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• hubcaps
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Aug 1997 21:33:48 -0400 (EDT)
  Greetings all! Anyone out there have a source for hubcaps? I need at least two, possibly as many as eight for '84 GL's...
• WTB grille, hubcap for 86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ian Webb
  Thu, 2 May 1996 08:54:03 -0400
  A friend of mine is in search of the lower front grille for an 86 vanagon, as well as a hubcap for a GL...
• Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:53:02 -0800
  While the Bentley shows removing the nut and hub, all of the usual brake components can be removed and replaced without disturbing them. The...
• Re: Transmission questions, '87 Syncro (Todd Hill?)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:29:16 -0500
  The "old" style hub has square, notched cutouts in the shift hub. The newer ones are more raduised. The Bentley mentions the difference, but...
• Re: Syncro rear hub removal, spindle nut size
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 02:14:34 +0200
  Chris Wyatt wrote: > I've begun the repair on my driver's side rear hub, after losing a wheel > last winter (see > http://gerry...
• 15" audi alloys
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:13:42 -0400
  ...The hub clearance needs to be opened up a bit as I have seen posted previously. The thing that has me puzzled though is...
• bus/vanagon brake disc interchangeability?
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Fri, 16 Oct 1998 17:46:20 -0500
  ...Can a Vanagon front rotor/hub replace a breadloaf's rotor and hub? (I'm asking because the vanagon rotor can be redrilled for...
• Need some hub caps
  Historical mailing list - jsnyder
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 19:54:39 -0500
  Hi I am badly in need of some nice hub caps for my '82 Diesel Vanagon. Does anyone have a good used set of...
• Needed: (1) Disc Hub Cap
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Thu, 10 May 2001 07:42:54 EDT
  I need only one lonely hub cap. Pretty fair condition, please. Please P-Mail replies if you have one to sell. Or, I'll...
• Re: 3 - 4 syncro hub repair????
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 10:23:05 -0400
  Hi Glen, I have done this fix twice (no, not on the same tranny). :) I have pictures of the broken hubs on my site...
• Re: CV article now available - I'm confused (long)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:35:36 -0800
  ...Pretend your left hand is an outer ball hub, and your right hand is an inner ball hub. Assume we're talking about the...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Brad Spear
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 00:22:52 EDT
  ...Does anyone know which hubcaps fit, and also where > I can find some good quality hupcaps--preferably with the VW logo. I live > in...
• Interesting item on eBay web site item#92595475: VW Vanagon Wheel Covers (Hub Caps)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 17:53:43 -0700
  VW Vanagon Wheel Covers (Hub Caps) Title of item: VW Vanagon Wheel Covers (Hub Caps) Seller: elhudson@msn.com Starts: 04/17/99 21...
• Re: Reaching the end . . .
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Lee
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 00:49:07 -0800
  ...He built one Zuckermann and about > seventeen Hubbards, about half of them English bent-sides; and one > forte-piano, also Hubbard I believe. How...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:11:13 -0600
  ...I just prefer > > the little VW logo hub caps. > > > > I've seen photos of Vanagons with these VW logo hub caps before. Is there...
• Re: Audi wheels!![long]
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 07:48:00 -0700
  The answer is yes as far as I can tell, the front wheel on my Syncro does fit tightly around the hub just like...
• Re: '84 Hub cap problem
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:49:40 -0700
  At 7/8/2010 06:20 AM, Mark Dearing wrote: >hello Rob Take the hubcap and find a solf place, sand works best. take...
• Got 1st Front Brake Kit Today!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:55:25 EDT
  ...The front hubs replace your old ones and have new bearings and seals already installed. The new hubs are like syncro hubs in that...
• Source for round ' VW ' emblems for hubcap centers?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 26 Nov 1998 22:00:07 -0500
  I want to find some VW emblems around 2.75" in diameter to put in the centers of the spiffy new 15" hubcaps I...
• Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Don & Sue Welch
  Sat, 25 Sep 1999 08:58:16 -0700
  Just a note to let you know these hubcaps are forsale on E-bay <http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item...
• Wanted: Hubcap for 89
  Historical mailing list - The Legacy Farm
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 10:08:33 -0600
  Hi Volks, Well lost on of the Westy's hubcaps. Must have been this week sometime. Durn.............has to happen when someone is coming...
• Re: Syncro front hub question
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 22 Jul 2000 16:49:22 +0200
  ...I already have my rear hubs machined so that MB, Vanagon, and Audi discs fit onto the hub. But it seems that I can...
• Front Hub bearing removal
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
  Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:10:29 -0800
  ...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: Boring out hubs on wheels...
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:41:04 -0700
  ...Use a hole saw to drill through > the hub. The drill bit that keeps the hole saw centred will be > located by the piece...
• Re: Eccentric hub?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 7 May 2014 14:45:38 -0600
  ...Eccentric hub? > > Some years ago my brakes started wobbling. Nothing serious, but at > speeds above 50 it is very noticeable and possibly hazardous. So...
• Re: Wheel alternatives...
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:00:01 -0400
  ...That would suggest >that not just the wheel but the hub was different for some markets >than others. No, you're just not following...
• HELP!! CV Joints!!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:26:15 -0800
  ...The central hub of the CV joint (that thing with splines that fits on the axle itself) WILL NOT MOVE! The cage moves back...
• Re: A tool for removing the rear axel nut on a Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:43:11 -0500
  Whups!! My bad! Seems like an awful lot of extra work to remove that nut and hub. But then again, I have quit doing...
• Re: Ways to attach broken hubcaps? or, 5 wirespoke hubcaps for sale cheap...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:46:08 +1300
  Electric cable ties work really well... seen 'em on lots of cars, my wife's included! -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew...
• Re: Transmission Questions
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:57:18 -0600
  On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Daryl Christensen <daryl@aatransaxle.com>wrote: > The factory upgraded 3/4 hubs came in some...
• Re: Needed Parts..
  Historical mailing list - Richard Kurtz
  Tue, 18 Jul 1995 16:42:40 -0500
  Michael writes... > I am looking for some old hubcaps for my 76 type II bus. I don't own a 76 Bus but unless...
• 85 Hub Cap...
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 10:24:43 PDT
  Hello All, I am looking for a Hub Cap for a 1985. Does anyone have one or can you tell me how to get...
• remove rear hub to replace brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:23:26 -0500
  ...Will I need to take the hub off to do that? I can't remember and Bentley is not clear on that. Thanks, Edward
• Re: 15" audi alloys
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:35:21 EDT
  ...The hub clearance needs > to be opened up a bit as I have seen posted previously. The thing that has > me puzzled though is...
• Re: CV questions (searched archives...some ;) possible air cooled mod too!
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:06:05 -0400
  ...both ends of ball hub chamfered. New CV's ball hubs have only one end chamfered, which is good, but only 3 of 4...
• Re: Brake question
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 23:03:06 -0700
  ...It appeared that rust between drum and face of wheel hub and on spindle of wheel hub, kept them from coming off easily. I...
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Steven G Wacker
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 15:20:31 -0800
  ...KMart will not have hubcaps that will fit > a > Vanagon.
• Re: Alloy center hub
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 2 Nov 2016 12:41:59 -0700
  ...sand them lightly, sand the hub to, put on some grease or silicone spray will help... it should be loose enough to put them...
• Free hubcaps gone
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chen
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 10:40:13 -0400
  I've got a taker for the hubcaps, and I'd also like to apologize if anyone tried to e-mail me directly and...
• Audi rims
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 09:58:15 -0300
  Hi, Audi rims do not use the hub section for support/alignment, lugs carry all the loads. Machine as needed. You are thinking of...
• vanagon hubcaps FS..and alloys FS
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 23:22:57 EST
  i have misc spare vanagon hubcaps for sale..all yrs...'80-'91 chrome moon style, '83-84 simulated spoked style, '85-'91 disc style...
• Re: Tire question: Sorry, but ...
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:19:59 -0700
  ...Tire Temps I use a small Radio Shack IR thermometer to check tire temps and wheel hub temps especially on long trips. Check hub...
• Re: New/Old 3rd/4th clutch hub for 091-1s
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 13:43:07 EST
  ...If I could ever find a source of just the new hub then I could use these dozen or so good 3rd/4th sliders...
• Re: HELP!! CV Joints!!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:22:32 -0700
  Tom, Ya gotta put common sense behind you here, and match up the grooves on the hub opposite of the direction of the grooves...
• NEW- Genuine Bus Scissors Jack (and 85 cent hubcap puller)!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 21:03:33 -0500
  ...Also, for those of you with the small chrome (or painted metal) hubcaps, I now have VW hubcap pullers for them. This is the...
• Re: Substitute tool question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 19 Jun 2005 06:20:13 EDT
  ...I need a 46mm socket to pull the rear hub to replace the brake shoes. Do I need to pull the hub to get...
• Re: manual trans 3/4 slider hub crack problem...was:Re: Daryl the tranny man
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:56:36 EST
  ...So when do you think it > will fail? gary > i had a 87 that had the 3/4 slider hub crack at around 150k...
• Re: spare tire stowage quiz...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 1 Nov 2008 12:10:53 -0700
  the outside goes downward for 3 reasons........... - lower center of gravity compared to 'outside or hubside upwards'. - you can make it so the tire...
• Rear hub tightness
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:10:02 -0700
  My rear hub got a little loose. I took it to a place and they tightened it with a small air wrench. Did that...
• Re: Repair for rear trailing swingarm?
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:38:33 +0200
  ...Can I pull the hub assembly and trans-axle out throu the rear swingarrrrm? Sounds good, then I dont need to mess with the...
• Re: remove rear hub to replace brakes?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:32:09 -0500
  ...Will I need to take the hub off to do that? I No, you don't. -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:11:53 -0600
  The hubcaps from my 79 loaf fit my 90 GL just fine. Thanks to Ron for the clarification. I certainly had no idea there...
• Re: Stuck in gear-reply
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 7 Jun 1998 23:55:35 -0400
  ...Has been updated with the new hubs? Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler On Sun, 7 Jun...
• Re: '84 Hub cap problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 7 Jul 2010 20:20:49 -0400
  ...Anyone dealt >with this problem? Suggestions? Tips on making the hub cap "just a >little bigger? Two suggestions: a) put tiny dab of grease...
• Re: Dumb Hubcap Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 23:24:59 -0500
  ...Scott >Mike Ross wrote: > >> I have an 83 Vanagon (with stock steel wheels) and am trying to fit a set of >> hubcaps from a...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 26 Jun 2004 to 27 Jun 2004 - Special issue (#2004-597)
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 19:21:25 -0700
  ...George '89 WesTiico, Wernher So George, You say all the slider hubs in the 049 transmissions were bad? How many speeds in that 049...
• Re: Brake drums warped - machining?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:20:05 -0700
  ...Most drums warp in the middle where it touches the hub. It would take too > much machine work to chase that. Checked that area...
• Re: '84 Hub cap problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 8 Jul 2010 01:06:12 -0400
  At 11:38 PM 7/7/2010 Wednesday, Rob wrote: >Like Jim Morgan suggested I'll have to use the 'fixed' the hubcap >until...
• ISO spedometer hub clip
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:32:37 -0700
  I'm looking for the teeny tiny little clip that holds the speedo cable to the hub. Anyone have one on a parts vehicle...
• vanagon hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 10:07:00 MDT
  hello all, question what "OLDER style hub caps would fit on my 85GL going to a bug show this weekend and hoping to score...