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• Re: Vanagon vs Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:59:02 -0500
  ...For more information on our GoWesty Eurovan Lift Kit click here<http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=3843>. ** *2)* Turning radius...
• Re: Jaguar vs. Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 16:58:41 -0700
  ...The >> vol' of a cylinder is Pi x (Radius x Radius). >> >> So your 3" piston has an "FootPrint" of 9.428 Sq" & your two...
• Re: Pdx Machine Shop Recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:58:35 -0800
  ...labor! Provided I can find a drill press with large enough spindle clearance to accomodate the 8" or more radius of the 15" rim.
• Re: Head stuck to cylinder: need advice
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sun, 4 Jul 1999 11:15:13 -0700
  ...The outside prong of the wrench with its smooth curve with increasing radius, then makes a fine lever if you insert it between the...
• Engine RPM (Re: Squeaky brakes)
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Sedgmen
  Fri, 9 Feb 96 09:32:12 EST
  ...I suggest getting the diameter of the rear wheels by measuring the radius perpindicularly from the ground up to to centre of the wheel...
• best tire for 15" SA alloy rim
  Historical mailing list - Ben S
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 00:25:31 -0700
  ...fit my wheels? does anyone have advice as to which rolling radius goes better with my 4spd manual 2.1l wbx 2wd van? the...
• Re: Running out of castor adjustment
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:18:56 -0600
  ...The nuts are > almost all the way off the radius rods and still it's off by a bit. The > bushings are new, and...
• Re: '90 (GL) Front Fiberglass Available - Vegas
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:33:32 EST
  ...one of the 4 or 5 Vanagons within a 250-mile radius, I don't see that happening. Unless of course anyone is driving...
• Re: Radiator rubber mounts - cardboard air deflectors
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sun, 30 May 2010 17:45:44 -0700
  ...The way the old ones looked, I though they were formed with a radius! Evan, thanks for the update on the plastic sign material...
• Re: upgrading brakes in 83.5
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:35:20 -0400
  ...Incorrectly radiused shoes or cheap rear cylinders and the master cylinder must provide more volume before the system pressurizes (Think of taking up extra...
• I want to say "only in Detroit"... (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Ian Butler
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 19:35:11 -0400
  ...http://bluemoon.hplx.net/~ian/shortbus/ If nothing else, I want its turning radius. :) ian Butler / ian@bluemoon.hplx.net '88 Audi 5000S qauttro...
• Re: Odds and Ends-Before the crusher
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 10:15:09 -0800
  ...area and/or bumper end-cap because of the quick turning radius and >unusual seating position of the driver. Almost every Vanagon I have...
• Re: GoWesty 1.5 Spring Install - 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 20 May 2013 17:13:38 -0400
  ...As part of spring replacement consider also replacing the front radius rod (strut rod to the chassis) mounts and sleeve. They are shot. You...
• Re: Radius rod/arm sourced
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Fri, 25 May 2012 12:00:45 -0400
  Cheap/free parts is a score! There is different soothing feeling about the ride home after such a haul then on the way there...
• Re: Found: alternative longer lugbolts
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:26:05 EDT
  ...and re-contouring the lugbolt/nut seat to accommodate the larger radius VW/Audi lugbolts/nuts. On another application, I'm using MB lugbolts...
• plug w/o mate engine compartment!?
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 12:27:12 -0400
  ...The cable is not very long, so the radius where to look for the socket is less than a foot. Thanks Joachim
• Re: SlightVC: Cellphone pics of the "new" turbo.
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:18:26 -0700
  ...turbo/ The compressor has an a/r(area of discharge hole / radius from centeraxis to center of discharge hole) of .42, and the exhaust...
• Front end bushings
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:15:28 -0700
  ...any other part of the suspension? Looks to me like the radius rod, sway bar and PS mount bushings all just bolt up. Thanks...
• Re: Trying To Understand Tie rod Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:05:30 -0700
  ...To adjust caster without affecting the camber, the radius arms would have to be perpendicular to that transverse line so that when you increase...
• Re: how much of a performance hit with 215/75/15 tires?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:07:12 -0700
  ...If your tire has a rolling radius of 10 inches now and you install tires and wheels that have a rolling radius of 15...
• Re: What does heater lever do?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 07 Feb 1997 13:16:37 +0200
  ...I found two shielding broken in my van because of a small radius at the heaters control panel. Open the dash board cover and...
• Radial Arm Bushings.....why R &R them?
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:18:30 -0500
  ...replace radius rod bushings > > Anyone have a how-to on replacing the radius rod bushings? On my '91 > Vanagon GL, the outer bushing is...
• Sighting Wilmington DE Condcord Pike 202
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:49:00 -0500
  ...Arbor I lived in a neighbourhood in which at any given time I could count 6 in a couple of mile radius. Thanks, Tony
• Re: Radius rod/arm sourced
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 25 May 2012 11:18:52 -0600
  Sorry! I usually think ADAPTOR is more of an upgraded/altered mod. Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy On May 25, 2012 12:16...
• turning radii: 2WD Vanagon vs Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:28:56 -0400
  ...Is there a difference in turning radius and, if so, how much? Thanks Tom Brobst
• Re: Sprinter Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:37:35 -0800
  Wonder what the driving radius is. 26 gal fuel tank seems kinda small for a 4 ton vehicle like this. //Jack Date sent: Fri...
• Re: Enlarged (ovaled) Radius Arm Hole Fix? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 3 Feb 2009 23:02:00 -0800
  On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Tuba-rino - better too thick than too...
• Re: hole saws/floor cutting
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:45:49 EST
  ...A sabre saw with a 32 TPI blade will work if its blade width can swing the radius you're trying to cut. Hole...
• Re: Ovaled Radius Arm Hole Repair
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:42:56 -0700
  ...Ovaled Radius Arm Hole Repair > > Hi all. > > I'll add some text to the page of what I'm learning. This is the > progress...
• Re: Heater pipe and a question on mods to it
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:51:25 -0500
  ...I ground a radius with a big file after cutting a black pipe 3/8" npt union in half and got the radius pretty...
• Re: Tire question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:45:19 -0400
  ...The difference in the two sizes is just 10mm in width and almost the same in radius. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: Choosing Tires for 15" Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 2 Apr 2000 11:04:28 -0600
  ...These sizes provide same rolling radius as Vanagon's 185/80-14 and 205/70-14. Also, perhaps someone can advise tires provided on...
• Re: Any Diesel Camper Vans FS around San Fransisco Area..?
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:05:50 -0700
  ...knew of any diesel camper vans for sale in say a > 2-3 Hr radius of san Francisco / Sacramento? > > Let me know please.. > > Steve >
• No Vanagon Content -- Space Shuttle Columbia Explodes Over Dallas
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 08:58:33 -0600
  ...Since I'm about one mile from Dallas Love Field and we have no industry in the five mile radius I speculated that it...
• Re: Front End Suspension - 1985
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 9 Jan 2013 12:51:34 -0800
  ...Front Shocks Stabilizer Link bushings Radius Arm Bushings Tie Rods and Tie Rod ends Stabilizer Bar washer plate Radius Arm Bushing seat I saw...
• Re: Jalousies Windows for a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 01:10:58 EDT
  ...Has anyone ever > tried this? I have a few questions... > > 1) I am assuming that the 1 5/8 radiuses be cut in all...
• Re: Stuck Strut Bar Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:06:47 -0800
  ...to the > lower BJ adaptors. > > PIC: > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/RadiusArmBolts.jpg/RadiusArmBolts-full;init:.jpg > > I pre-applied penetrating oil, but aside from...
• Re: [Syncro] 2wd spring into syncro swap expt.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 21:47:27 -0800
  ...Oh, and radius arm bushing replacement. >> >> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/vanagon-syncro-front-spring-swap-and-radius-arm-bushing-replacement/ >> >> alistair...
• Re: Yokohama tires
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 14:02:49 -0500
  ...overall width 8.1 Inflated overall diameter 25.6 Loaded Static Radius 11.9 Loaded Revolutions per mile 818 Mileage Warranty Miles 40,000...
• Re: Recoined Brake Shoes. Means: Arced ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 May 2012 18:00:12 -0700
  Brake shoes are not usually radiused these days.. 25 years ago it was part of any brake drum job .. radius, or 'arc' the shoes...
• Re. Was rear wheel studs and 1.5" GW springs
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Sun, 16 Mar 2014 09:32:43 -0500
  ...If one was to do the lift kit I would suggest removing the radius rod completely and replace the bushing if needed. Thanks for...
• Re: Stupid wire question...really... (temp 2 wire)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 18:32:25 -0400
  ...All these pvc-insulated wires have been living in a hot tough environment and gradually become less and less tolerant of short-radius bends...
• FS 2.1L engine and other items
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 00:25:12 +0000
  ...Approx 90K mi. $450.00 can deliver 75mi radius from Baltimore,Md 1983 diesel altenator no pulley $20.00 Wbx wiring harness complete less...
• bearing crush?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Fri, 23 May 2003 16:00:29 -0700
  ...A straight edge across the flats when installed and then depth/radius? Thanks, -Damon ===== '84 Westy (Sparky) '65 Kharma Ghia (Dharma) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo...
• Re: no sway bar = no improvement
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:11:11 -0500
  ...My radius rod bushings are in >> surprisingly good >> condition, so I think I can rule that out. What else should I >> be checking? >> >> Thanks...
• Re: Mercedes Rim lug hole size
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:52:41 -0800
  ...Ballseat lugholes will be a different story as typical radius for the 12mm lugnuts & bolts will be smaller than the 14mm version. That is...
• Re: Syncro Tire Diameter
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:51:13 -0800
  ...So the rotations per mile is the more important measure regardless of the 'rolling radius'. Of course we didn't actually define rolling radius...
• Re: Running out of castor adjustment
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:23:31 -0400
  ...The >nuts are almost all the way off the radius rods and still it's off >by a bit. The bushings are new, and...
• Re: Radius rod question?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 11 May 2012 09:31:30 -0700
  I'm almost at the end of my big tube of dow corning vacuum grease. Good stuff for a lot of things, but I...
• 1985 Vanagon - Upper suspension are/wishbone bushings at spindle
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 12:46:08 -0400
  ...need to inspect and replace other related parts(ALL are OLD?): -radius rod rubber/bushings -anti-roll bar bushing(s) Typical tie rods, balljoints...
• Re: Installing front springs 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:24:53 -0800
  ...I've found it much easier to also remove the bolt to the radius rod (strut rod) as this prevents the control arm from...
• Re: Radius rod/arm sourced
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 25 May 2012 09:30:51 -0700
  Did you nab the lower control arm adaptors? I found that the radius arm bolts were "welded" into one of those on my van...
• Re: SA big brakes: caliper rebuild kit?? UPDATE!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:45:09 -0800
  ...Yes, if you have a larger swept area, that too will > help, but by simply using a larger radius where you apply the > clamping...
• Fw: antenna replacement complications
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sat, 23 Jun 2001 11:26:52 -1000
  ...months ago, and hit every local FLAPS in a 20 mile radius, and found > > ----NOTHING. Hard to believe, isn't it? Seems so simple...
• Re: Jaguar vs. Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 14:03:08 -0700
  ...The vol' of a cylinder is Pi x (Radius x Radius). So your 3" piston has an "FootPrint" of 9.428 Sq" & your two...
• Re: checking castor
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:48:32 -0700
  ...Monday, November 01, 2010 1:02 PM To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Subject: [VANAGON] checking castor > Having replaced the rubber bushings on the radius...
• Need to store my vanagon in Maine
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Thu, 2 Jan 2003 19:56:51 -0500
  ...Anyone have a barn or anything they'd be willing to rent? I'd prefer something within a 100 mile radius of Portland, and...
• Re: Rescue Squad mapped! (Frydye content)
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 8 Feb 2008 15:00:02 -0500
  ...the form above and get all the contact info in the radius you want. I am interested in a secure solution if you care...
• Re: Possibly NLA Suspension Parts
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 8 Feb 2009 17:36:40 -0800
  ...parts here. > > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/smartlist_322/radius_arm_bushings.html > > > The 80-early85 ball joint adapter has been obsolete...
• Re: Do not give up on the Wasserboxer just yet, the power is there...
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Sun, 13 Dec 1998 01:58:14 -0500
  ...Cover has .000 clearance (gasket provides >clearance, radiuses oil inlet and outlet in side pump to improve oil flow) >-Increase cam lift and overlap...