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Boston Bobs tale of an engine stripper or .19 Main bearing info was Flickerin oil light on 85 auto
Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
Sun, 7 Apr 2002 12:33:16 -0400
...One other note about used 1.9 blocks is that the thrust surface takes a pounding and the new main bearings can be loose...
Re: Ever tow a 20ft.plus travel trailer?is possible?
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 6 Jun 2001 14:44:23 EDT
...front pads worn down almost to the metal, ruined clutch, and all four crankshaft end thrust washers were hammered out, found on the bottom...
Re: Auto tranny questions
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:29:13 -0400
...and one piece that got destroyed was a nylon(I think) thrust washer, about an inch and a half in diameter. The replacement part...
Dead Transmission in 84 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Steve Elfelt
Wed, 2 May 2001 18:29:35 -0400
...If I try, I hear unusual spinning sounds from the tranny and there is no forward thrust. When I described the earlier symptoms, a...
Re: TIICO oil pump / Logical Circle Jerk of the Day
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Tue, 6 May 2003 09:19:00 EDT
...The short of it is that during that brief light show I spun the center thrust bearings and trashed the thrust faces on the...
Removing front springs from '86 Syncro
Historical mailing list - WFryer
Tue, 20 Jun 2000 22:05:53 -0700
...Drillock about removing the front springs from a '90 Syncro by loosening the thrust arm so as to allow the springs to fully extend...
Re: starters and solenoids
Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
Fri, 6 Jul 2001 17:16:17 -0400
...spin by hot wiring > it, however, the solenoid is unable to thrust the > drive gear. i've tried to remove the mounting screws > to...
Re: New engine won't turn - 2.1 WBX
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 31 Dec 2015 14:23:08 -0500
...If the crank does not turn at all I would start at the flywheel end checking the end play shims and that thrust plate...
Re: camshaft bearing shell - WTF?
Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:03:46 -0500
...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: Flickering Oil Light 84 auto
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:01:10 -0700
...One other note about used 1.9 blocks is that the thrust surface can take a pounding and the new main bearings can be...
Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 22 May 2016 10:44:26 -0400
...I thought the thrust washer was standard sized. Oh, that's... you mean the shims! ok. I didn't find anything like that even...
Re: inline 4 swap
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Mon, 18 May 2009 16:25:48 -0400
...motor and putting huge stress on the trans bearings and engine thrust bearings. The input shaft can be clearanced with an angle grinder, just...
Re: Alignment at (Sears/Pep Boys)?
Historical mailing list - GMac999
Fri, 7 Sep 2007 23:26:44 -0700
...I always have them due a thrust alignment to make sure the tracking is correct. I have had to remove swing arms on a...
Re: Fw: Subaru EJ20 Turbo Diesel - Payback
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:43:34 -0800
...Diesel torque curves as you know are very different from gasoline torque curves.� To generate thrust, the force that pushes your vanagon down the...
Changing Syncro front springs (was: Control arm bushings)
Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
Thu, 27 Jan 2000 08:52:53 -0800
...If you don't think of replacing the bushings of the thrust arm, DON'T TAKE THEM OUT! Just loosen the nut and don...
Re: New engine won't turn - 2.1 WBX
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Thu, 31 Dec 2015 08:31:04 -0500
...There is the thrust washer that can easily drop out of place when you install the flywheel. Or you miscalculated the thickness of the...
Re: Clutch Question
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 19 Dec 2000 09:18:27 -0800
...It sounds like he is referring to the thrust bearing at the center main bearing in the engine, and I wouldn't be worried...
Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 21 May 2016 17:19:45 -0400
...I thought the > thrust washer was standard sized. Oh, that's... you mean the shims! > ok. I didn't find anything like that even...
Re: Intermittent high idle - able to make "go low"
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:41:21 -0400
...VW took the approach that the throttle plate would be the thrust bearing that holds the shaft in position vertically, so both plate and...
Re: >> WET TEEN P U S S Y HARDCORE << . . .. .... . ..... . . 3763
Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:54:48 -0300
...Hard thrusting piston rods... Hot wet front carpets... Come and Pop your Top... Swivel and rotate... The site for the straight or the transaxle...
Re: Stops on its own (sometimes violently)
Historical mailing list - AATransaxle
Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:00:55 -0800
...The pinion bearing is so bad that the pinion is moving and hitting the differential carrier and locking it up till the thrust is...
Clutch Problems??? Comments Appreciated
Historical mailing list - Christopher Mundy
Tue, 22 Apr 2003 12:34:36 +1000
...So, I�m thinking maybe a spring or finger has gone on the clutch or the thrust face bearing has seen better days. The...
Re: Transmission fluid change - 1991 4 spd
Historical mailing list - C. Abney
Fri, 2 Sep 2016 12:44:49 -0700
From looking in mine, it's just the parts in the rebuild kit and the pistons that need repairs, and the thrust bearings, and...
Re: Why go to big tires?
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:43:54 -0600
...mentions below, the change in effective wheel/tire diameter > gives > less 'thrust' at the road surface since the torque is acting over a > greater...
Photon driven Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:56:11 -0800
...Light gives No thrust you say? Or maybe the equal but opposite force rule doesn't apply to light? >> At the risk of exceeding...
Re: CV reversibility?
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Thu, 11 May 2000 16:32:37 -0400
...Note the >direction of thrust against the pencil. > >Now, switch the position of the pencil to the passenger side. The eraser is >now in...
Re: Torque converter drive plate question....
Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
Fri, 7 May 2004 05:59:47 -0400
...and the thrust bearing > takes care of all that... > Any help on this would be grand.. > thanks all, > jesse > 89 carat >
Re: reverse running Audi transaxles
Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
Sun, 22 Nov 1998 23:24:24 EST
...I haven't seen any unusual problem with thrust being applied to the 'coast' side of that gear. Also, helical gears are not directional...
Re: what happened to my thrust washer?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:17:02 -0700
Don't get too wrapped up about that rumored "better bearing". AFAIK, all that happened was as the vans got heavier and got power...
Front Wheel bearings - just how much is a 'trace' of play?
Historical mailing list - Todd Guttman
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:36:27 -0500
...My hub nut appeared to be correctly tightened - I could move the thrust washer with finger pressure. Haynes notes that the hub should turn...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:25:13 -0700
...Eventually it wore through the thrust bearing and started to hemmorhage through the rear/front(?) main seal. Got all my miles out of that...
Re: Boston Bobs tale of an engine stripper or .19 Main bearing info was Flickerin oil light on 85 auto
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sun, 7 Apr 2002 10:29:35 -0700
...One other note about used 1.9 blocks is that the thrust surface takes a pounding and the new main bearings can be loose...
Bus Boo Hoo
Historical mailing list
Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:00:55 -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...
Re: Are Vanagons pretty?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Mon, 1 Mar 2010 10:36:35 +1300
...Aircooleds look peculiar with a big expanse of metal below the forward-thrust grill; of course a SA lower grill could be fitted to...
Re: distributor washers
Historical mailing list - Andrew Silliker
Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:08:13 -0400
...Any experience here would be appreciated. > > Andrew, the washer is a thrust washer and is case hardened. A machine > shop or industrial hardware supplier...
Re: Engine bearing rattle at warm restart
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Sat, 20 May 2006 11:40:22 -0700
...It would be interesting to determine the crank thrust play (fore and aft), which is typically a determinant of overall main bearing condition. Can...
Question about end play
Historical mailing list - Clifford P Gottschalk
Thu, 25 Nov 1999 03:54:09 -0700
...Out of the three shims, the closest one to the thrust washer is a bit bigger in size (not in thickness but in circumference...
Re: Why go to big tires?
Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:03:22 -0700
...mentions below, the change in effective wheel/tire diameter gives less 'thrust' at the road surface since the torque is acting over a greater...
Re: Engine Performance vs Tire Size/Comments Redux
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:24:54 -0800
...I quoted numbers for the amount of reserve thrust remaining at any given flatland velocity (up to 65 mph) for combinations of powerplants (2...
Re: A Note To The Kid In The Cherry Red 'Tuner'
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Fri, 1 Mar 2013 20:56:47 -0600
If you mounted a funnel for your final exhaust you would have blown him away - as with rocket nozzle exhaust thrust!! LOL! John On...
Re: Auto tranny questions
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:15:24 -0400
...and >>one piece that got destroyed was a nylon(I think) thrust washer, >>about an >>inch and a half in diameter. The replacement part...
Re: Hi Speed Vanagoning & the "S L O T" effect
Historical mailing list
Mon, 9 Jun 1997 19:53:40 -0400 (EDT)
...causing both vehicles' forward vectors to combine, resulting in further forward thrust (i.e. acceleration). But this "slot" is distinctly related to vehicle sizes...
Re: whoa! loose washer on crank UPDATE
Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
Fri, 5 Nov 2004 20:53:23 -0600
...be 3 shims, but I only have one > (not > > counting the thrust washer). What the heck is going on here? > Can one > > shim be...
Lost in lala land
Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:01:28 -0700
...Here's hoping that all I need is a new thrust bearing (hah).
Re: Limited Vanagon content: using reverse running transaxles
Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
Tue, 24 Nov 1998 18:21:45 -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: canoe on a westy?
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Fri, 14 Dec 2001 22:25:41 -0600
...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: What happened?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Wed, 29 May 2002 20:22:04 -0700
...front, case the engine is in backward in VWs) of the thrust bearing. Oil leak; oil through the flywheel bolts; little shreds of metal...
Accelerator Pedal Troubles
Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:31:51 EDT
...Eagerly I removed the spare, removed the affected part and thrust in the Allen wrench. Success! A little stiff in action but it was...
Re: Need parts suggestions and related advice
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:04:31 -0400
...TO the parts list it is advisable to also replace the nuts and if things were really chewed up the thrust washers also. If...
Re: Transmission mystery
Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
Thu, 17 Aug 2000 22:54:43 -0700
...I guess that a piece of something may have found its way into and jammed between the thrust surfaces of a gear...It's...
Re: Tell me about rear bearings
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:27:57 -0500
...However, once that outer bearing fails to roll as it should the spindle is the first thing to get destroyed followed by the thrust...
Re: CV joint lifespan?
Historical mailing list
Sat, 4 Jan 1997 10:26:41 +0000
...switch sides to increase life by wearing them on the opposite thrust surface. When repacking some of the old timers round the list say...
Re: '89 Vanagon 10 years of Curiosities and Observations-Bucking
Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
Sun, 4 Jul 1999 14:06:00 -0700
...The bucking is a driven oscillation from mechanical thrust "noise" that seems to be related to looseness in the drive train. This noise appears...
Fw: Main Bearings for 1.9 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:10:50 -0500
...in std and 20, 40 over outer > diameter and with 010 thrust cut option and in std 010 inner diameters > Bob Donalds > 1 508...
Re: cool hatch acessory mod.. (fun easy stuff to do this weekend)
Historical mailing list - don spence
Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:04:04 -0600
...base of the L) to change the direction of the servo thrust/pull. On Friday, October 8, 2004, at 10:27 AM, Automatic digest...
Re: was: Friction, any extra wear 'n tear?
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:03:54 -0400
...The thrust bearing is a sliding bearing, not a roller, and is entirely dependant on oil film for lubrication. I wouldn't want to...
Re: Control arm bushings
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Wed, 26 Jan 2000 14:08:55 -0800
...The thrust arms have a coupla big bushings on the front. Any of these can squeek when they get age hard and or deformed...
Re: <no subject>
Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:35:46 -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: Boston Bobs tale of an engine stripper or .19 Main bearing info was Flickerin oil light on 85 auto
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 7 Apr 2002 12:47:13 -0500
...One > other note about used 1.9 blocks is that the thrust surface takes a > pounding > and the new main bearings can be loose...
Re: Rear axle torque specs?
Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
Wed, 3 Jun 2015 19:41:03 -0700
...The ball bearing provides some weight support and carries all the thrust loading. As a ball bearing it will have some clearance and it...