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• Re: Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 25 May 2016 15:11:42 -0400
  ...An absence of thrust washer between the hub and the CV might > be the cause. > > Is anyone familiar with the thrust washer as spacer...
• Re: what happened to my thrust washer?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:24:01 -0400
  On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > switch to ET30 wheels ? > when ? > as far as...
• unusual event
  Historical mailing list - Dave Black
  Wed, 1 Feb 1995 09:48:28 -0700 (MST)
  ...knew of any good VW shops in Flagstaff, whereupon he proudly thrust his thumbs under his suspenders and says "Ah do all muh own...
• Smooth ride in Robert's Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 09:13:30 -0500
  ...Press the accelerator, and it is silky thrust. Good Job, Rob. Here's to the hope you will take it to Buggout in Manassas...
• Re: front wheel bearing questions...
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Feller
  Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:03:53 -0400
  ...front wheel bearings have to have a bit of play - enough to just wiggle the thrust washer pushing with a small screw driver, for...
• Re: what happened to my thrust washer?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:54:49 -0700
  ...what happened to my thrust washer? > Don't get too wrapped up about that rumored "better bearing". > > AFAIK, all that happened was as the...
• Re: Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:56:29 -0700
  ...few hundred miles, pop the cap off and re-check that thrust washer for side play. Or jack the wheel up and check for...
• Re: Why go to big tires?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:26:42 -0700
  As Evan mentions below, the change in effective wheel/tire diameter gives less 'thrust' at the road surface since the torque is acting over...
• Re: Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Thu, 26 May 2016 09:55:59 -0400
  ...An absence of thrust washer between the hub and the >>> > > >> CV >>> > > might >>> > > >> be the cause. >>> > > >> >>> > > >> Is anyone familiar with the thrust washer as spacer...
• Re: replacing flex plate with flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Thu, 7 Dec 2023 08:05:56 -0500
  ...You wil also > want > >> to check the case for damage from the thrust plate smashing against. > >> > >> Having the flywheel seal fail is a common...
• Re: Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Wed, 25 May 2016 14:11:31 -0400
  ...An absence of thrust washer between the hub and the CV might >> be the cause. >> >> Is anyone familiar with the thrust washer as spacer...
• list guru's cam bearings
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 08:12:23 -0800
  ...The engine had 229,000 miles on it and the cam thrust bearing had lost its nickel plating on the side of the bearing...
• Re: Power output of actual vans? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:42:46 -0700
  ...I attempted to show the impact > of > > drag (aero and mechanical) as well as mass for the Westfalia and its > > impact on > > residual thrust...
• Re: canoe on a westy?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:38:08 EST
  ...closely matched to the weight of the top..then think "side thrust".. on the hinges... generally a BAD idea to lift the roof with...
• Re: Friday: New Beetle Hybrid - 1,350HP
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:12:09 -0500
  ...beetle engine is > augmented by the jet helicopter engine for additional thrust! > > Everybody needs one! > > Tom B.-LOL > > > On Jan 26, 2007, at 3...
• Re: Noise from left front wheel when making a right turn in my Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 11 May 2005 09:54:17 EDT
  ...A failing front wheel bearing will chirp, or the chirping will disappear if it is constant, whenever the bearing is loaded by the thrust...
• Re: LVC - Beetle Mod or does this guy have too much time on hishands??
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:04:10 -0700
  ...speed? Work = Force X Velocity So if he got a measured thrust at some speed, say 250 MPH, then he could tell us how...
• Re: Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 25 May 2016 21:37:51 +0000
  ...An absence of thrust washer between the hub and the CV might >> be the cause. >> >> Is anyone familiar with the thrust washer as spacer...
• It's Alive... just in time for the Bus Boo
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:28:53 -0400
  ...And Boston Bob's flywheel replacement video was extremely helpful as well! I followed it, but still had a problem which the thrust washer...
• Re: Thrust, HP, Torque, Gearing stuff.
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:04:34 -0700
  Hi volks, Tim Smith did a little tool that us of the subaru bent (not that BenT, just the subaru bent) modified a bit...
• Re: BMEP question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 21:43:09 -0600
  ...There are also > discussions > on engine efficiency, transmission issues, thrust required to move > the > vehicle, power reserves, fuel efficiency, etc., etc. > > Frank Grunthaner > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign...
• Re: CV Bolt Lock Plates
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:45:17 -0400
  ...They are thrust plates and the distribute the clamping load from the bolts. Without them, the bolt heads will distort the metal flange for...
• Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Fri, 20 May 2016 12:31:38 -1000
  ...btw i found what i was told was the ONLY > single thrust washer in north america... > > I got a master rebuild kit just in...
• Re: LVC: Wheel Bearing Press Requirements
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:16:29 -0600
  ...the workpiece to become cocked with respect >to the line of thrust and a lot of extra push is needed to overcome this >shortcoming...
• brakes, and wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Sun, 26 Oct 2014 17:00:17 -0400
  ...seat the bearings, backing off, then tightening enough so that the thrust washer can just be moved with a flathead screwdriver. There's no...
• Re: camshaft bearing shell - WTF?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:56:14 -0400
  ...Reason for double sides thrust is that the WBX will eat just one sided ones later mark d In a message dated 8/23...
• Re: <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:33:18 -0700
  ...An out of balance flywheel-clutch assembly can pound the heck out > of > this, especially if the thrust was not shimmed correctly. As far...
• Re: Clutch Question
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:19:16 EST
  ...The few WBX thrust bearings I have seen have been real beefy, even the used ones did not have significant wear. If it were...
• Re: R134 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Tom Bauer
  Fri, 1 Jul 2005 19:24:57 -0700
  ...These include the pistons, >cylinders, thrust bearings, and more.I guess this is ok , unless you get a >remanufactured compressor that came out of...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 01:26:39 EST
  ...At any given road speed (if no change is made to the primary gear ratios), the thrust or motive force available to you will...
• Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
  Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
  Tue, 14 May 2002 23:11:32 -0700
  ...To make the CV joints apply thrust through the other set of bearing faces, swap left to right, inner to outer. Another way of...
• Re: Steering "clunk" noise solved??
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:04:20 -0800
  ...My culprit is the universal joint in the intermediate rod/shaft > having wallered out its thrust surfaces. Guess all those years of > driving without...
• Re: Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 25 May 2016 13:14:08 -0500
  ...An absence of thrust washer between the hub and the CV might >>> be the cause. >>> >>> Is anyone familiar with the thrust washer as spacer...
• Re: Increasing horsepower
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 13:39:26 +0100
  ...thrust in the world, and he gained a PhD whilst doing so, a clever configuration, think it produced about 25-40lbs of thrust, but...
• Re: Endplay Shims
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sun, 13 Jul 97 16:25:59 -0500
  ...Too much or too little endplay >will ruin the mainshaft bearings thrust faces in short order. You will change >one of the shims if...
• Re: Limited Vanagon content: using reverse running transaxles
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 18:58:01 -0600
  ...It is quite possible, and even likely that in a transaxle, the bearings that take reverse thrust may not be strong enough. Far simpler...
• Re: How goods the firstaid kit in your Westfalia?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:49:28 -0700
  ...Pull upward, forcefully, toward the child's nose, in a series of five quick thrusts. If that doesn't work: 4. Step 4 Place...
• Re: Clarification of noise
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 13:00:33 -0700
  ...b) gearbox 1st motion shaft bearings (input shaft bearing) >c) crankshaft thrust bearing worn allowing something else to make noise My limited experience w...
• Re: � � � Re: Questions re. A udi 3A engine swap (after searching the arc hives)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 6 May 2004 02:31:32 EDT
  ...Expending available thrust is fun. As to the clutch, for the larger diameter clutch to have more towing capacity, its contact area must exceed...
• Draggin caliper, bad bearing job, or paranoia?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:38:45 -0700
  ...I also tightened it down until I couldn't move the thrust washer and then started backing it off until i could just move...
• Re: distributor washers
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:04:20 EDT
  ...Andrew, the washer is a thrust washer and is case hardened. A machine shop or industrial hardware supplier may be able to find you...
• Re: whoa! loose washer on crank UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 5 Nov 2004 19:51:18 -0700
  ...Bently also > says there are to be 3 shims, but I only have one (not counting the thrust > washer). What the heck is going...
• Re: FryDae
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 8 Apr 2006 10:19:40 -0500
  ...The purpose was to prevent asymetrical thrust and reduce stearing torque pressure. So you should definitely have variable wing lift to compensate for greater...
• Re: Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Thu, 26 May 2016 11:49:31 -0400
  ...An absence of thrust washer between the hub and > the > >>> > > >> CV > >>> > > might > >>> > > >> be the cause. > >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> Is anyone familiar with the thrust washer as spacer...
• Re: replacing flex plate with flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 7 Dec 2023 11:53:39 -0500
  ...You wil also >> want >>>> to check the case for damage from the thrust plate smashing against. >>>> >>>> Having the flywheel seal fail is a common...
• <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:42:48 -0700
  ...Unfortunately Dennis was right about the block - the rear thrust bearing is moving in its seat, I can rotate it about 1/8" inch...
• Re: Pulls to right
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 19:09:26 -0400
  ...If camber is off, the side that is more positive will create "camber thrust" pushing the car to the other side. Also, what about...
• Re: Would you replace your water pump if:
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 05:55:37 EDT
  ...a squealing fan belt was the sound of the water pump impeller milling away the engine case due to too much end thrust. George
• Re: Transmission Ratios, Diesels, Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Robert S Keezer
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 00:54:33 -0800
  ...I do believe we can blow these things-towing a 4,000 lb trailer hammered out all by crank end thrust washer. These motors...
• Re: Fw: Subaru EJ20 Turbo Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:02:37 -0800
  ...To generate thrust, the force that pushes your vanagon down the road, the torque from the engine, is passed through the transmission reduction gearing...
• Re: Bearing load on reverse driven transaxles
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:14:56 EST
  ...the regular thrust side. Also, keep in mind that the newest gearbox of this type is now 31 years old. The only bearing that...
• Re: AW: Water deliberately added to gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 13:27:41 -0500
  ...power boost, as well, and in that case the increase in thrust came from the mass the steam added to the exhaust. (Force = mass...
• <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:40:36 -0700
  ...too much clearance for a few bearings which is why the thrust bearing can move in its seat and is now worn. This is...
• Re: Control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:25:31 -0800
  ...Simply remove the stabilizer bar and loosen the thrust arm. The control arm will drop down enough so that you can easily take the...
• Re: Shift Problem after engine install?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 11 Jan 95 14:47:40 CST
  ...My problem is in 1st. >They tell me that it might be bushings in the shift linkage, the clutch >thrust bearing, or the slave...
• Re: Decided to Rebuild my 2.1-Machining, grinding, welding
  Historical mailing list - Nigel Bennett
  Fri, 22 Sep 2000 14:09:13 +0200
  ...will have to be line-bored after they fix up the thrust washer area. I have decided to merely polish the journals on the...
• Re: Towing a syncro.
  Historical mailing list - boroko
  Sat, 12 Jul 2003 22:37:38 -0500
  ...All of the gears get the same use as normal use (almost, The opposite thrust faces get the contact). I believe this has been...
• Re: main bearings for the 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 27 Oct 2001 20:41:06 -0400
  ...years the bug bearings will work for all but the # 1 thrust bearing for that I have been using a custom made bearing to...
• Re: Flywheel, crankshaft shims, and seal - was; oil leak between eng & trans
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone Greene
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 08:02:18 -0500
  ...Monday I begin my quest for a new flywheel, shims, and thrust washer. Please > note that I will also be replacing the crankshaft oil...
• Re: It's Alive... just in time for the Bus Boo
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:38:51 -0400
  ...If it doesn't turn, pull it apart and check that the > thrust washer didn't slip. You may wish to have a spare...