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• Re: Front brake rotor question
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 07:49:34 -0400
  ...m having a hard time identifying what year the >2 wheel drive Vanagon front rotors fit. Anyone know >what year fits what? Any idea...
• Re: wheel spacers
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 23:31:17 -0500
  ...I know I need to have the center hole opened up ( is 62mm right?), and I know I need spacers for the front wheels...
• Portland OR Wheel Boring?
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:18:29 -0800
  ...center hubs need to be bored for front grease caps. List recommendation for where in the Portland OR area to have the machining done...
• Re: Subaru Motors Wreck Trannies?--Commentary
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 16:31:22 +1200
  ...Double Cab! Shimmy in the front >end? Subaru will fix that. Rare Syncro Westfalia does not do 4-wheel >burn-outs? Guess what, with...
• Re: Paint Questions - Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:13:54 -0700
  ...allowing full front wheel turning Adds to cool matchbox toy car look Minuses: Required machining center hub opening to fit front grease cap ($50...
• Re: Rear Brake Drum Removal Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:02:37 -0700
  ...The tire/wheel/hub >> (connected through the bolts) will try to keep going. >> >> The ebrakes tend to be rather weak, though. If it doesn...
• Re: Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:06:30 -0600
  ...To pull it out you need to remove the little clip at the cap on the hub of the driver's side front wheel...
• Re: Speedometer cable -- where does square start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 4 Nov 2007 15:01:08 -0800
  ...a hub cap. Perhaps you have a bearing cap without a square hole in it, installed on your driver's side front wheel, instead...
• Re: Audi wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 16:00:38 EST
  ...a 8mm spacer on the fronts, not the rears. syncros dont need spacers or machining of the center hub holes either, like the 2wd...
• Re: Odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 22:28:57 EDT
  Joseph, When my odometer stopped, it was the hub on the left front wheel that was the problem. There is a little square pin...
• Re: lugs and studs for alloy
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 08:01:33 -0500
  So what did you do for the lugbolts in the front, which screw in to the hub? On Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 09...
• Re: Ronal R9 ET35
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:15:48 -0500
  ...URL is below, just go to Suspension / Wheels&Tires. Ronal USA, located in Southern California, sells hub centric spacers that will work with those...
• Syncro ride height data collecting...
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Sun, 5 Oct 1997 20:03:03 +0000
  ...between the wheelwell (lip) and the center of the wheel." I just measured to the centre of my hubcaps. right front 46.5 cm...
• Re: Centre bores
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 31 Mar 2021 07:08:02 -0700
  ...Centering > rings are used for those applications that call for a hub centric fit. > Syncro fronts with the original alloy wheels are hub centric...
• F.S. more alloy wheels for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  14 Sep 96 15:01:32 EDT
  ...alloy wheels, my set of 4 Audi turbo alloy wheels which have had the centers machined to fit the Vanagon/bus hubs and have...
• Re: Which Cromie type Hub Caps fit the Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 14:55:12 -0800
  ...ribs of the wheels, because the stub axle in the rear, or the dust capand speedo drive in the front protrude too far. Neptuno...
• Re: front wheel grease cap removal
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:34:56 -0600
  ...There is a flare, or lip on that outer rim of the cap that keeps it from sliding further into the hub and between...
• Re: Front end vibration
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:28:56 -0600
  ...candidate for a "Road Force" wheel balance. > I've had to resort to that on cars whose wheels are indexed to the hubs. > > George > >
• Re: Audi Turbo wheels on a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  01 Feb 97 13:38:43 EST
  ...wheel is the center hole - and that is machined out to clear the axle hub grease cap on the FRONT wheels. The rear wheels...
• Re: Tires and Wheels oh my.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 27 Jun 2021 07:46:00 -0700
  ...Difficult finding wheels to accommodate the bearing housing > especially 2WD front. > For Syncros consider this wheel choice. Amazon.com: Ultra Wheel 402S > Alpine Silver...
• Re: Cutting aluminum wheels with hole saw?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 10:42:22 -0700
  ...I did it to 3 of a set of 5 so the spare could fit on the front or back. Only the front wheels...
• Re: Audi wheels
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 08:59:17 +0000
  ...Syncros have a centering ring on the front hub. Audi > > wheels hit this ring. > >i never owned a syncro, i was just told they...
• Re: speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:28:26 -0700
  ...He blithely told me that on this car, it's > nothing to do with the hub. > > Which wheel does it fix to? What could...
• Re: audi rim modifications
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Sun, 7 Mar 1999 11:34:59 -0700
  ...The wheel needs to have a center hole measuring 2-5/8" to fit the front hub. Get all wheels done so you can...
• Re: Wheel Grease Leak
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:48:57 -0600
  ...notice that the right/front rim has grease > seaping out of the center cap, spreading out (because of the wheel's > spinning) to about...
• Parts Needed
  Historical mailing list - cz1137
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 22:12:33 -0600
  ...Grey Captains Chairs Fuse box cover in black 4 alloy wheel hubcaps Alloy Wheel Lug Nuts Cruise control control unit Engine Compartment Gasket Tail...
• Re: Syncro front discs - general brake Q.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 09:21:00 EDT
  ...front brakes. Changing these items is actually quite simple especially for the syncro as the rotor is removable without taking off the hub (all...
• Re: lugs and studs for alloy LONG- Project & quasi TRIP REPORT
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 12:22:16 -0400
  > So what did you do for the lugbolts in the front, which screw in to the hub? Good question! The short answer is speak...
• Alloy wheel caps and a ?
  Historical mailing list - Gregory S. Morrison
  Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:52:44 -0800
  (1) Does anyone have an extra hub cap or two for the optional alloy Vanagon wheels circa late 1980s? It's the plastic, brushed...
• Re: Now, Front Bearing "saga"...
  Historical mailing list - marty�
  Sat, 22 Dec 2001 15:22:05 -0500
  ...I remember my Bus front bearings "falling right out >when you pull the hub off" but I just came from out side where (it...
• FS 90 vanagon $695 Barstow, CA area
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 11 May 2003 01:18:00 -0500
  ...picture in ad shows silver bus, non-power mirrors, steel wheels w/hubcaps, and what appears to be some body work .. the center panel...
• speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:58:20 -0500
  ...He blithely told me that on this car, it's nothing to do with the hub. Which wheel does it fix to? What could...
• Re: squeak squeak
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:53:50 -0700
  ...squeak squeak More on the squeaking front wheel situtation: When I jack the front wheels off the ground and spin the suckas as fast...
• Re: clunking sound
  Historical mailing list - Gary Anderson
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:44:51 -0600
  ...It turned out to be a nut had fallen off and lodged between the wheel and the hubcap. It was clanging against the hubcap...
• Re: front brake hints needed
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:50:30 -0700
  ...found the nice 15X7 > alloy wheel bolts right on (front at least), though it > looks like the front bolts could stand to be about...
• Now, Front Bearing "saga"...
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Sat, 22 Dec 2001 10:58:24 -0500
  ...Then I thought, it was > > definitely the front... Jacked the front back up and grabbed the wheel >on > > the top and pulled... "wiggle, wiggle...
• Re: Disc brake setup, info finally!
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:37:07 -0700
  ...For 2WDs, the wheel offset on the front will be changed circa 5mm on each side (the thickness of the rotor on the hub...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:32:12 -0500
  ...Silly question about hub caps Those metal VW caps wouldn't stay on my front drivers either, the dust cap/speedo cable got in...
• Sharing the 16" Tire Upgrade on my 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Sat, 28 Oct 2017 18:18:39 -0400
  ...Tire/Wheel decisions are a very personal choice, I kept my old tires/rims/hub-caps... I case I ever show it at a...
• Re: Two failed tires... :-(
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:14:40 -0400
  ...Just not sure of the front 2WD hub > will fit them. The wheels are spec'd for a 66mm Mercedes hub, but I'm...
• Re: Wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Richard Smith (Smirby)
  Wed, 6 May 2020 11:37:55 -0700
  ...alloy wheels. >> >> One of my attempts involved putting spacers on the front and I had to take the dust caps off the hubs (very...
• Re: The Sign of Maturity
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:51:22 -0600
  ...The Sign of Maturity The cast iron on front wheel hubs rusts. The drums in back rust. The calipers rust. You can go out...
• Re: Magnetic Tachs - bicycle to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 14:43:02 -0700
  ...Gluing the magnet to the front L wheel rotor/hub and attaching/gluing the pick-up wire within 1/8 in. of that and...
• Audi wheels again :<) was: Re: 16x7" et35 5x112mm wheels! (long)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 03:44:38 EST
  ...ALL audi wheels require machining of the centers to fit over the front hub grease cap of the 2wd vans. NO MACHINING OF THE...
• Re: Kingpin inclination spec for Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 16:54:35 -0700
  ...The degree to which the front/rear wheels/tires are not parallel with the vertical plane passing through the front/rear hub. The more...
• Re: Putting on tires: three hands
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:58:11 -0700
  Because the front bearing hubs are integral with the disc rotors it makes sense that the front uses bolts. Lower manufacturing costs for the...
• Re: will these rims fit one of my vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:44:48 -0800
  ...my Mercedes wheels fit the hubs quite nicely. > > On 3/27/06, Evan Mac Donald <macdonald1987@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > The wheels SHOULD fit the...
• Re: 13 Busses in Ecology Junk Yard (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 19:21:28 -0500
  ...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: {front} wheel bearings on an '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 28 May 2016 10:01:31 -0300
  ...drag on the wheels)? I guess I get to lift the van this weekend, pull the wheels and check the hubs. The old mechanic...
• Type II model sighting
  Historical mailing list
  13 Jul 95 08:49:30 EDT
  ...and hub caps (w/ the VW insignia on the front and on the hub caps), and even white rims. The front wheels are cranked...
• Re: Center Bore size for Vanagon Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:20:13 -0700
  ...hub and > dust cap for the wheel as well. > > I did pickup a set of 5x112, 15" x 7" Wide ET 45 Wheels > > I...
• Re: Tires and Wheels oh my.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 27 Jun 2021 10:52:16 -0700
  ...Difficult finding wheels to accommodate the bearing housing >> especially 2WD front. >> For Syncros consider this wheel choice. Amazon.com: Ultra Wheel 402S >> Alpine Silver...
• Dust Cap
  Historical mailing list - Bollin Werner
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 21:08:01 -0400
  ...also greased the front hub bearings. Everything went back together OK. Now three months down the road my passenger side wheel bearing (dust) cap...
• Hansen brake kits #2
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 21:09:29 +1200
  ...have a rotor integral with the front hub. > >The South African (RSA) Caravelle has a different hub with a removable >rotor. I believe the...
• Re: Front wheel rattle
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 8 Jul 2014 08:25:11 -0600
  ...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: [Syncro] wheel offset question, syncro
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 10 May 2020 11:04:49 -0700
  ...But the front hub on Syncro is more a pain to remove and may give you pause to reconsider wheel choice. Alistair > On May...
• Re: Thread pitch on vanagon lug bolts???
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:38:11 -0800
  ...a 2-wheel drive Vanagon with stock US spec hubs. Syncros use studs all the way around vs. bolt sup front and nuts in...
• Re: Audi 5000 Turbo Rims
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:40:43 -0700
  ...He showed me some examples of the ways that wheel/hub combinations fit together, and I could definitely see why he would try to...
• Re: 15" Audi rims
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 23:02:09 EDT
  ...even close to fitting over the hub on the front. Thus, I have some great alloy wheels for sale. They are of the 16...
• 2wd front stud conversion
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:58:38 -0800
  <<Anyone converted the front wheels of a 2wd van over to studs? Where did you get them in the US? dylan>> Try contacting Chris...