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• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 2 Jun 2015 13:29:26 -0400
  ...The difference is the front wheel bearings are tapered roller bearings that can be pre-loaded and the rear wheel bearings are roller and...
• Re: AUDI Alloys..
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 12:22:01 +0200
  ...Both wheel-sets fit on the rear of the vanagon, but you need spacers for the front, otherwise the rims will touch the U...
• FS: 15" Steel Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Thu, 10 Dec 1998 09:43:45 -0800
  ...The center holes will need clearancing to fit around the hub. The wheels are new take-offs from a VW dealership. Also included are...
• To be or Not to be/bearings
  Historical mailing list - Katy
  Sat, 3 Jun 2000 08:20:26 -0500
  ...Is there anything unusual about doing a Vanagon front wheel bearing replacement or special tools ? Hubby said something about he'd do the inside...
• Re: Passat 15 in wheels w spacers, correction to ??
  Historical mailing list - Ed Shultz
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:12:22 -0400
  ...I don't think that the stock Passat steel wheels will fit over the center hubs on the Vanagon. either the front or rears...
• Re: more (interesting) questions about rhein rims
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:25:20 -0400
  ...If you have rust on your hub (front) or drum (rear) it might be more difficult to get the wheels on all the way...
• Re: front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Oct 1995 15:34:58 -0400
  ...i'd used some heat from a profane >>torch ^^^^^^^ Well, if your torch heated the hub, instead off just cussing at it, it might...
• Re: Why go to big tires?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:33:00 -0700
  ...to stop the wheel abruptly, we need 1000lb of force at 5" out > from the hub, and that's the torque our stock brakes...
• Re: Front Berings, Shocks and Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 10 May 2000 09:18:21 -0400
  ...Bentley specifies to take the hub off because it gives better access to the brake components without the hub in the way. But it...
• Re: oh no, Wheel offset again! Help!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Mar 1999 02:04:06 EST
  ...hub hole) and run longer studs on the rear wheels (i know where to get) and run a thin spacer on the front (can...
• FS: rear fiberglass bumper endcaps, sliding screened windows, hubcaps, etc etc
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 13:57:08 EST
  ...adj armrests fit all vanagons -chrome front bumper w/ endcaps and trim strips -85-'91 vanagon plastic wheelcovers, disc style -auto trans and 1...
• removing frozen lug nuts / bolts ?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:46:53 -0500
  ...torch on the nut of the rears and the wheel/hub of the fronts. Any and all thoughts would be helpful. btw, I have...
• fitting passat wheels onto vanagon
  Historical mailing list - hugo lerner
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:43:57 -0700
  ...the wheels have the same lug pattern and offset as my 87 westy, but the only problem is that the front hub will not...
• Re: [syncro.org] Wheel offset
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 6 Mar 2005 08:04:03 -0800
  ...I bolted on a stock steel 14" wheel (less tire) 5.5" wide with 38mm of offset to the front right hub and measured...
• Re: what size is the Oil Pressure Sender?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 20:01:01 -0800
  ...the rear hub nut of course...) 24mm - o/p sender 28mm DEEP - diesel injectors (1 1/16" - identical size) 30mm - front wheel nut (both...
• vanagon stuff FS (seats, interior bits, wheelcovers, bumpers etc)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Feb 2002 01:05:52 EST
  For sale: -rear hatch screen, snaps in, from a westy but fits all vanagons $35 -vanagon OEM wheelcovers/hubcaps, plastic disc style used from...
• Parts for 89 Vanagon Camper Needed
  Historical mailing list - jon williams
  Tue, 26 Sep 2000 16:18:29 -0700
  ...plastic airscoup fuse box cover radio antenna speedometer assembly right front wheel hub screen for cargo door window and thats all folks!!!!!!!!!!!!! jon williams...
• Re: how to get rear brake drums off?
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Calvin
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 19:44:08 -0400
  ...The wheel goes on those studs and the drum floats between the hub and the wheel. The 11mm bolts hold the drum onto the...
• Alloy center cap Oops
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Wed, 2 Nov 2016 16:03:56 -0500
  ...16px">Pulled the wheel. Sanded and greased. Pushed the cap through the back, pita keeping it straight. and pushed it right through the front...
• Re: Passat 15 in wheels w spacers, correction to ??
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:50:20 EDT
  ...The fronts fit, but the rears hit the axle nut. >> When I was using Passat 15 inch steel wheels, I had stock Jetta wheel...
• Re: Fwd: ultimate sleeper porsche rusting van -- just for fun
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 10:32:04 -0400
  ...One of Leno�s favorite parts is the wheels and hubcaps. �We made the wheels out of billet, made �em 17 inches. Then we...
• Re: Gof/Jetta Hubcaps/Camping
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:34:03 -0600
  Mine went on without any real problem; on the left front, the wheelcover has a little exploded dent in the center, from me smacking...
• Re: passat steel rims and tires
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 22:51:44 EST
  ...However, if you are buying stock spec hubcentric wheels, you will need to bore out the centers to clear your front dust cap. You...
• Re: Strange Noise
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 9 Apr 2000 22:09:59 -0400
  ...wheel bearings have tight radial seals on both sides of the wheel bearing housing to keep contaminants out of the bearing. The front hub...
• Re: Lowering a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 06:04:24 EST
  ...This may also later lead to extended downtimes when replacing parts being modified -- the rear hub, drums, front rotor and possibly front hub (as...
• Re: Two failed tires... :-(
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:35:26 -0700
  ...Just not sure of the front 2WD hub > will fit them. The wheels are spec'd for a 66mm Mercedes hub, but I'm...
• New slippers
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 19:12:23 +0100
  ...are sticking out of the hub on the wheel. Not nice, and I would rather keep the smooth hub covers with the Borbet logo...
• Subject: AR95T Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Tue, 19 May 2020 22:35:32 -0700
  ...The Audi's had to be custom center bored for Vanagon front caps/rear nuts. Of course getting my hub covers to stay on...
• Re: Wheel studs- How to Get?
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Sat, 14 Aug 1999 11:46:12 -0700
  ...didn't have to remove the hub. I've been looking for studs to mount my Mercedes wheels. I am looking for a stud...
• Re: Wheel studs- How to change.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Sat, 14 Aug 1999 13:39:19 -0600
  ...Wheel studs for the rear of the Vanagon > Can the studs be removed with a hammer or do I have to remove the Hub...
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 11:45:00 -0500
  While traveling in far western PA last fall, I was enticed off I-70 by a sign advertising "100,000 Hubcaps, Next Exit." It...
• putting long studs into a syncro's rear wheels (longish x-post)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:20:25 -0800
  ...s not enough room behind the hub to put them in, except in one area of the wheel where the braking mechanism doesn't...
• Re: Front wheel rattle
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 7 Jul 2014 16:01:14 -0700
  ...metal rattle sound coming from my passenger side front wheel. today I pulled off the hub cap and found the small cover that lives...
• Re: Why go to big tires?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:34:20 -0400
  ...to stop the wheel abruptly, we need 1000lb of force at 5" out >> from the hub, and that's the torque our stock brakes...
• Re: which Audi wheels fit Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Sat, 17 Oct 1998 14:26:47 -0600
  ...Keep in mind, they are 15" wheels, they require machining the centers to 2-5/8" to fit on the front, the rear hubs...
• Re: "Towing" a two wheeler
  Historical mailing list - Lorraine Sym
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 19:59:30 -0400
  ...I removed the Vespa's front wheel, bolted the lugs to the "adapter" and towed it, rear wheel down --------------------------------- Find your next car at...
• Re: Moderator Comment Re: Disc Brake Setup Photos
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 09:35:19 -0700
  ...budget (ha ha) kit that just includes machined 2WD hubs, and caliper brackets (front/rear), so that advanced DIY types can source their own...
• Re: front end clunking noise
  Historical mailing list - Woodcock, Frank
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 08:54:37 +0100
  ...Raised the front wheel and the squeak disappeared. Lowered the wheel and the squeak returned. After a lot of thought, I pulled over and...
• Re: Wheel alternatives...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:45:52 -0700
  ...these wheels in the front of a 2WD vanagon ..... besides needing the center bored out to clear the grease hub cap in front, , and...
• Re: Front Hub bearing removal
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 4 Apr 1999 08:07:54 EDT
  ...I think I'm going to have to redo my front hub wheel >bearings and >having never done them before was wondering if anybody...
• Re: Mercedes Wheels, BTDT ?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:25:31 -0800
  ...I had custom hubcentric > spacers made at www.wheeladapters.com. 10mm in the front and 14mm thick in > the back. They were $65 each...
• Re: VW Alloy Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Tue, 4 Feb 1997 12:21:16 -0700 (MST)
  In order to upgrade to the factory alloy wheels you will need longer lug bolts up front and longer lug studs with different lug...
• Re: Passat 15 in wheels w spacers, correction to ??
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 18:44:37 -0700
  ...I don't think that the stock Passat steel wheels will fit over the > center hubs on the Vanagon. either the front or rears...
• Sticky brake saga....
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 19:29:06 -0700
  ...Using this wonderful tool, I noticed that on a short 5 mile trip, the temperature of my front wheel hubs were approaching 270 degrees...
• Re: What's the best thing you've ever done to your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Sun, 29 May 2011 22:32:44 -0700
  ...15" Audi alloys shod with Geolandar M&S tires, + 15" Audi front brakes. Must figure out how to keep wheel hub covers attached, though...
• Audi turbo 15" alloy wheels on a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Mar 1999 20:19:26 EST
  ...then i got some thin wheel spacers for the fronts. ( i only used spacers on the fronts, you dont need spacers on the rear...
• Re: Why go to big tires?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:45:54 -0700
  ...to stop the wheel abruptly, we need 1000lb of force at 5" out > > from the hub, and that's the torque our stock brakes...
• Re: Need one 15" steel wheel
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:59:57 -0400
  ...No front spacer needed with slight enlarging of center hole where it contacts the hub." "2WD - requires substantial enlarging of the center hole to...
• Re: anti theft for hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 21:43:13 -0500
  ...dish hubcaps. If one gets stolen, they're only $9 each anyway. ;) Haven't had one stolen yet, though the left side front one...
• Re: Audi turbo 15" alloy wheels on a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Mar 1999 20:31:43 EST
  ...then i got some thin wheel spacers for the fronts. ( i only used spacers on the fronts, you dont need spacers on the rear...
• tri-star fender flares------looking for pictures of these on Vana gons.....anybody seen these?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 18:06:16 -0500
  ...under the wheel arches........And I just had to take the front wheels to my vertical mill to open the center hub area and...
• Re: Who is interest in getting Front wheel pull through studs made for 2wd vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 00:37:01 EST
  ...You will need to drill out your hubs to use their studs. It would be much cheaper to buy Weltmeister studs (for Porsche) rather...
• 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: Dennis Haynes has shared a folder with you
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 3 Sep 2012 14:22:04 -0700
  ...The bore is 66.5mm so they fit hub centric on Syncro front.
• wheels binding?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:58:27 -0400
  ...front wheel bearings and lower ball joints on my 87 syncro.  i just put the arm back on and the hub...
• Re: Center Bore size for Vanagon Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:48:49 -0400
  ...Audi wheels could be a good choice. 66mm is the center bore needed and >will also keep them hub centric for the front of...
• Re: 15" WHEELS AND TIRES?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:39:15 -0700
  ...The steel wheels will bolt onto a 2wd w/o much fanfare. On top of that, they will accept a Jetta/Golf/Passat hubcap...
• 13 Busses in Ecology Junk Yard (long)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Fraser
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 14:58:32 -0800
  ...Stripped Front Brakes: out to wheels & tires Rear Brakes: out to wheels & tires Engine/Trans: neither CVs/Axles: yes Windshield: yes Driver Door: none...
• Re: Will these fit? FS: 16" Audi Rims with Pretty much brand new Yokohoma Winter Tires - $ - $600
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:22:35 -0500
  Wrong offset, center may need drilling for front hubs, designed for hub centric, who knows what weight rating and theirs will be wrong diameter...
• Re: Replacing brake rotors [Syncro]
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:41:39 -0500
  ...from Bus Depot, and I have a question: > > Should I plan to replace front wheel bearings if I am replacing the rotors? > I have...