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• Re: '88 Vanagon disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 12:44:54 -0800
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: '88 Vanagon disc brakes Just did a complete front brake job. New rotors, new races, bearing, and seals. Well...
• Re: fancy front wheel bearing nut with clamp
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:21:56 -0400
  ...fancy front wheel bearing nut with clamp > > > I belive the MBZ part number for this Clamping Nut for a 1980 280se (and >> many others...
• <syncro/all> setting up R+P gears
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Apr 1997 15:48:57 -0300 (ADT)
  ...the situation... (have almost) swapped over locking diff components, including bearing races/adjusters from scrapped Syncro trans into my front diff. I did not...
• Need parts suggestions and related advice
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:09:37 -0600
  ...The grinding, wiggling and smell was coming from exploded passenger side wheel bearings. They say I need a new right front rotor, new inner...
• Re: Confirmation on front wheel bearings adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 19:34:12 -0700
  ...I put in my front wheel bearings last night > and wanted confirmation on the adjustment for these (the description in the > manual is a...
• Re: Anyone rebuilt an alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:37:14 -0800
  ...belt > tensioner bearing and I thought it was this bearing that was going south. > > Bus Depot shows a rear and front bearing sold sepreately...
• Re: WowWowWowWowWow sound when rolling on down
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:49:28 -0500
  ...Not a difficult task on the fronts, just a pita to have to doe it. The bearings on this machine were replaced a relative...
• Re: Bearing Problem - Any Ideas??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:32:16 -0700
  ...for a tapered front roller bearing, first thing I do is take the bearing with rollers on it, and using my fingers, roll it...
• wheel bearings questions
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:38:58 -0700
  I have just replaced all four wheel bearing, dirty, dirty job, on my 84 Wolfy. The part I am confused with are the front...
• Re: Rear Wheel Bearing Options
  Historical mailing list - pat
  Tue, 3 Apr 2012 23:12:38 -0400
  ...Rear Wheel Bearing Options Yeah, now that I think about it, I've done the front with no press. How can you do it...
• Re: Mechanical/Brakes/1984 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Thu, 1 Dec 2016 11:23:41 -0500
  ...the later-version bearings on our early-1984 bus, meaning there was a huge amount of slop in the front bearings that enabled rotor...
• Rear bearings and grease question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:04:35 -0700
  ...Why not two sealed cartridge bearings? After all there is a sealed cartridge bearing in the front wheel of a syncro. Yeah, I know...
• Stub Axle - Service and Bearing Replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:59:42 -0600
  ...I suspect a wheel bearing, as I have hear bearing growls before, but I could at least tell they were up front. This noise...
• Re: fancy front wheel bearing nut with clamp
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:09:41 -0700
  ...fancy front wheel bearing nut with clamp how to you figure 'more reliable' ? there's nothing about the benz clamp nut that could be...
• Eurovan wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Mon, 5 May 97 14:18:00 -0500
  I just finished replacing the front wheel bearings on my 93 Eurovan. It has about 80,000 miles on it. Symptoms: Chuging noise/vibration...
• Re: Tell me about rear bearings
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 13:43:52 -0800
  ...listening) after a recent replacement, I jacked up the front and checked the bearings. They don't move and any noise I hear I...
• Re: Rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Apr 2022 01:26:59 +0000
  ...Rear wheel bearings > > After 250K miles it looks like the rear wheel bearings need replacment. > I've done the front successfully in the past...
• Re: Any pilot bearing tricks ??
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 20:27:11 -0800
  ...Hit the TP hard and the hydraulic pressure on the back of the pilot bearing will push it out. HTH -Otmar- 86 Syncro (front...
• Wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:45:12 -0800
  How often should the front and rear wheel bearings be regreased? Or is this a maintenance-free item, like on my Honda? If it...
• Parts FS (kind of long )
  Historical mailing list - Matt Faust
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 19:18:24 -0700
  ...Rear wheel bearing kit, NIB , Febi $20 � Front wheel bearing kit, NIB, Febi $15 � Rear wheel cylinder, Febi $7 � Cam bearings, 1.9 L...
• Re: Wheel bearings - how tight
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 9 Jun 2002 01:37:42 -0500
  ...when you have the front wheel bearings tight enough? > Also, how much grease should you pack in with the bearings? SHould > you > grease the...
• Re: How can I lubricate a front heater blower motor?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:11:57 -0400
  ...hole near that bearing area and squirting lube in Scott, that's for getting some lube to the exposed rear bearing of an installed...
• FAG OR TIMKEN front wheel bearing kit
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 26 Jun 2021 10:37:11 -0500
  Does anyone know where I can get either of these kits for the Vanagon? Thanks.
• Re: Front Tire Noise and cupping wear pattern
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 07:53:01 -0800
  That type of wear pattern is usually associated with balance and/or bearing problems.
• Re: Front Hub bearing removal
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 4 Apr 1999 08:07:54 EDT
  ...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: On the road.................a couple of issues!
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:37:36 -0800
  ...front of vehicle.* > *Don't know how to describe other than a noise produced by friction of some > sort.* > *Could this be wheel bearings...
• Re: rear seals
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:41:36 -0500
  Interesting thing is that the two most recent and several other front and rear main seals for VW Air Cooled engines have come to...
• 71-72 items
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 10:18:59 -0700
  ...Some late '71's turn signals, front and rear, look like '72's. The rear wheel bearings and brake cylinders changed in mid-1971.
• Re: {front} wheel bearings on an '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 28 May 2016 11:22:13 -0700
  I think you mentioned this before Dennis, but would making 3 equal spaced punch marks at spindle where bearing inner race seats help? Or...
• New Front Inner Wheel Bearing Seal Won't Seat.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:50:04 -0700
  ...I just installed new bearing races on my new rotors. A most excellent vision. All shiny and new. But.... For some reason, the grease...
• Help! Front Wheel Bearing Oil seal seat
  Historical mailing list - Madeline
  Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:41:16 -0700
  We tore into our '87 westie this weekend to replace brakes and bearings.� When Don removed the rotor for each side, he found on...
• Re: Vibration at 70 won't go away?
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Thu, 3 Jun 2004 11:16:03 -0600
  ...This time it is bad at 65 to 70 but then gets better above? > I have replaced my whole front suspension and bearings over...
• Re: On the road.................a couple of issues!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:15:51 -0800
  ...going to jack up each front wheel & listen you also need to > check > for free play. A bad bearing can be loose & sound fine...
• Re: Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:00:14 -0700
  ...Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I am just starting to replace the front discs, pads and bearings. I am > > wondering what is...
• For Sale 1989 Westy Listed on the Samba
  Historical mailing list - ac butler
  Tue, 4 Sep 2012 15:48:39 -0500
  ...Skylight Front pop top seal Clutch Disc, Pressure Plate, Release Bearing, Crankshaft Rear seal, Pilot Bearing, Flywheel O-Ring, Starter Water Pump Oil Pressure...
• Re: dieselalternator, same?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Protzek
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 11:08:32 -0800
  ...I have taken a diesel or regular rabbit alternator and swapped the Front Bearing plates and had everything be just fine. Sometimes the diesel...
• Dust Cap
  Historical mailing list - Bollin Werner
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 21:08:01 -0400
  ...I have an '86 GL with new front pad/rotors. At this time we also greased the front hub bearings. Everything went back together...
• Re: On the road.................a couple of issues!
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:29:40 -0800
  ...If the noise is only coming from the front end, these are possible causes in addition to the wheel races and bearings (which aren...
• Re: {front} wheel bearings on an '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 28 May 2016 10:01:31 -0300
  ...Some of the tools shops use to press them in do not quite fit the Vanagon bearings or hub. On the outer bearing the...
• wheels binding update
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Fri, 24 Oct 2003 18:40:45 -0400
  ...bearing job on an old beater Nissan which I eventually sold to a friend I work with (read: big mistake). His right front wheel...
• what happened to my thrust washer?
  Historical mailing list - David White
  Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:55:40 -0700
  ...Front wheel bearings started chirping. Then the grumbling started as if I was on gravel. Slowed to 30 mph for the last 40 miles...
• Re: RoadHaus - Premature wheel bearing failure
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:48:35 -0700
  ...The snap ring behind the outside bearing looked as if it hadn't been >disturbed during the last bearing install. > >Any thoughts? > >Note .... front...
• Re: Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Sat, 1 May 2010 16:23:45 +0000
  ...Replacing Front 84 Brake Discs > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > I am just starting to replace the front discs, pads and bearings. I am > > > wondering what is...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - rear wheel bearing job
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:06:00 -0500
  ...Rear wheel bearing > Hammered out or pressed out! > >Can anyone help me out with this topic....lots of data on front wheel bearings but...
• Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - Kk Al
  Tue, 28 Feb 2017 12:04:22 -0800
  ...The front heater motor is making a metallic screeching sound more frequently and on all but max speed now. I assume the bearing is...
• Re: front wheels making clicking noise-wheel bearings?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Sat, 18 May 2002 07:19:19 -0700
  ...cv, turns out one of the front wheels is making >the noise, is this a wheel bearing? thanks for any info... Which side is...
• Re: '88 Vanagon disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 22:10:44 -0500
  ...did a complete front brake job. New rotors, new races, bearing, and seals. Well lubed. New Girling pads. Adjusted bearing washer pressure per Benley...
• Re: Mechanical/Brakes/1984 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 1 Dec 2016 12:45:03 -0400
  ...the later-version bearings on our early-1984 bus, meaning there was a huge amount of slop in the front bearings that enabled rotor...
• Wheel Bearing Problem Resolved
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:52:02 -0500
  ...bearings installed - and ending up with a loud whine right out of the chocks - the left front rotor was pulled and that new bearing...
• Re: lube rear heater assembly
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 14 Jun 2016 12:02:03 -0400
  ...Like the front blower, the commutator-end bearing is exposed to the airstream and takes more of a beating. I have had good luck...
• Re: Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:03:48 -0400
  ...tricks to repacking the front wheel bearings on my '84 Westy. I have tried everything to make the bearings last longer than about 15K...
• Re: brakes, and wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 26 Oct 2014 14:24:03 -0700
  ...I've tightened the front bearings > down in line with Bentley -- tighten to seat the bearings, > backing off, then tightening enough so that the...
• Re: diagnosis of brake issues - what do you all think? (was: Help...
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:28:23 -0500
  ...Front bearings in 2WD vans are adjustable, I think. > Brakes can stick and cause a bunring smell as well. Unfortunately, w/o > Smell-O...
• Re: Clutch Throw-out bearing
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:13:30 -0800
  ...clutch/clutch_release_bearing22.bjpg.jpg > > That said, the clutch is hydrolic, so when you press the pedal in front, the > master clutch cylinder...
• Parts availability in Mexico
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:44:54 -0400
  Yeap, another friend is stuck in Mexico (near Acapulco) with a broken front disc brake (1990), the bearing exploded and fissured the int�rior...
• Rear wheel bearings going? How long have I got?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Simpson
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:41:12 -0700
  ...side front wheel bearing and ordered a replacement from Van Cafe. That weekend, I pulled that wheel, pounded out the old bearings, packed the...
• Re: what happened to my thrust washer?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:28:01 -0700
  ...I have fixed several newer vans that had bad front wheel bearings as well as some older vans. I don't blame the bearing...
• Re: Main Engine Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 22:53:36 -0400
  ...bearing in the future and that the tooling was to old they have been tring to find other ways to make the small front...
• Re: Syncro- Brake pads, whe
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  16 Jul 1997 14:31:15 -0600
  ...brake pads, wheel bearings, CVs, etc. >>>1. Should the rotors be turned each time the front pads are replaced? When I bought the van...
• Re: Syncro front-end into RWD bus
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 9 Jan 2008 15:39:00 +1300
  ...Sounds like more of a problem than it's worth. >I doubt that rear wheel bearings and syncro front wheel bearings are the >same...