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• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 11:02:49 -0600
  ...up, 78.8 mm >> On a used stub axle and hub, when hub installed on axle, but not pressed down by nut, just pressed...
• Re: axle connected to hub bone?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 17:21:02 -0700
  ...t turn the axle. >>> >>> Thanks, David >>> >>> On Aug 8, 2009, at 10:20 AM, David Milo wrote: >>> >>>> The stub axle should not have come...
• Re: VW Engines and Reliability
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:38:57 -0600
  ...3) Rear stub axle bearings. Don't pull them, just drill a hole in the axle stub housing and thread it for a tiny...
• Re: Bad Tool, bad, bad, tool.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Dec 1995 09:46:26 -0800 (PST)
  > So I'm out there a'banging away, putting a stub axle of a gear reduction unit > together when the copper-headed hammer flys...
• Re: Rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 3 Feb 2014 20:51:12 -0800
  ...You can leave the stub axle on the van and slide housing out, but I’d advise taking cv bolts off and remove assembly...
• '56 kombi tranny update: day 5/?
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 5 Jan 1995 08:36:18 -0800 (PST)
  ...bolted up snug, and it wouldn't turn! Turns out the stub axle and bearing were a little crooked, so I loosened up and...
• '64 Tranny Problems
  Historical mailing list - McGinnis Terry
  19 Apr 1995 08:17:41 -0800
  ...correctly, the bug also uses the 36 mm axle nut, as do my old stub axles. On the good note, I coughed up the...
• Re: Rear brakes - made by Volkswagen / LED dash lights
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 6 Aug 2020 17:51:20 -0400
  ...It’s priced very competitively and requires no machining of rear stub axles. Given the hit and miss quality of aftermarket parts, the Eurovan...
• wheel bearing question
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:31:45 -0700
  ...like one of the seals was turning with the bearing...the axle stub is heat marked at the inner seal area... anyone? Don Hanson
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 2 Jun 2015 10:10:01 -0700
  ...So you have, nominally, 2.7 mm of room before the hub bottoms out on the end of the splines on the stub axle...
• Re: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:55:46 -0700
  ...I was thinking about how properly torqued rear axle nuts could loosen up, even if tightened properly .. and thought of the stub axle threads...
• Re: Stub Axle / Grease: Enough Is Too Much
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 23:18:20 -0500
  brylcream?, or was that vitalis? reminds me, respectively, of the grease vs gear oil discussion. dlk On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 21:28:01...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:45:30 -0600
  ...Ha! Dennis, the stub axle did not come out easily and took some persuading. I inspected the inside and bearing surfaces and all was...
• Re: CV joint repair?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 20 Mar 1999 10:39:27 -0700
  ...I remember assembling an axle and splined stub on the >work bench and trying to install it as a unit on my 86. Due...
• Re: Rear wheel over half in muddy water. Need to repack bearings or ???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:26:47 -0700
  ...But if you undo CV's and push out the stub axle.... then you can add grease to the outer bearing. Lot of work...
• New engine case (little Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Tue, 30 Oct 2001 18:32:20 -0800
  ...If you are interested I have a website started at http://www.precisionalloy.com The site also shows some pictures of vanagon stub axles...
• Re: New Noise coming from under the body
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:55:10 -0700
  ...each cv with the extra put into the cavity of each stub axle flange that the CVs bolt up to. Mark Robert Stewart wrote...
• Re: Rear Axle Bearing Installation
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 17:54:50 -0600
  ...The bearings were getting pretty sloppy by the looks of the seal area on the stub axles, it was spread out much more than...
• Rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 3 Feb 2014 17:33:46 -0600
  ...Is Bell showing that you don't have to pull the stub axle out until it's on the bench. As usual, I could...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 14:45:39 -0400
  ...wrote: >When the rear axle nut is torqued to spec and >all parts from the hub and stub-axle through the wheel-bearing-housing...
• Re: Stub Axle / Grease: Enough Is Too Much
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Sun, 8 Feb 2004 15:43:57 EST
  Most people have heard of the Alaskan Pipe Line to move oil but us in the know know better it actually was used to...
• Re: Question and parts request.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:28:43 -0700
  ...It is likely that the stub axle and flange splines got worn some during the period it had to be running with the nut...
• Re: Thump Thump Thump
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:28:45 -0500
  ...Marshall Ruskin >Also check the bolts that hold the drive axles to their flanges on the >tranny and stub axles. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon...
• Hansen brake kits #1
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 21:09:17 +1200
  ...I believe the axle (spindle, stubaxle) is the same as the later >> German one. > >As far as I know, they are the same. But...
• Re: engine efficiency, I4s, subies, etc
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 4 Nov 2001 11:59:55 +1200
  ...MSDS' kit includes Sway-A-Way adaptor axles and Weddle 28-tooth 930-pattern stubaxles. Or buy axles & stubs direct from Weddle; prices start...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:41:14 -0500
  ...You at least need new bearings and if this has gone on for long, you may need new stub axles. Previous insuffecient torque of...
• Re: Rear Axle Bearing Installation
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:50:09 -0600
  ...pretty sloppy by the looks of the seal area on >the stub axles, it was spread out much more than the 1/8" inch...
• Help Please-Rear End Noise! (Solved!)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 15:57:49 -0700
  ...the hole in the middle of the drum - the one the axle stub passes through - was mis-shaped! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young '81 Vanagon Lafayette, CA...
• Re: The Thompson Coupling
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 09:25:20 -0700
  ...There are 930 flanges for almost all transaxles and stub axles readily available, too. but for a fairly inexpensive alternative to cv joints, this...
• Re: Transaxle stub axle seal
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 06:08:40 EST
  In a message dated 03/03/2004 4:16:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: Is this procedure for both...
• Re: CV joint theory: long
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 08:11:46 -0600
  ...It's normal for older axles to allow the CV to move laterally about 1/8" or less (that is what the cupped washer...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:17:25 -0600
  ...Slide the outer cv(s)/ axle stubs inwards; out of the bearings. > >5. Remove the now easily-accessible outer cv bolts, using vice-grips...
• Re: removing a broken cv joint stud-fixed
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 15:51:56 -0400
  ...removing a broken cv joint stud Hey David, if this is on the outer then I would recommend just pulling the stub axle so...
• Re: End of the list? Was Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 22:00:15 -0700
  ...Rear axle torque specs? > > Playing with the spare set of hubs, housings, and stub axles in the > mess I call my workshop, I notice...
• Re: Rear wheel over half in muddy water. Need to repack bearings or ???
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Tue, 7 Sep 2010 15:26:15 -0700
  ...But if you undo CV's and push out the stub axle.... > then you can add grease to the outer bearing. Lot of work...
• Re: OEM Grease Colour: Rear Axle Shaft, Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 9 May 2016 16:13:35 -0700
  ...Mentioned wheel bearing noise check because there might be a little too much end play at axle stub in question. On Monday, May 9...
• Re: neat idea........anyone done this before?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 14:53:12 -0700
  ...Considering that the entire weight of a full Vanagon is distributed 50/50 over both axles, nearly all the weight of the "trailer" is...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 2 Jun 2015 to 3 Jun 2015 - Special issue (#2015-104)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 4 Jun 2015 04:07:14 -0400
  ...The circlip is holding the outer race in place, the inner race is resting against the end of the stub axle. > On Jun 3...
• Re: Rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Mon, 3 Feb 2014 22:15:52 -0800
  ...You can leave the stub axle on the van and slide housing out, but I’d advise taking cv bolts off and remove assembly...
• Re: Rear wheel bearing spacer, replacement always necessary?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:30:48 -0500
  ...At this very moment, we have a TriStar in our > back shop undergoing a complete half-shaft, stub axle and brake job r&r...
• Audi 15x6 steel rim, FYI
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Sat, 21 Mar 1998 11:28:55 -0400
  ...centres must be bored out to a hair over 2" to clear axle stubs. Remove/discard the two small bolts holding on the rear...
• Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Wed, 25 May 2016 14:01:27 -0400
  ...0&postorder=asc&highlight=axle++noise+fit&start=0&sid=cb5f768858f53fec27c75037b66837cf Seems to indicate an overlong CV-stub axle... that bunches up (I guess...
• Re: Thump Thump Thump
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 08:12:02 -0700
  Also check the bolts that hold the drive axles to their flanges on the tranny and stub axles. > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 25 May 2016 13:05:37 -0500
  ...0&postorder=asc&highlight=axle++noise+fit&start=0&sid=cb5f768858f53fec27c75037b66837cf > > Seems to indicate an overlong CV-stub axle... that bunches up (I guess...
• Re: careful removing drums! was drums scraping backing plate
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 18:59:36 -0600
  ...Stubborn drums should be removed by loosening the brake adjusters to make sure they clear the rust ridge and then, if needed, remove the...
• Re: tool find
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:38:43 -0700
  ...Both nut and stub axle were ruined. That only happened once in dozens of years though. > > it's good to take things like the...
• Re: loose rear axle nut
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:59:52 -0800
  ...how nicely does your wheel flange/hub fit on the splines of the stub axle ?? it should be a pretty precise smooth fit , no...
• Re: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:30:39 -0400
  ...I was thinking about how properly torqued rear axle nuts could loosen up, even if tightened properly .. and thought of the stub axle threads...
• Re: Whatz a Good price to service CVs?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:00:12 -0700
  ...Karl Wolz |if the rear stub axles spin smoothly, even with say 160K miles on them, I |leave them. |I am not convinced that...
• Parts FS- updated list
  Historical mailing list - Matt Faust
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:49:03 -0700
  ...Used Parts � AFM, good condition (86-91) $50 � rear axle stub w/ bearings, mount $20 � used axle w both CV�s, good core (86...
• Re: CV Joint packing
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 14:09:56 -0800
  ...After I bolt the cv up to the axle stub/transaxle, I push the boot toward the joint and force the grease into it...
• Inject grease into rear wheel bearings w/o disassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:04:34 -0700
  ...I'm too busy/(lazy) this summer to also disassemble rear stub axles. (There is no sound or sign of the bearings being bad...
• Re: A tool for removing the rear axel nut on a Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:24:59 -0400
  >> On the face of the brake drum there is a 14 mm bolt that holds the drum >> to the stub axle flange to prevent...
• Re: Stubborn CV bolt removal
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 12 May 2003 12:09:12 -0700
  If it's not down in that hole from hell in the axle housing just grind it off. If its in that nasty hole...
• Re: rear axle nut removal (x-post)
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 22:19:11 -0800
  ...heat, as i don't want to melt anything inside the axle stub. liquid wrench seems to be the way to go. also, should...
• Re: GVW
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Thomas
  Thu, 6 Oct 1994 18:31:28 -0500 (CDT)
  ...after '63? Is that when they went to the larger-diameter > stub-axle sticking out of the xfer case? As I see it, the...
• Rear Bearings R&R
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:06:05 -0400
  ...See that little hole in the end of the stub axle? Put your punch in there and gently tap out the stub axle you...
• Re: Axle Rebuild Notes
  Historical mailing list - Erik Feddersen
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:13:07 -0500
  ...Go slow, stubborn nuts will generate binding heat that increases their resistance to removal, use oil to cool and get drawn into threads. Waiting...
• Re: Axle Rebuild Notes
  Historical mailing list - Erik Feddersen
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:21:45 -0800
  ...Go slow, stubborn nuts will generate binding heat that increases their resistance to removal, use oil to cool and get drawn into threads. Waiting...
• Re: Rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:12:56 -0700
  ...Anyway, yes I had that out and also the stub axle. There must have been models where that spacer fit through the opening with...