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• Re: Idea to Re-use Worn Wiper Arm?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:34:30 -0500
  ...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 - John Rodgers
  Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:20:23 -0500
  ...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: Which clutch to buy...
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 21:01:35 -0700
  ...It had the pressure plate, clutch disc, t/o bearing, pilot bearing, alignment tool, and a little dab of grease for the splines. All...
• Re: Wheel stud supplier in Vancouver BC
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 16:53:49 -0800
  ...They fit a little tight and I very slightly ground down the splines to a taper before installing them. Mark neil wrote: > Hi. > > Would...
• Re: Manual shifting very difficult.
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:04:19 -1000
  ...If that's loose there, not only will it result in very vague gear selection, left loose long enough ..it will damage the splines...
• Sticking Clutch Disk: Lubing Transaxle Input Shaft, Transaxle Installed.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:17:42 -0800
  ...slide transaxle away from the > engine, use inspection mirror to help in applying a little lube to very end > of input shaft splines...... > .... I...
• Re: Spacers for rear-bearings normal part of kit?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:50:55 EDT
  ...Yes you can as the nut will bottom out on the end of the splines. >>>>>I don't think you could torque the nut...
• Re: Wanted: '67 cargo door handle, Help removing steering wheel
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 11:36:30 -0900
  ...is locked to the steering shaft with a woodruff key, not splines. As such, the only way to center the wheel is with the...
• Re: Windshield wipers
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 19:17:36 -0500
  ...Clean up the splines, then put the arm back on and tighten the nut. -- David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 VW Diesel Westfalia '86 Volvo 240DL...
• Re: Raise the rear
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Dec 94 10:21:16 gmt
  ...It takes a bit of wresting (and a knack) to get the springplate off the splines without first dismantling the backplate, but this saves...
• Re: Windshield wipers
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:04:11 -0800
  ...the wiper on the shaft doesn't do it, then the splines are probably worn. I've never tried to fix something like that...
• shifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Fri, 8 Apr 2005 07:48:31 -0500
  ...Regarding the splines where the front and rear rods meet, they do not have to be all the way in. That just gives you...
• Re: Window rubber trim alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 19 Jun 2004 21:20:41 -0700
  ...I'll take a look at the different splines availabe at the local home supply megaplex. ===== Chris S.'85 Westy Camel -> http://www.knology...
• Re: Syncro rear hub removal, spindle nut size
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 23:35:20 -0400
  ...ISTM that they must have had problems with stripping out the splines, and went to the stronger nut, the same way that they substituted...
• Re: Audi Steering wheel on a diesel
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 14:20:09 EDT
  ...It has the same splines as A1 VW's (Rabbit/Scirocco 1/Jetta 1, etc). Go to the bottom of this page to learn...
• Re: Rear hub tightness
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 17:02:18 -0500
  ...Apparently they were having trouble with people rounding off the splines or some such. david >Stan > >On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:10:02...
• Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:37:13 -0500
  ...about them and > I have never heard of different numbers of splines right shaft vs left > shaft. The lengths are different but this is...
• Re: windshield wipter worries
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 16:14:02 -0600
  ...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: Wiper Shaft Stripped
  Historical mailing list - Tom Humphreys
  Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:52:15 -0700
  ...I cut a small (1/4") section of fine surgical tubing and placed it around the shaft where the splines are supposed to be...
• Re: Manual shifting very difficult.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 3 Mar 2016 03:00:28 -0600
  ...If that's loose there, not only will it result in very vague gear selection, left loose long enough ..it will damage the splines...
• Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 12:42:08 -0800
  ...Just don't bung up the splines, use a large drift or 3/8" socket extension and tap the shaft through. Catch it (helper...
• '80 linkage problem - a lesson learned.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Mar 1996 14:06:13 -0500
  ...The teeth on the bracket that engage the splines on the gearshift shaft had somehow gotten badly worn. Not good. The splines on the...
• Re: Learned something today.... (wheel studs)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 18:04:39 -0800
  ...I just took one out and measured the diameter of the splines in comparison with a stock stud. Slightly LARGER than stock, as I...
• Re: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:46:56 -0400
  ...The drum splines and nut threads take the first wear (easiest parts to replace), while the axle stub splines or threads would be last...
• Re: Replacing CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Thu, 15 Sep 2005 05:20:03 -0700
  ...But look carefully at the internal grooves that fit over the splines on the axle shaft. On one side of the bearing the grooves...
• Re: Road Story to share
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:35:41 -0700
  ...Found the splines to be hammered and twisted. The hub, which normally should slide easily on/off, required serious convincing every mm of the...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Ned Savoie
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 21:36:56 -0400
  ...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: Power Steering Rack Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:46:17 -0700
  ...about the tie rods and how to tweak steering wheel position with those , when the splines don't get things to exactly center. ----- Original...
• Re: Shifting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 20:07:38 -0800
  ...The male end has splines but the female socket is smooth so this allows infinite adjustment when the clamp is loosened. Mark Bill Davidson...
• Re: HOW TO make other vw model steering wheels fit the VANAGON (G TI, Scirocco, etc..
  Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 15:46:14 -0400
  ...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: Looking for some manual steering parts for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Wed, 23 Oct 2013 22:02:50 -0700
  ...I'm guessing the connecting shaft is longer and the two arm flange at the rack end has a different number of splines? I...
• Re: Left Passenger Wiper Failed after snow and ice build up, need some feedb
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:43:10 EST
  ...So is it possible the inner part that is inside of the wiper arm that connects to the remove arm, clean splines out with...
• Re: [T2] HELP!! CV Joints!!
  Historical mailing list - George Lyle
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:18:19 -0800
  ...The central hub of > the CV joint (that thing with splines that fits on the axle itself) > WILL NOT MOVE! The cage moves back...
• Re: Gears shifted
  Historical mailing list - Geordie Birch
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:53:56 -0700
  ...It is actually two rods held together with splines and a clamp. Loosen the clamp and rotate the front rod clockwise (clockwise from the...
• Re: Road Story to share
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:41:12 -0400
  ...Now that it came loose while driving the wheel flange is worn and the splines tweaked so it needs to be replaced. The splines...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Mon, 5 May 2014 09:57:33 -0600
  ...Aligning is even relevant with modern CV joints, although purists supposedly match the splines so that each joint is aligned. The problem is really...
• Re: ok where did i go wrong on my half axle 1984 vanagon powell river bc canada
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:57:07 -0400
  ...I infer they were having trouble with the driving splines on the axle slipping in the hub. Without looking in Bentley though, I believe...
• Re: CV bolt socket tool
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 3 May 1999 12:01:33 -0400
  ...Wera brand 3/8ths drive tool works just fine > as its splines have worn over the years and the same holds > true for the...
• Re: Type 2 Rear Axle nut coming loose?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Sato
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 19:25:14 -1000
  ...Turns out that whenever the nut gets loose the splines on the hub wears down. Thus the hub and axle has play in it...
• Re: Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Tue, 5 Jan 2016 15:41:17 -0600
  Did you make sure the transmission was in gear and hold one stub shaft while turning the other also? If the splines aren't...
• Re: Momo wheel hub adapter for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:24:18 -0800
  The A1 Series VWs (75 to 84 Rabbit / Scirocco etc) have the same steering wheel splines as a Vanagon. It should be no problem...
• Re: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:35:23 -0500
  ...It turns out that the splines were worn on the inside of the hub that was loosening up. Tom www.towercooler.com -----Original Message...
• Re: Windshield wipers
  Historical mailing list - Dan Herbert
  Thu, 21 Dec 1995 00:38:31 -0500
  ...The (aluminum!!!) splined drive lost its splines to the steel wiper arm - no back and forth, as you say. So I mosey into the...
• hands greasy, installing trans. -- please help!!...
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Stangeland
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:30:42 -0800
  ...don't seem to want to go in...? maybe the splines aren't aligning properly? everything was straight and looked good, engine supported with...
• Re: windshield wiper repair
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:54:50 -0400
  At 03:45 PM 8/16/2012, mcneely4@cox.net wrote: >pressable piece that the stud and splines of the shaft fit into has...
• Re: '80 linkage problem - a lesson learned.
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Sun, 10 Mar 1996 15:17:40 -0600 (MDT)
  ...The teeth on the bracket that engage the > splines on the gearshift shaft had somehow gotten badly worn. Not good. > > The splines on the...
• Wiper Shaft Stripped
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:25:45 -0400
  ...I took the nut and lock washer off to find that there are no splines left on the shaft. Bummer. I figured I could...
• Re: coil over springs for busses with sagging rear ends?
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 26 Dec 1995 11:01:56 -0800 (PST)
  Sglw@aol.com writes: > > can't you adjust the splines on the rear torsion bars. It looks easy in the > manual, but coil springs...
• Re: Why won't my engine go in?
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 13:38:50 -0600
  sounds like the clutch plate and shaft splines arent lining up right. turn the engine pully on front a little and try shoving it...
• Re: Manual Transmission Leaking at CV Joint
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:08:53 -0700
  ...naturally you hope the flange splines are the worn ones if any, and the part inside the trans isn't worn. 'usually' .. if there...
• Re: Sagging Rear...p00r RUmBa...fix?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Mar 1996 07:55:08 -0500
  ...The adjustment involves taking the spring plate loose, pulling it off the end of the torsion bar, rotating it a few splines and putting...
• Re: coil over springs for busses with sagging rear ends?
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Tue, 26 Dec 1995 18:25:50 -0600 (CST)
  > Sglw@aol.com writes: > > > > can't you adjust the splines on the rear torsion bars. It looks easy in the > > manual, but coil springs...
• Re: Tristar is here... shifter question
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:40:27 -0400
  ...aft location, say in neutral, you loosen the clamp on the > splines in the rear shift rod , then gently move the knob a short...
• Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints. - Figured Out
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:46:19 -0600
  ...But the damn thing I have has fewer splines and won't take the new CV. Maybe I've got a shaft from a...
• Re: Syncro front axle spline damage problem
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 21:47:41 +0200
  ...Outer CVs were ok, one inner was replaced with a new rear type CV and severe damage of the splines on the outer end...
• Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 12:20:19 -0700
  ...I shortened up the shift rod by moving the front shift rod further into the splines in the rear shift rod, but that didn...
• Next Question: Transmission Linkage
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 06:37:34 -0500
  ...least an hour and results in a sprained neck! Are the splines just wearing out? Anyone else have this problem and come up with...
• Re: Manual shifting very difficult.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 20:13:51 -0600
  ...13mm socket, that the 13mm hex nut holding the lever onto splines there, is good and tight. > I've found loose ones a buncha...
• Re: Axle Shaft bolt tool
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Sat, 31 Oct 1998 11:11:42 -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...
• Re: window cranks
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 9 Sep 1999 17:04:41 -0500
  ...He said that the handle has splines on it - and that is likely what is binding your handle on. Some effort will be required...