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• Re: Three unrelated things
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:48:16 -0700
  I second Angus's comments and add that if you have been brought up wearing wool undershirts you're not going to be wussy...
• Re: Best Tire Pressures for Nokian C2s?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:09:10 -0600
  ...Thanks for any tips, wes On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Ken Lewis wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > .......If the tire is > > under-inflated, it will wear...
• Re: "Thieves Cashing in on Stolen Clunkers in Germany" (shows a Vanagon being heisted)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:12:28 -0700
  ...Now I wonder if people think I'm German when I wear a hat. This little bit of extra information leads to so many...
• Relay Steering Gear
  Historical mailing list - Arthur,Dave
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:50:33 -0300
  ...How subject to wear is this unit? Would it be useful to disconnect the unit from the rack and steering shaft and reconnect it...
• CV reversibility?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 11 May 2000 08:38:12 MST
  ...When I put it back in can it go either way? Should I look for some wear to orient it as before? What would...
• do front Syncro tires wear faster than rear?
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Wed, 4 Apr 2001 22:14:37 -0400
  ...I think the Fronts wear faster but I don't recall for sure. Any observations? I may have to rotate and put the smaller...
• Re: doing more brake jobs
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 21:59:20 -0400
  ...It's the transition, not the end points, that cause the wear. On Sep 6, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Pedro L. Rodriguez wrote...
• Re: Hydraulic lifter wear/cleaning question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:38:01 -0500
  ...Hydraulic lifter wear/cleaning question > > Do hydraulic lifters wear out or do they just get dirty and not worth the > labour cost to disassemble...
• Re: Engine Wear
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 21:59:17 -0600
  ...This is in contrast with a 75% wear point on a 1985 Ford > V8 at > 80,000 miles. The point is that the engineer...
• Have you had Fan Belt wear against the oil filler tube?
  Historical mailing list - Peter
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 13:54:58 -0600
  Have any of you Syncronauts experienced Power steering belt wear against the oil filler tube! I have tried to move the oil tube, but...
• Re: help. noise from the rear/ CV Joint
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 23:57:16 -0500
  ...Cages and balls are also slightly loose due to wear, so the balls "clunk" around in the space. I repacked my '84 GL, and...
• what do vanagon drivers wear?
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 17:16:44 -0500
  MECHANICS OVERALLS, just in case
• Re: Quick throttle body re-bush
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 08:39:09 -0700
  ...I can see how particles can become embedded in the plastic and wear the metal. But in this situation, throttle shaft, I doubt that...
• PSA- wear safety glasses when working with springs!
  Historical mailing list - pat
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:55:21 -0400
  ...Scott had mentioned wearing safety glasses when working with these things and I knew better, but just took a shortcut. Got lucky. Same thing...
• Uneven tire wear
  Historical mailing list - alfred bagdan
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:10:21 -0600
  Hi all, I am trying to find the reason why my front tires show excessive wear on the outsides. Wheel alignment you say. I...
• Re: Aircooled rules
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 4 Dec 2006 21:23:54 -0600
  ...Works extremely well if you have on an insulated shoe/boot or are wearing shoe-pacs or Sorrel Boots in winter with felt liners...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:25:59 -0800
  ...Consider that the balls and the grooves wear together. They develop a "wear fit". If you swap the balls around, the fit is now...
• Re: rebuilding throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 18 May 2001 15:35:28 -0500
  About the butterfly wearing grooves in the throttle body... perhaps once the bushings develop some play they allow the plate to scrape against the...
• Re: replacing lock cylinders + ignition switch + fish
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 08:55:28 EDT
  In a message dated 4/24/03 8:29:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time, fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT writes: << Seems that the tumblers wear...
• RE: Severe left front tire wear: Syncro
  Historical mailing list - mdstockr
  Thu, 3 Apr 97 15:06:27
  ...A worn wheel bearing or a bearing moving about within your spindle can cause your tire wear problem. Only an extreme LF tire camber...
• Re: Kumho 15" AT51 Tires?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 28 Nov 2016 13:32:59 -0800
  That's helpful to know re: wear. The Kumho AT 51 tirerack.com description includes "cut-resistant dual silica tread compound optimized for strength...
• Re: Where to put the better fish?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 16:54:31 -0500
  ...as > fishes wear out, they can't swim as well. just like worn tires. > > so if you put the worn fish in the front...
• Re: Syncro tire wear
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 2 Jun 2006 07:44:53 -0700
  ...Syncro tire wear > > > Tire folks, > > I bought a syncro. Thought the spare had been in the tire rotation so it > could be used when...
• Re: another victim - pop top lifting assembly weak spot
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:23:23 -0400
  ...Its as if the > wear happens at that last push to make the strut vertical. > > In folded state, the wear pattern does not seem...
• Re: Update on The Miracle & New AA 091 w/ TBD 4 2WD
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:13:51 -0500
  ...I change it out every couple > |of years. > |Some say it's not necessary, but gears wear, no matter what, > |and the wear particles...
• RE: Upgraded Brakes Bus/Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - bill
  Mon, 31 Mar 1997 15:39:14 -0700
  At 10:26 AM 3/31/97 -0600, you wrote: > I have found >that all after market either wear out too fast or they...
• Re: Front seats...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 04:13:07 EDT
  ...makes them wear evenly, and last longer. chris
• SYNCRO PANEL VAN-mileage questionable
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:26:19 -0500
  ...I couldn't help but notice the wear on the rubber pedal pedal covers and be suspect of the odometer reading. My 90 Westfalia...
• Re: Steering Knuckle Axle Stub Wear PICS
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 9 Jan 2016 10:55:44 -0800
  ...Steering Knuckle Axle Stub Wear PICS > Close up images of bearing race wear on a '85 non PS steering knuckle: > https://picasaweb.google.com...
• Re: uneven tire wear
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 21:21:11 -0600
  ...uneven tire wear > Hi Fred. Do you know Chip at the tire/alignment place on Main. Trying to > remember the name of the business...
• Re: AIR FLOW METER
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 09:51:35 -0600
  Arkady, my understanding is it's the carbon conductor that wears out. But either way, you are sort of right, wearable parts should be...
• Re: where is the best buy for drums and rotors?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:55:15 -0500
  ...There are trade offs with respect to pad wear, disc wear, operating temperature, dust and so on with each one. A good example of...
• Re: Vanagon rear suspension
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Nov 1996 18:12:41 -0500
  ...Since I'm having the same rear tire wear problem I thought I post the questions once again. >> I would have the rear camber...
• Re: different exhaust Q? studs or bolts?
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Tue, 3 Mar 1998 12:00:14 EST
  The down side to using bolts instead of studs is the wear it puts on the case. With studs you put it in the...
• Re: Syncro Ball Joints
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 5 May 2000 21:50:59 -0700
  ...Syncro Ball Joints > I need some advice: > When the ball joints wear, are the uppers more prone to wear than the > lowers? Does it...
• Re: Fuel pump noise? Fuel filters.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 17:01:47 -0400
  ...The one I just took apart is also worn very deeply without a lot of brush wear. I thought I'd measure it. Very...
• Re: weak seat belt retractor
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 09:43:03 -1000
  ...The cops set up traps to watch specifically for people not wearing belts. Amazing, eh? Anyway, as you might guess, we wear our seatbelts...
• Re: Bolo tie
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:39:31 -0800
  ...Hineline <hineline@ocotillofield.net > > wrote: > I'm thinking about wearing a bolo tie and a Stetson whenever I drive > my Westfalia, just to see...
• RE: Window tinting
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 02 Feb 1995 16:12:10 EST
  Larry MacPhee has seen bad tinting jobs on van windows and would rather wear shades. Depending on what you're doing in your untinted...
• Front Tire Noise and cupping wear pattern
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lofting
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:15:06 -0800
  My Vanagon Westy 84 has a weird "cupping" wear pattern on the inside of the left front tyre. About a third of the width...
• Tires
  Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
  Thu, 7 Jul 2005 21:08:27 -0500
  ...The set in the front (I rotated the tires as Sumitomo says to do) are worn down to the wear bar. Great tires except...
• Re: PSA- wear safety glasses when working with springs!
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:26:24 +0000
  ...A few minutes later there is a shot of him, clipboard in hand, writing up an estimate for a customer and he IS wearing...
• Re: Michelin MXTs..
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 10:37:46 -0500
  ...Anything lower than this causes my tire edge.....where tread is square to sidewall....to wear more on the side than on the bottom...
• Re: rebuilding throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sat, 19 May 2001 13:31:34 -0400
  ...Why would it wear grooves in the side? Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab,60 356 http://Neksiwel.20m.com/ On...
• Re: Ring and Pinion Wear
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 09:08:54 +0000
  ...They wear at the root >of the teeth almost identically on each one. What can I say...same vehicle- >different ring/pin ----one will...
• Re: NVC Question on AWD and tire tread depth
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 06:58:40 -0500
  ...Some rotation scheme should have been used to wear all 4 somewhat evenly. If the rears are near new and the fronts are worn...
• Seat wear on captian's chairs
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 12 Dec 2001 23:44:07 -0800
  ...I looked at the other seats at the armrest and noticed the same wear. It looks like the armrest, when lowered, rubs against the...
• Re: throttle body rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:25:38 -0500
  ...JB Weld is epoxy & will wear through much faster than the original aluminum housing & the hole will be back to where it was after...
• Re: are your vanagon seats wearing out? read this.
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 19:47:15 -0800
  ...are your vanagon seats wearing out? read this. To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 1:50 AM posted 2 years...
• Re: cv-joints: Constant Velocity Marihuana?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Jul 94 16:06:26 PDT
  > >alistair bell said: > >>flip the axles end for end so that the "other faces" of the cv joints >>are taking the wear (when driving...
• Re: AFM test readings
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 13:56:08 -0700
  ...The resistive track tends to wear more at commonly used positions. Idle, cruising speeds. Image showing what is likely minimal wear on my AFM...
• Alex and the List Shirt
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Nov 1996 07:15:42 -0500 (EST)
  ...His only complaint....when the shirt is tucked into his pants, the EuroVan is covered up!! Of course, after wearing it Saturday all day...
• Re: brake pads for 89 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 11:23:49 -0400
  ...I have no idea how they will wear, or wear rotors at this point. For $16 or whatever he wants, go for them, if...
• Re: Brake problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:37:58 -0700
  what year and which style caliper ??? so your sure the one, or both pistons, move freely, yet one pad wears rapidly ? If it's...
• Anyone wearing a POR-15 diaper?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:55:50 -0400
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• Re: Aircooled rules
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 4 Dec 2006 19:18:35 -0500
  Rule #1 for aircooled Vanagons: Wear warm socks in winter
• Re: Clutch Cross Shaft Arm Wear. Abnormal? PICS
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 14:07:10 -0700
  ...He said hoping transmission is >>> ok! :) >>> >>> Are these wear points on each arm normal high mileage wear? If not, do >>> they indicate an incorrectly...
• Re: These German ATE Pads ever sold by VW Dealerships as OEM? (pics)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 5 Apr 2009 10:25:30 -0700
  ...They wear well, > brake well, dust little and are not hard on your rotors like the earlier > ceramic pads were. And the best part...
• Re: Tire wear pattern -- it puzzles the expert
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:00:04 -0700
  ...Severe Outer Edge Tire Wear on One Front Wheel Far from an expert on this subject but I'm going to take a SWAG...
• Re: Brake drums warped - machining?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:28:41 -0400
  ...I didn't calculate the >overall size, but this doesn't seem like a lot of wear. According to Bentley 46.6 the starting...