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• Re: Help in northern Ontario...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:38:33 -0700
  ...It's that the earlier outer wheel bearings don't last as long with the 'common normal total neglect" that front wheel bearings ( amazingly...
• Re: Tell me about rear bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 10:44:00 -0600
  ...The front bearings also fail much more often than the > rears. To test you need to pull the calipers to get the pads off...
• Syncro can o' worms???
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 May 1997 19:43:39 -0400 (EDT)
  ...My un-syncro-educated-guess is that it needs front wheel bearings and a front diff. Owner says that the VC is working because...
• No more noise!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:19:29 -0600
  ...It was the inner bearing on the left front. I replaced the bearings and races this afternoon and am enjoying the silence. Jim
• 84 vanagon wheel bearing repair and front shock
  Historical mailing list - Robert Copich
  Wed, 8 Aug 2001 22:26:53 -0700
  ...Front wheel bearings...anyone ever press their own outer races in?.... Just looking for advice ...don't want to reinvent the wheel. Thanks in...
• Wheel Bearings and measurements
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Fri, 7 Mar 2014 21:05:15 -0500
  OK, so I've got some skills, some tools, and I can measure my front spindle to the 1/1000th of an inch if...
• Re: bad bearing? what's it cost?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:23:32 EST
  I have the front wheel bearings for $30 per side as a kit (inner, outter, and seal). I think that is average price. Thanks...
• Re: Front wheel squeak
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 15:34:04 -0600
  Entity Bob Whitby spoke thus: > Please tell me this is not a wheel > bearing issue. I had that problem and I was sure it...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing Adjustment (searched)
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:40:47 -0600
  ...I likely torqued the nuts on front bearings too much. > Grease on outer bearing rollers was brown (originally pink), evidence > of **light** scoring on...
• Friend in Seattle want to buy his first Westy
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:09:52 -0800
  ...joints, 3k until the front wheel bearings and struts, 4k until 15" rims and Geolandar tires, 5k until the front heater fan and heat...
• Vibration at 70 won't go away?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Thu, 3 Jun 2004 07:24:06 -0400
  ...This time it is bad at 65 to 70 but then gets better above? I have replaced my whole front suspension and bearings over...
• bearing/other noise when turning a tiny bit?
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Sat, 2 Apr 2011 13:05:28 -0800
  ...front wheels when I turn just a tiny bit left or right, consistent with something rubbing - any chance this could be a bad bearing...
• Re: front wheel bearings...chassis # location?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 25 May 2009 22:35:43 -0400
  > i am getting a humming from the front and i think it is the > passenger side wheel bearing...i have > an 11/83 manufacture...
• Re: Noise coming from front wheel
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:12:44 -0700
  Re "Looking around down there I realized that there > isn't much that could make any sounds except the front wheel bearings. " there's...
• Re: Bearings in brake rotors on 85?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 6 Jul 2003 09:02:32 -0700
  The front wheel bearing races are pressed into the rotors on all but Syncros. Maybe some SA models too but I'm not sure...
• Replacing brake rotors [Syncro]
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:33:52 -0800
  ...Should I plan to replace front wheel bearings if I am replacing the rotors? I have not looked closely at the front brakes yet...
• Re: Front spindle possibly needed
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:57:16 -0700
  ...Saturday, September 13, 2008, 11:01 PM I recently had bearing failure on the drivers side front spindle. The outer bearing is crispy and...
• Re: Rear bearings and grease question
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:28:09 -1000
  ...and it easily gets to bearings...unsealed ones, like used in the front and rear of 2WD vanagons. ( that 'double bearing' in the front...
• '56 kombi - disaster averted
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Sep 1995 20:57:02 -0700 (PDT)
  ...It looks like I should prolly get new wheel bearings in the not too-too distant future, and front shoes would also be a...
• Wheel Bearing realities.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Sep 2001 19:43:09 -0400
  Syncro front wheel bearings are similar in design to many front wheel drive vehicles. These types of bearings are pretty much a commodity now...
• Service Life of FWB's?
  Historical mailing list - Wes V
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:21:19 -0500
  ...With all the front wheel bearing (FWB) discusssion going on I was wondering if everyone who had replaced original front wheel bearings could report...
• Re: {front} wheel bearings on an '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 May 2016 16:32:13 -0400
  ...Re: {front} wheel bearings on an '88 Westy I think you mentioned this before Dennis, but would making 3 equal spaced punch marks at...
• Re: FAG or SKF wheel bearings?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 20:12:22 -0700
  ...Front wheel bearing for a front wheel drive car like Passat is far more work to replace than that of a Vanagon. Thanks for...
• Re: No more noise!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 19:25:49 -0500
  ...I took it to my tire > placee they said it was a right front bearing. I took it to my vanagon > shop, they said...
• Re: Vibration at 70 won't go away?
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 21:12:24 -0400
  ...This time it is bad at 65 to 70 but then gets better above? >I have replaced my whole front suspension and bearings over...
• Re: Vibration at 70 won't go away?
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 21:12:39 -0400
  ...This time it is bad at 65 to 70 but then gets better above? >I have replaced my whole front suspension and bearings over...
• Re: Front spindle possibly needed
  Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:13:14 -0400
  ...Saturday, September 13, 2008, 11:01 PM I recently had bearing failure on the drivers side front spindle. The outer bearing is crispy and...
• Dennis: Re: Wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 07 May 1996 09:25:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Moran) |writes: | |> I have to may have to replace the front wheel bearings on my 86' syncro. |>I have some play in the wheel...
• Noisy Wheel bearing - Serious Question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 08:56:12 -0600
  I've got a front inner wheel bearing that is noisy. Sequence of events: July 2001, installed new bearings and seals, everything OK. for...
• Re: front wheel bearing questions...
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Mon, 1 May 2006 14:06:13 -0700
  ...When replacing the front bearings, can they be removed without a puller? or are they pressed into the rotor? I also assume that new...
• Re: Rear wheel bearings going? How long have I got?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:31:58 -0400
  ...ear on it, too...). > Since I already replaced one of the front bearings with no change, > maybe it's just road noise? I wonder...
• dust cap front left wheel
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Wed, 6 Jul 2005 13:30:34 -0700
  does anyone know if the dust cap over the front left wheel bearing the same for vanagons as for bay windows? Bill M 82GL
• Re: Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:05:16 -0700
  ...Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am just starting to replace the front discs, pads and bearings. I > am > > > > wondering what is...
• Wheel bearing squell
  Historical mailing list - Chris Snyder
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 23:40:04 EST
  Hello everyone, About 2 weeks ago I replaced the front wheel bearing in my '87 2-wheel drive vanagon and every now and then...
• VW Parts and equipment for sale (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 12:23:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...Front wheel bearing outer Bug to 1965 111 405 641A 1 Front wheel bearing seal Bug to 1965 211 405 641A 1 Front wheel...
• Re: front wheel noise
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 9 Jul 2011 11:58:16 -0500
  ...one of the front wheels. It's > speed dependent, rrrraaoo, rrrraaoo, rrrraaoo, and I would say it's a > wheel bearing based on what...
• clicking right front wheel
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:47:34 -0500
  Ok, noticing a slight clicking at front right wheel, 82 diesel westy. Thought it was a loose creaky hubcap, so took that off to...
• 1985 Front Spindle
  Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
  Sat, 1 Nov 2008 14:07:46 -0400
  Just another request for a front spindle for my 1985 westy with power steering. I need the one for late model bearings and early...
• Re: Replacing Rear Shocks on 84 Westy.
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:00:21 -0400
  ...What I am confused about is that they said they > have to repack the front bearings to replace the brakes? Is this a reality...
• Re: Mechanical/Brakes/1984 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Dec 2016 04:25:27 -0500
  ...the later-version bearings on our > early-1984 bus, meaning there was a huge amount of slop in the front > bearings that enabled rotor...
• Re: FAG or SKF wheel bearings?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 7 Aug 2008 15:54:29 -0700
  ...To press out the old and press in the new wheel bearing for a front wheel drive front wheel bearing it will also need...
• Confirmation on front wheel bearings adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 10:27:55 -0500
  ...I put in my front wheel bearings last night and wanted confirmation on the adjustment for these (the description in the manual is a...
• Re: 1988 GL - FW Bearings: How tight is tight - How loose is loose - How Hot is hot?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 6 Apr 2013 17:46:57 -0700
  ...And 'maybe' one or two, if that, outer front wheel bearings fail in hundreds of vanagons over two decades. And really ...hundreds of vanagons...
• Moaning noise
  Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
  Thu, 4 Apr 1996 10:49:00 -0500
  ...After checking back bearings, and brakes, to no avail, changing the FRONT wheel bearing fixed it. Just got it back last night, and coming...
• Re: fancy front wheel bearing nut with clamp
  Historical mailing list - Vern in Bend
  Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:52:58 -0700
  ...fancy front wheel bearing nut with clamp > At 08:01 PM 3/20/2011, Vern in Bend wrote: >>I don't like peen-unpeen...
• Porsche clamp nut fits Vanagon front spindles
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 02:49:38 -0400
  ...wrote in the thread Re: "PEX front bearings WARNING-big brake kits!": > >As for the PEX bearing kits, for most suppliers the OEM shouldered...
• Rotor's-&-Bearing's
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sat, 4 May 2002 23:51:35 -0500
  ...for a badly needed front brake job, that you have been putting off---- I installed new front rotor's, bearings, races, and seals on...
• Frt rotors / wheel bearings. How to?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 17:28:10 -0500
  ...I have new rotors and wheel bearings to install on the front of our '88. To get the bearings properly seated in the rotors...
• Re: cv joint tips
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 19:15:25 -0400
  ...Some of the noise I heard might have been > from the front axles. So I again plan to replace all 4 bearings on > the...
• Re: Syncro driveshaft problems (maybe?)
  Historical mailing list - Gary E Thaxter
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 12:37:46 -0400
  ...I will have the whole front end redone (wheel bearings, driveaxles, diff mounts, diff bearings checked, and driveshaft balanced with new universals) before I...
• Front passanger bearing etc. Need parts and possibly instructions.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Sat, 21 Jun 2003 11:24:20 -0500
  ...So I need parts to repair this 1984 Vanagon's front passanger side. I had new rotors,bearings and pads. But I'm going...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing Source
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:48:02 -0800
  ...Bearings from AutoZone > I forgot to mention something about the wheel bearings I got from AutoZone. > American made (the markings) Timkin bearings no less...
• Re: Replacing brake rotors '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:40:32 -0400
  ...We have the bearings and seals in stock. You will also need two new front hub nuts (locking). Packing bearings. When you go to...
• Re: front wheel noise
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 9 Jul 2011 12:23:19 -0400
  ...one of the front wheels. It's >speed dependent, rrrraaoo, rrrraaoo, rrrraaoo, and I would say it's a >wheel bearing based on what...
• Wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Richard Smith (Smirby)
  Tue, 5 May 2020 18:29:12 -0700
  ...Am I correct to assume that this is a bad sign and front wheel bearings are in my future? I did spin that wheel...
• Anyone rebuilt an alternator?
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:21:23 -0800
  ...Bus Depot shows a rear and front bearing sold sepreately. Also brushes. No diode plates and such, though.� Why do the bearings without doing...
• Replacing Brake Rotors, calipers, bearings.
  Historical mailing list - R. E. Haufler
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:44:06 -0400
  ...What is the torque for the front wheel bearing nut? This nut apparently gets dented into position after torquing. Can someone explain the proper...
• Re: Rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Thu, 21 Apr 2022 14:19:28 -0500
  ...Rear wheel bearings > > After 250K miles it looks like the rear wheel bearings need replacment. > I've done the front successfully in the past...
• Re: fancy front wheel bearing nut with clamp
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:01:08 -0700
  ...fancy front wheel bearing nut with clamp >I belive the MBZ part number for this Clamping Nut for a 1980 280se (and > many others...
• Front Wheel Bearing Servicing How-To Online
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Sat, 13 Feb 1999 03:39:42 -0500
  ...This one is all about installing new front wheel bearings in the Vanagon. I'm going to try to post at least one new...