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• A Tie-rods question(s)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:09:00 -0700
  ...There's no specific "Replace a torn steering bellows" procedure in my manuals, though they cover removing the steering box and removing the tie...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:18:15 -0400
  You shouldn't have to shim out the steering wheel. Is the spring in the horn button working properly, i.e., backing off from...
• Re: Power Steering Rack Removal
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:45:43 -0500
  ...Power Steering Rack Removal Anyone familiar with pulling out Power Steering Racks? have someone asking for my Power Steering rack. How much labor is...
• Re: Steering. Re: P 48.14 Measurement "a"
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 2 Feb 2013 01:10:46 -0500
  ...On initial assembly of a new steering column, the spacer causes the upper steering column bearing inner race to be pressed partway onto a...
• Re: Turning Circles in your mind. ;)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:42:37 -0800
  ...the power steering difference in > geometry somewhere down under there, and the size of the steering wheel. > > anybody even run power steering with the...
• Re: HHO Kits
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:34:14 -0400
  ...I used to >consider power steering simply another thing to break. My '84 manual-steering Westy was perfectly reasonable with 185-series tires and...
• Re: Noisy steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:41:52 -0500
  Yes, it may be the horn ring as others have pointed out but another cause of that noise can come from the steering wheel...
• Re: purpose of shear bolts
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 23:40:22 EST
  ...If you go hard against the steering wheel the plastic spacer at the top of the steering column crushes to absorb the energy, the...
• Re: heavy steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 15:00:32 CST
  On Wed, 30 Nov 94 14:05:25 CST David Kao said: >My 84 vanagon's steering seems getting heavier. This is not good...
• Re: 85 Steering wheel
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:40:11 EST
  ...The power steering is certainly a nice feature. But what in God's > Name were they thinking when the blocked the view of the...
• steering wheel and horn returning to stock
  Historical mailing list - mykarmann
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 18:55:45 -0500
  I've located a stock steering wheel with horn for my 86 GL but I'm missing the wire(s) which connect the horn...
• Re: Relay Steering Gear
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:53:08 -0700
  ...Relay Steering Gear I have an '86 Westy with power steering. The relay steering gear (251 419 025) connects between the Steering shaft and...
• Re: 85-86 Spindle Compatibility
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 15:29:48 -0400
  ...Steering knuckle for '86 is Manual steering: 251 407 311 AG left, 312 AG right. Says also use 251 407 631 spacer ring. Power...
• Re: Replacement steering wheels
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 12:11:02 -0600
  Bulley wrote: > I don't know the actual dimensions, but our > NON-power-steering 1982 Westy has a steering wheel that is approximately > 48...
• Re: Will Scirocco steering wheel fit on Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 18 May 2003 16:09:19 -0400
  Veronica Fraga wrote: > Also, are there any good reasons why I *shouldn't* > install a smaller steering wheel? It could make things difficult if...
• Re: electric or hydraulic power steering
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:57:11 -0400
  ...Been researching the electrical steering kits, seems like the >> downside is I'd lose the collapsibility of the steering column in the >> event >> of...
• Spindles
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Fri, 21 Jun 2002 11:58:42 -0700
  ...According to one of the guys at Campbell Nelson the spindles for the power steering list as different from the non power steering. They...
• Re: Replacing steering rubber link with universal joint
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 18:04:22 -0400
  ...Replacing steering rubber link with universal joint Anyone tried replacing the rubber coupling in the steering column with a splined universal joint? This would...
• Loose Power steering belt?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:41:21 -0400
  Hi folks, I changed my power steering belt and Alt belt on my 84. All is going well. I planned on checking and tightening...
• Re: Steering coupling / universal
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 09:36:49 -0400
  ...I searched both Syncro Vanagons and 2wd vanagons and came to the same parts page. -Larry Frank Condelli wrote: > <snip> All power > steering Vanagons...
• Re: About that steering wheel and those seats....
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:30:13 -0800
  ...The position of the steering wheel relative to the where > the > driver's lap would be is the limiting factor. > > > And with a little...
• Re: Van Steering Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 12:38:32 EST
  Hi Phil, The only VW steering wheels I have tried thus far are from mid-80's A2 (Mark II?) Golfs and GTI's...
• Re: '72 steering box
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 11:48:05 -0500
  At 9:32 PM 4/14/96, Vdubdude@aol.com wrote: >Ed, >Have you checked the center steering link? That's the most common...
• Re: Hard steering
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 00:28:09 -0400
  ...Hard steering Hi all-- Still mulling over my moving options, but in the meantime my Vanagon has developed intermittent "hard" steering. It most often...
• Why is there no power steering in a diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 17:18:21 -0800
  Hi volks, Here's the simple, obvious answer to the questions about power steering in the diesel: To my knowledge, there weren't ANY...
• Re: Replacement steering wheels
  Historical mailing list - Ken Korn
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 22:14:31 -0500
  ...I was VERY glad I had that BIG steering wheel (with no power steering). I wonder how the smaller wheel would've been? Ken...
• Stiffer steering with new P/S rack?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:46:31 -0400
  Dear Volks, Got a friend in Boston with a '91, just got a brand new steering rack installed along with left upper control arm...
• Power steering U-Joint, friend needs
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 10:39:25 -0400
  Carlos de Carvalho, who lives near Halifax and drives an '84 Westy, obtained all the used stuff to convert his van to power steering...
• Taking out Dash w/o steering wheek removal
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:14:01 -0400
  Benny's instructions for dash removal have him taking off the steering wheel. Others said they did the job w/o removing the steering...
• steering wheel replacement
  Historical mailing list - Tim & Kim Dayton
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 06:50:06 -0500
  Has anyone changed there steering wheel to a smaller one? I have a Rabbit Gti steering wheel that's been in my basement for...
• power steering belt size?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 19:18:50 EDT
  My power steering belt has been coming off lately. I guess I'd better replace All of the belts. Anybody know the sizes? Alternator...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 18:29:21 -0500
  For those with power steering ... Don't forget that the power steering belt can be used as an alternator belt in a pinch. You...
• Re: Turning Circles in your mind. ;)
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:10:30 -0800
  ...the power steering difference in > geometry somewhere down under there, and the size of the steering > wheel. > > anybody even run power steering with the...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:39:04 -0400
  ...Turned ignition on moved loose steering wheel up and down etc and the horn goes off as I move the steering wheel. Take steering...
• Re: Power steering woes
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sun, 7 Apr 2019 18:26:34 -0400
  ...Relative to this conversation the power steering pump and rack are both original. About 2 weeks ago the power steering belt randomly popped off...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 15:41:56 -0400
  ...Turned ignition on moved loose steering wheel >>> up and down etc and the horn goes off as I move the steering wheel. Take >>> steering...
• Power Steering
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Dec 1996 23:45:29 -0800
  I have one Vanagon with power steering and two without. I don't really see much difference. Since there has been discussion about how...
• Re: manual steering - more questions - longish
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 19:39:32 -0500
  I was considering changing my 83 Westy over from Manual to Power Steering and after I got a good look at the 87 donor...
• Re: [WetWesties] Blackbeard-The Final Update
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Thu, 4 Dec 2008 10:19:13 -0800
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > Are they replacing the steering couplers? > > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/SteeringCoupler1.jpg/SteeringCoupler1-full;init:.jpg > > Just a thought. I just...
• Re: Horn problem
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:32:17 -1000
  what is the condition of the Horn Contact Ring on the underside of the steering wheel ? those are usually torn up after these many...
• Re: FS: leather wrapped steering wheel for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:48:11 -0700
  ...leather wrapped steering wheel for vanagon > hi..im asking $100 for the leather wrapped steering wheel because i spend > my > time modifying the steering...
• Ignition Switch
  Historical mailing list - Steve Elfelt
  Wed, 1 Sep 1999 05:44:34 -0400
  ...I *did* have to remove the steering wheel from the steering column to replace the ignition switch itself. If memory serves, it was necessary...
• 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
  Chris - Does the new steering wheel block you view of the gauges? the standard power steering wheel I have right now "almost" does - I...
• Re: Power steering rack seals shot
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 18:18:56 -0700
  Using ATF Dexron in power steering? I checked this out years ago when I saw the VW/Audi "Oil for hydraulic system and power...
• FS: Rebuilt Power Steering Rack
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:13:35 -0700
  I had a "customer" disappear on me after I rebuilt a power steering rack for them. I've waited 3 weeks, that's enough...
• Re: Steering Wheel
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:49:51 -0700
  ...Steering Wheel Does a VW steering wheel from a Jetta, Rabbit or other, fit the Vanagon steering shaft? D
• Re: Power steering failure ?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 07:16:32 -0700
  ...Power steering failure ? > > > > > Am I right in assuming that nothing catastrophic happens. You just > > revert to > > > manual steering, right? > > > > as long as it is...
• Re: WTB: Brown Steering Wheel
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 08:33:14 -0700
  --- Jonathon Brown <JB510_YG@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > Anyone parting out a van have a brown steering wheel > available? > > It's for an 86, although...
• Re: what steering gear grease?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:38:25 EST
  In a message dated 3/28/04 5:32:57 PM, Oxroad@AOL.COM writes: << What grease is OK for the steering gear? Bentley...
• Power steering woes
  Historical mailing list - Jared Planter
  Sun, 7 Apr 2019 13:43:16 -0700
  ...Relative to this conversation the power steering pump and rack are both original. About 2 weeks ago the power steering belt randomly popped off...
• manual steering - more questions - longish
  Historical mailing list - Arlen
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 05:17:51 -0700
  What with the discussions on converting from power steering to manual steering, it has brought up a couple questions that I need to find...
• Re: 85 Steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 30 Oct 2005 13:30:46 -0800
  ...85 Steering wheel > In a message dated 10/30/05 9:20:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, > Greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA writes: > > > > One of the...
• Manual steering rack grease
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:59:00 -0800
  The Vanagons with manual steering required a "special" steering rack grease that VW still has ($20) but it has to be shipped freight (another...
• steering wheel restoration ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 05 Dec 95 18:26:51 CST
  somebody asked about where to get their steering wheel restored (a long time back), and i ran across this today: Koch's (steering wheel...
• Re: Power Steering Rack Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:19:07 -0700
  ...Everyone knows that you adjust that by the splines where the steering wheel goes on the steering shaft. but what if the best you...
• steering problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
  Sat, 30 Dec 2000 02:36:45 -0800
  Hi, I'm experiencing a slight scraping sound when I turn my steering wheel...it began after a particularly cold day but is persisting...
• Re: power steering whine
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 12:49:06 EDT
  In a message dated 9/24/02 12:29:23 PM, Zapvw@AOL.COM writes: << hearing the steering whine when it is cooler in...
• Re: steering rack u-joint
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:03:48 -0700
  ...non-power steering. when I got it back it had a solid two inches of steeing play at the edge of the steering wheel...
• Re: Adding Power Steering
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:54:17 -0400
  ...Adding Power Steering > > >> So that you have full understanding, the steering knuckles for "Factory" >> power steering vans have the tie rods attach at a...
• Re: ignition switch part #
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:24:24 -0800
  ...If that was so, why even bother removing the steering wheel since the ignition switch is at the far end of the steering lock...