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• Re: Removing the axle shafts (was: Towing a Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 3 Jan 2009 12:48:36 -0500
  ...I use a long pry bar >>> in >>> between the wheel studs to prevent rotation of the shaft while >>> loosening the bolts. >>> >>> >>> On Jan 3...
• Re: oil in coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Jan 2021 03:27:57 +0000
  ...Driving 5 miles you have pulled studs, possibly cracked or warped the heads and damaged the seal at the top of the cylinders. In...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 06:56:54 -0800
  ...them to the intake plenum, > and the cap nuts on the studs have sealant under the flange. This leaves > the cylinders, exhaust system, and...
• Re: Removing stuck nuts and bolts e.g. Axle Nut
  Historical mailing list - Gary Duncan
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:25:08 +0000
  ...face of the > drum, and the drum slides off over the studs. > > It's good to know how to easily get the axle nut...
• Re: New head replacement, bad gas mileage...
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:36:48 -0700
  ...No major problem, just broke a head stud and I have to replace both lower center studs. I have also replace a new set...
• Re: How much power can a stock FI make?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 18 Nov 2001 12:53:30 -0600
  ...I would not consider changing the heads studs from stock, ceramic-coated heads and pistons or counterweighing the crank. Mr. Lilley has never proven...
• Re: last minute checks
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 10:02:08 -0700
  ...before you leave) rocker arms, or at least adjusters, with extra studs and shims. Anyone with stock pushrods might consider a spare and an...
• winter running gear for my westy
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:10:59 -0800
  ...i don't want to deal with changing lug studs or drilling out the centers of any wheels right now, so i want wheels...
• Re: Alternator vibration -
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 15 Jun 2020 06:14:20 -0700
  ...Broken studs and the pounding out of the case face are also common. I > use P.C. 10 all metal locknuts for this job...
• Re: Removing engine the German way
  Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
  Tue, 19 May 2009 18:11:33 -0700
  ...hardest thing is taking the > >> exhust off without breaking the studs. remove the exhust first then the > >> air > >> cleaner housing , wires(mark these) , fuel...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 10:18:27 -0700
  ...on the back of > the alternator to one of the ground studs on the alt. My alternator appears to have only one ground stud...
• Re: sucks in snow!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Sun, 4 Dec 2005 09:33:08 -0900
  ...Nokian tires cost more initially then most other snow tires, but to me the longer life of both the tires and their studs, and...
• Re: What can go wrong.....
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Wed, 17 May 2017 19:04:32 -0700
  ...Google cylinder cavitation erosion especially ford Diesels. >> The WaterBoxer equivalent is busted studs. >> Also, after the event the system and particularly the cap should...
• Re: kitchenette unit hook ups
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 08:48:49 -0500
  ...The mounting studs for the LP tank should already be provided on the drivers side about 20 inches back front the door. (I've...
• Re: My 2 cents on head leaks and rubber studs
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:18:12 -0800
  On the gasket sealer If I buy the kit from busdepot can I use the sealer that is included or should I buy a...
• Re: Go Jump...Re: Warning! Audi and Mercedes wheels are dangerous! (long)
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 20:32:17 -0600
  JordanVw wrote: > well, if the're "so dangerous" then what will happen? you have to use the > longer studs for the rear, and just...
• 215/85R16 tires - part II - what's the best way to cut sheet metal!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 5 May 2003 21:55:14 -0700
  ...Also with this installation I installed the longer Syncro 16 wheel studs 41 vs 35mm - I have some extras here is anyone needs them...
• Re: Sudden head gasket coolant catastrophic leaking
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 00:06:12 -0700
  ...I inspected the studs and they did not seem to >> be in bad shape so I did not replace them. Is this an indication...
• Re: 1.9 Head replacement (was lifter collapse / smog issue)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:11:53 -0400
  ...There's some people that believe you cannot remove the head even once without having to replace the studs, which are of the stretch...
• Re: Subject: Warning! Do not use... (Stainless Exhaust Fasteners)
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:40:40 -0800
  I too, live in New England and have worked on many vans with studs and bolts so rusted it took way longer to remove...
• Re: Im back with air ... mind boggling
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 11:35:41 -0800
  ...They had coated the threads on the head studs > with some kind of white sealant and ended up with > hydraulic locks when trying to...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:42:48 -0500
  ...very special, application-specific bolts and washers, the Type 1 used studs there. The type 4 is vastly improved and updated by VW engineers...
• Re: Alternator Repairs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:26:00 -0500
  ...will be sure to snap off the lower alternator bracket and studs. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Smog test failed - here is my plan
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:51:27 -0700
  ...bolt rolling around in the bottom of the > case, several stripped studs, and a small host of other problems all of > which pointed to...
• Re: Replacing the Head Gaskets (Maybe the Head)?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:43:21 -0400
  ...If this is a head gasket, (inner) the real failure is one or more studs. You're not going to know all until it...
• Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 10 May 2013 08:03:19 -0700
  ...you screw up drilling out the stud, and > bugger up the studs, you can fill the hole with weld and drill and tap. > > I...
• Re: Audi 100/200 callipers PHOTOS
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:46:30 -0800
  ...What do you think of the design? How > would you build an adapter seeing how the two studs are basically on top of > each...
• Re: sucks in snow!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 1 Dec 2005 19:10:53 -0500
  ...With ice or sleet, you'll have to take more time and be more patient and travel at slower speeds (unless you have studs).
• Tire Holder?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 1 Apr 2021 21:32:19 +0000
  ...some room or use spacers along with long enough > front lugs/studs. I'm not a fan of spacers so I grind off the...
• Re: Another nice trip with NO vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 21:49:03 -0700
  ...the alternator body. > I used one of the four small (4mm?) studs that holds the > alt together. I think I used a cable lug...
• Fw: Golf/ jetta auto trans can be used with vanagon diffs
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 17:10:11 -0800
  ...The vanagon 8mmx1.25 studs that mate > > the auto portion to the diff. are shorter and need to be changed > **Bentley > > gives a real...
• Re: shuddering clutch
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 26 Sep 2003 21:26:14 -0700
  ...It pays to line it up on the bottom studs, then look from above and beside to ensure engine and trans are lined up...
• Re: Coolant coming out...
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Wed, 9 Aug 2000 22:16:27 -0400
  ...Improperly torqued head studs can also cause this > problem. > > Dennis > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > Of...
• Advice: Got taken by DPO/ little VW content
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Reeves
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 02:29:33 -0400
  ...In fact the exhaust studs at one cylinder slipped out due to cross threading. And there were some other problems with some equipment which...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 19:35:59 -0800
  ...From the factory one side uses studs. If both sides have bolts leave the pipes in place, just remove the bolts. Un bolt the...
• Re: Pesky Vanagon exhaust system.....
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:07:05 -0700
  ...warm-up-cool-down cycles. > Just don't break off any studs that screw into the heads or anything .. > but for the nuts and...
• Re: Insane Syncro Prices!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Oct 94 18:18:00 PDT
  ...However, we recommend the use of all season tires or radial snow tires (M+S) with or without studs~, on all wheels, for better...
• WTB: NOS or never rebuilt CV Type IV Case for up to $300
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 13:59:48 -0500
  ...stripped oil drain plug or cylinder studs). There are two ways to measure a case to see if it is standard: 1. Torque the...
• An adventure with ball joints on a 71 Westy (long)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Fri, 5 Apr 96 17:43:13 UT
  ...Based on a review of Bentley's instructions showing a press being used to push the studs out of the knuckles I can't...
• Re: warning regarding GoWesty alternator bracket kit
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:47:24 -0500
  ...As for the bracket studs, > >>>>> the nuts should match the grade of the stud. > >>>>> > >>>>> Dennis > >>> > >>> > > > > -- David McNeely
• brakes & valve cover gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Linda J. Bartnik
  18 May 96 13:43:50 EDT
  ...I was dismayed, however, to see the plate that the lug studs are part of almost completely blocking access to all the brake parts...
• Re: everybody knows them to be high maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:16:35 -0500
  ...way), the ECU died, and the axles broke (or rather, the studs on the ends of the axles). Not to say that the Vanagon...
• Re: I rather drive the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:27:08 -0500
  ...This was without studs. No issues of any > kind in sand or mud. I assume the other type of differntial upgrades would > also be...
• Re: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 1 Jan 2014 05:07:05 -0600
  ...The block tends to pull up "hills" around the > > head bolt holes which leaves "valleys" between the studs, in the very > > places that do...
• Re: Rust....
  Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
  Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:32:32 -0700
  ...When you see > studs/bolts that seem to grow, but also morph fluidly into the object they > are attached too, it is simply amazing...
• Re: 15" WHEELS AND TIRES?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 15:37:19 -0700
  ...that bolts on correctly withut > adapters or spacers. > longer bolts or studs for thicker wheels.............don't mind that, but > prefer to avoid things...
• Re: 15" WHEELS AND TIRES?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:06:26 -0700
  ...longer bolts or studs for thicker wheels.............don't mind that, but prefer to avoid things like spacers or adapters. Costs more to do...
• Re: Preparing steering knuckles or spindles
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 8 Dec 2019 14:50:55 -0500
  ...The hub kit adds the hubs, studs, bearings and seals. Ball joints are not included and normally not part of a brake upgrade. As...
• Re: Checking pressure cap function???
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:57:19 -0500
  ...The head studs can lose their temper, cracks can form in the aluminum, and uneven overheating can cause the heads to warp. As I...
• Re: Torque Specs - Lug bolts and nuts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:18:03 -0500
  ...specs....Depending > on the parts connected by the torqued nuts, bolts, studs, whatever....they > should often times not be taken right to the specified...
• Pulsating Brake Pedal (Need Solution)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:36:28 -0700
  ...what might be wrong:Axle is bentHub (part with the wheel studs) is bentSomething wrong with wheel bearingsSomething wrong with proportioning valve to rear...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:23:36 -0700
  ...Or put some plastic screw-on covers over the studs. Not too difficult to make it butter knife safe. Not a lot of room...
• Re: Good local mechanic worked on my 85
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 11 May 2010 23:07:04 -0700
  ...He > > >> picked > > >> up the oxy sensor and replacement studs as well as a few other gaskets > > >> and > > >> bolts. > > >> > > >> Total bill - $330 including additional parts...
• Re: Pulsating Brake Pedal (Need Solution)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:14:28 -0500
  ...Hub (part with the wheel studs) is bent > 3. Something wrong with wheel bearings > 4. Something wrong with proportioning valve to rear wheel > 5...
• Re: Oops - I let the engine freeze
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 14:30:52 -0800
  ...hope the cylinder head studs don't snap off down in the block when going to remove the heads. The heads should really come...
• Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 9 May 2013 21:36:34 -0700
  ...As you know the early aircooleds pulled studs in normal use, and case stud inserts were standard with a rebuild. "Align boring" of the...
• Re: Waterpump and exhaust and rust - Oh my!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:23:52 -0800
  ...What's the easiest way to remove a rusty exhaust (especially the studs in the heads)? Is there some special secret? Some tool that...
• Re: 88 Vanagon alternator light problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:22:15 -0700
  ...tightening things - left long enough, you can even have broken off studs to deal with. you should also just check charging voltage ( I do...
• Re: Heads/GEX SAGA
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Jul 1996 23:01:00 -0900
  ...Also had stripped exhaust studs and a mashed and leaking (not due to shipping) valve cover. It ran well though. It made it to...
• Re: Alternator vibration -
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 15 Jun 2020 06:20:39 -0700
  ...Broken studs and the pounding out of the case face are also common. I >> use P.C. 10 all metal locknuts for this job...