 -0400
  Does it also sound noisy when cold? Noisy like additional exhaust noise? Check for loose head studs. When the engine warms, the expanding cylinders...
• Re: disaster... again!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:41:47 EDT
  ...Did you end up getting all the studs you need? Jeff E. Atlanta , Ga. 87' Westy "weekender" ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all...