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• Re: Question and parts request.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:25:49 -0400
  ...YEARS ago concerning the service of the rear wheel bearings. This article IS in the archives so now it will be there twice ! It...
• Re: repair panel
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:23:23 -0800
  ...repair panel > > Jim, in the next few days, including today, i'm changing 3 panels, > the rear > passenger (wheel arch-from sliding door rail...
• Thumping Noise - Wheel CV Joint Bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 19:18:28 EDT
  ...I have a mild "thumping" noise that seems to be coming from the right/rear wheel area. The noise is sort of a low...
• Re: Front Brake Pads - How To?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:17:31 -0700
  ...Loosen wheels. Jack the van up. block the rear wheels. take off front wheels. wiggle the steering wheel around until you get a good...
• Re: ride height adjustment? (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:04:14 -0700
  ...in low > traction situations, it seems like the left rear and > the right front wheels > are taking more load than the other diagonal > corners...
• Re: Sagging Rear...p00r RUmBa...fix?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Mar 1996 07:55:08 -0500
  ...see in front of the rear wheels. One end attaches to the housing that holds up the wheel. The other end fits on a...
• Decals
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm White
  Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:37:53 -0000
  ...There are matching strips at the bottom of the front door panels and behind the rear wheel arches. As the van is in the...
• Help! Horrible Knocking from the left rear!
  Historical mailing list - Chris Tucci
  Fri, 17 May 1996 20:41:11 -0600
  ...About 1/2 hour into = the trip, and sometimes sooner, I begin to hear a knocking from the left = rear wheel ( it seems ) that...
• Re: Need advice on Brake issues
  Historical mailing list - Edward
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:18:32 -0500
  ...Rear cylinders should be ATE if possible and also >get the rear hardware kit form the dealer. Check the archives for my >suggestions on...
• Re: Automatic Rebuilder
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:51:21 -0500
  ...Audi used in nearly every one of their vehicles, front or rear wheel drive, in the 1980s. If you can find a local shop...
• Re: looking for source for "crazy trailer"
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 23 May 2002 10:15:37 -0400
  ...It must be loose enough to allow the wheel to turn but tight enough to keep it from oscillating after hitting a bump. The...
• Re: [vanagon] Tires: Let this be a lesson to me
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:35:00 -0800
  ...air in the tire), but the exiting tread >hammered my wheel well, rear body, bumper, even extending forward and >removing part of the "bump...
• Reprise: Sheet metal parts from J.C. Whitney?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 11 Sep 94 21:39 EDT
  ...around the right rear wheel opening. One piece that will have to be replaced is the external skin of the arch itself. I noticed...
• Re: Brake Job
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 9 Nov 2004 16:14:29 -0500
  ...In looking to find out how to replace the rear wheel cylinder, I have accumulated a substantial amount of material about the rear brake...
• Spring Perch
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:34:39 +0000
  ...I thought rebuilding the trailing arm would raise my rear wheel clearance about an inch, but there is no change. The difference between left...
• Re: Southern Utah weather inquiry
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:48:15 -0600
  ...Chopper on hot pursuit - or weird sound from rear-wheel > > Hi > > It sound like I have a chopper on hot pursuit at 5 o...
• Re: Massachusetts Westy for sale
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:18:46 -0600
  ...rust and/or damage painted over > on the passenger side rear wheel arch area? Looks like similar on > driver side too. This may explain...
• Re: Opinion regarding new lowered 88 2wd Doublecab w/ Porsche/Pirelli 17's
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:01:44 -0700
  ...The narrower fronts are just perfectly inline with > >the wheel arches. Bolt pattern is typical Porsche at 5 X 130mm. > >Spacer/adapters convert to...
• Re: Westy Lean
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Mon, 8 Feb 2021 23:27:12 +0000
  ...Measured at the rear wheels, the driver side is 5/8" lower than the right side, measured empty and no driver, except for a...
• Re: Rear wheel bearing spacer, replacement always necessary?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:11:06 -0800
  ...If one sleeve must be replaced, also replace the sleeve at the opposite rear wheel." (Bentley Type 2 68-79, Section 6, Procedure 10...
• Re: Yoko Y356 anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Scott G. Terry
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:37:13 -0800
  ...I took the wheels of the van). When I bought Pearl she had C load-rated tires on the rear and two mismatched passenger...
• Re: Rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:01:41 EDT
  ...From my _Vanagon Items Forsale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/sales.htm) "Wheel Bearings" webpage > Spacer, rear wheel bearings, 42.8 mm long, 211...
• Re: WANTED: Various washer/door/powerlock parts for '87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 3 May 2006 15:48:05 -0700
  ...slightly buckled, and the slider panel is rubbing on the rear wheel arch when I open the door. At 01:25 PM 5/3...
• Re: 16" steel wheels?/E code lights, relays
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 19:41:25 -0800
  ...the biggest you can fit using these wheel arches, it is the biggest that the rear trailing arms will allow though. The European and...
• Re: bus depot snap in fender liners any one use them?
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Wed, 18 Mar 2015 19:55:09 -0600
  ...the new fuel line in the wheel well...I suspect they are >>>> held in by the wheel arch lip and perhaps some strategically placed...
• Re: Springs, Syncro into 2WD swap?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sat, 10 Jul 2004 21:14:55 +0000
  ...to the edge of >>the >>front wheel arch. This drops to 26" or less when loaded. >>The rear is about 29" empty, and only...
• Re: Syncro front driveshaft spacers
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 17:17:51 -0700
  ...archives, so here goes. At approx 120,000 miles > (late 1999) my '87 syncro needed new CV joints, one front and one rear. I...
• Re: How to untorque the pulley?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 22:26:38 -0500
  ...archives also). > My engine is out and on the bench and as a matter of prudence I feel I > should replace the rear main...
• Re: Speaking of Painting...
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:38:45 -0400
  ...on the forward side of the same > wheel arch similar to yours. In my case the rear taillight area of > my wife's Mercedes...
• Re: 30" BFG Tire clearance
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sun, 12 Mar 2000 14:29:56 -0800
  ...Beyond that I had to cut back the rear edge of the front fender arches a little. From the bottom I went 3/4...
• Re: Why are campers higher at the rear?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 22:33:18 -0500
  ...Whether they settle left, right or forward towards the rear is going to be an endless discussion. The way your Van sits can be...
• Re: Why are campers higher at the rear?
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:47:17 -0600
  ...Center of wheel to metal fender lip. '86 full Westy syncro GL: Front Left Front Right 17 3/8" 17 1/2" Rear Left...
• Re: Why are campers higher at the rear?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 13:32:10 -0500
  ...Jim On Jun 10, 2004, at 1:17 PM, Simon Reinhardt wrote: > I looked through the archives, OK? > My question is this: Why do...
• Re: 2wd Limited Slip
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:10:45 -0700
  ...ski hill or the long steep hill to my place in rear wheel drive only. That's gotta say something about how well they...
• Syncro Tranny Died
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Jan 96 00:19:51 EST
  ...When is was loaded onto a rollback the rear wheels dragged, fronts rolled OK. >From checking the archives I've seen treads regarding the...
• Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:00:45 -0700
  ...Rear wheel seals on my '68 > International were leather, and all of those air-over-hydraulic lifts they > used to have in the service...
• Re: New Cheap South African Grills are Here! (Also Cheap Mud Flaps)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:55:41 -0400
  ...A few things of note (Ron, you'll have > to help me with some, I'll have to call for some others): > > - The rear...
• Re: Rims for 1989 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 13 May 2014 06:28:19 -0700
  Bryan, If you are referring to a factory Audi wheel, the centerbore will be 57.1mm. You need to be at at least 66...
• <syncro> oversize wheels
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 11:33:56 -0300
  ...Nice that the outwer edge of the tire is still withing the wheel arch, unlike those Jeeps with the sticking out tires. Also bearing...
• Re: Looking for advice on leveling Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 15 Aug 2018 08:17:05 -0600
  ...the wheel arches to the center of the >> hubs: >>> >>> Driver front: 16.5 inches >>> Passenger front: 17 >>> Driver rear: 16 >>> Passenger rear 16.75...
• Westy Lean
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Mon, 8 Feb 2021 18:35:46 +0000
  ...Measured at the rear wheels, the driver side is 5/8" lower than the right side, measured empty and no driver, except for a...
• Re: lifting a 1990 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Wed, 16 Sep 2015 18:30:02 -0600
  ...of wheel to the wheel arch (front wheels - all vans are >> tin-top) - >> all vans are sitting level, none has sagging rear... >> >> - Carat: 15...
• Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:54:12 -0800
  ...In archives, these caught my eye: Rear wheel cylinder position (early MY) and brake switch(s) air bound. (MC replacement) Again no point of...
• Re: Brakes-
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:46:00 -0400
  ...Go check the archives for articles I have posted in the past. While rare another cause of this problem can be the rear brake...
• Re: 2wd Limited Slip
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:19:45 -0700
  ...ski hill or the >> long steep hill to my place in rear wheel drive only. That's gotta say >> something about how well they...
• Re: looking for source for "crazy trailer"
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 23 May 2002 09:00:34 -0500
  ...It was directly attached to the rear of the van by two pivots, > so it like was "mounted with a hinge" to the van...
• Poor mileage update
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 2 Dec 2007 12:38:01 -0800
  ...in the archives if curious) and got the wheels aligned a couple weeks ago (except for the camber of the rear wheels because the...
• Replacing rear brake cylinder, info and / or help needed
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Fri, 5 Nov 2004 19:09:53 -0500
  ...I have a bad right rear cylinder. Haven't tackled the project yet, but have searched the archives on the subject. Found lots of...
• Re: My 1991 Vanagon Carat is getting a new life
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:11:01 -0400
  ...I can't wait to see diesel vanagons running around with the rear wheel arches radiused for huge tires like they used to do...
• Re: Lubrication of sliding door - How to?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Morton
  Tue, 15 May 2007 11:45:49 -0700
  ...Also, I find it best to remove the cover of the rear slider (that is under the right rear window) to get gooed acess...
• Re: front brake hints needed
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:06:28 -0400
  ...Mike Stephen Grisanti wrote: > I could not reach the archives. > > Inspection is due this month so I'm checking the front > brakes and I...
• "3000 original miles"
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 23 Sep 1996 16:02:13 EST
  ...Carat wheels and lower body cladding. Body looks perfect with exception of a small but severe ding on the passenger side rear corner: maybe...
• TIRES NOooooo....
  Historical mailing list - Ron Komoroski
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 12:39:00 -0400
  ...A real mess-torn up body around the left rear wheel well & a tangle of razor sharp wires on the tire. The rest of...
• Re: braided SST brake lines
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 10:01:58 -0600
  ...the brakes again, starting with the furthest wheel from the master cylinder, e.g. the right rear, and working back to the left front...
• FS: '87 Syncro in NM
  Historical mailing list - Chris and Alina
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:34:17 -0700
  ...1987 Vanagon Syncro GL 123,000 miles BFG All Terrains on original rims extra set of wheels with studded snow tires bra, rear hatch...
• Re: Thread pitch on vanagon lug bolts???
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:38:11 -0800
  ...Also in searching the archives,I > have found posts that seem to suggest that the lugs for the steel wheels > are ball seat lugs...
• Re: !985 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:20:28 -0700
  ...Open bleeder on one rear wheel. 3. Slowly/smoothly press the brake pedal to the floor and HOLD. 4. Close the bleeder. 5. Release...
• Disc brake setup, info finally!
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:10:56 +0200
  ...and that your wheel arches might need modifications. A kit for 4WDs 16" is not (yet?!) available. Neither front, nor rear.. There are no...
• Re: [vanagon] speedbleeder applications
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Thu, 5 Apr 2001 13:09:31 -0700
  My Westy has two SB 7100 bleeders installed on each front wheel. Each rear wheel has one 8125L bleeder installed. The clutch slave cylinder...
• Re: 15" audi wheels with tires Seattle CL $150
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:09:39 -0700
  ...They will bolt onto the > rears. You'll need longer studs. > > Unless you are in love with the wheels in question or getting them...