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• Re: Red wheel bearing grease?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:44:34 -0800
  ...Hineline >> <hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote: >>> Is there a red wheel bearing grease? >>> >> >> Mobil 1 wheel bearing grease is red >> >> -- >> Michael Snow >> 1987 Syncro TiiCo...
• Re: used steel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:39:50 -0700
  ...used steel bearings > Does anyone have about 30 pounds of used cv joint bearings they would be > willing to sell me? If so, contact...
• Re: Guages
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 May 1996 20:32:16 -0400
  ...I >still need to pull the bearings and get a number. I think I am going to get >them from a local bearing distributor...
• Fwd: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:10:23 -0500
  My recent experience with a front wheel bearing on my 90 was that it was making a lot noise but I could not induce...
• Re: Rear Wheel Bearing Greasing
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 8 Nov 2000 15:12:18 -0800
  You can't get these bearings out working from the brake side, the CV joints have to be removed and the stub axles driven...
• Re: Alternator: the play is thing
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:33:32 -0800
  One other thing to look at is where the bearings sits in the alt. body casting. I have seen "looseness" there (on the distal...
• Re: Tell me about rear bearings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:27:57 -0500
  I have yet to see the wheel actually come off from a bearing. The brake caliper helps to keep things together as you fight...
• Re: Wheel bearing play (in Baja Sur)
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:44:35 -0500
  ...I don't see anyway of that making its way into the bearing. I do dab a little extra over the end of the...
• The Trans/MTL saga continues... :-(
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 2 May 2000 08:46:18 -0700
  ...A call to BowWow confirmed that this is the case, and the pilot bearing and mainshaft bearing part #s match. However, according to BowWow...
• Re: Roller Guide bearing replacement alternative
  Historical mailing list - tim clark
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 16:28:20 -0700
  ...Roller Guide bearing replacement alternative > Hi > Cheepskate alert > I have asked bit over on thesamba > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t...
• Re: Why there are no aftermarket oversize bearings
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:45:24 -0500
  > Kolbenschmidt in Germany is the only manufacturer that I am aware of > that makes main bearings for the 1.9 and 2.1 engines...
• Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Mon, 4 Jun 2007 10:48:37 -0500
  The driver side front wheel bearing has gone bad after maybe 1500 miles. The swap was done by a local, un-tried mechanic. We...
• Re: Bearing Replacement
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 8 Oct 2022 01:03:50 -0600
  ...Bearing Replacement >> >> Hi Group. >> I've two bearings to replace in the transaxle and asking for directions. I >> have a Subaru conversion with VSS...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing Source
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:03:33 -0500
  Here's a fun little bit of information about Timken roller bearings, maybe . . . One of my ancestors, a great uncle with the last name...
• Re: Bearings for alternator
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 1 Apr 2008 17:32:24 -0400
  If no one knows the answer, Ron, then I'm sure you could take the slightly longer way around and remove the bearings from...
• Re: Rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:12:56 -0700
  Scott, That snap ring is on the inside bearing and it's the outside one that Reverend Bentley says to remove first. Anyway, yes...
• Re: pulling and replacing pilot bearing in crankshaft
  Historical mailing list - JOHN REYNOLDS
  Wed, 30 May 2001 21:27:22 -0400
  ...I think that if I could get the old one out, I could get the new one in, for I have various bearing seating...
• Re: Syncro wheel bearing play?
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:54:13 -0400
  Syncro rear wheels bearings are just like normal vanagons, you should have effectivly NO play. They may be adjusted, but it you have been...
• Wheel Bearings
  Historical mailing list - ALAN GONDRY
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 21:37:11 -0700
  I replaced my front wheel bearings. I notice that when I turn sharp there seems to be a drag. No noise just a feel...
• Re: Pilot bearing failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Aug 2015 10:18:49 -0400
  ...Often these get destroyed once the pilot bearing fails. Probably the biggest reason for that bearing to fail is the grease drying out and...
• Re: front wheel noise
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 9 Jul 2011 08:10:02 -0700
  It sounds as if you're right inner wheel bearing is worn. If the noise doesn't change when you use the brakes you...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing Source
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:48:02 -0800
  ...Bearings from AutoZone > I forgot to mention something about the wheel bearings I got from AutoZone. > American made (the markings) Timkin bearings no less...
• Re: Bearings Bus Depot Flames
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 11:38:36 -0700
  ...IMNSHO, doesn't make a tiddly who made the bearing. All bearings fail, some sooner some later. For those of you familiar with failure...
• Re: Not able to engage any gear
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 04:07:30 -0700
  ...The pilot bearing is > indeed a needle bearing. The brass bushing is indeed a brass bushing > or > sleeve that is a press fit into...
• Re: Camshaft Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 13:25:02 -0800
  ...I can't recall ever a case where cam bearings were worn and nothing else was. I also am unaware of any accurate diagnosis...
• Re: Service Interval, Real Wheel Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:49 -0800
  ...Axle bearing service interval I don't know about others but I recently checked my service records. The rear bearings were new and the...
• Rotors, Bearing, Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sat, 13 Sep 2003 21:42:16 -0500
  ...Should I order new bearings? It seems to me that the busdepot has bearing for $25 a side to do this. any thoughts? And...
• rear seals
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:26:13 -0700
  get the dimensions of the seal and take those dimensions to your local King Bearing or Western Bearing. They will have these seals. ETKA...
• Re: BOSTON BOBS OIL PRESSURE THOUGHTS---STROKE CHANGE-CW crank NEEDED
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:57:14 EST
  ...The bearing saddles do not pound out BUT THE BEARINGS DO. The bearings wear out after xxx miles. The crank, as the center bearing...
• RE: What's a Pilot Bearing? ('88)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 01 Apr 1996 16:52:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...What's a Pilot Bearing? >Tim (I think) mentioned a pilot bearing as being source of noise in >the Vanagon trans, but I'm...
• Re: Engine out--won't come apart. Need heads!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:01:56 -0700
  funny jim............I *guess* you are talking about diesel rod bearings. you haven't used the word 'rod' yet in two references to diesel...
• Clutch Pilot Bearing problem solved!
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 23:00:13 EDT
  ...Bob Donalds and Ron Salmon quickly confirmed that the bearing is indeed supposed to be open (both ends) to allow the transmission shaft to...
• Remember those chips of metal....
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 24 Apr 95 15:08:07 PDT
  ...It is the camshaft bearings <!>. I find this very puzzling - I've had a lot of sh*tty old cars over the years and...
• Re: Can't remove pilot bearing
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 02:02:48 -0500
  I think I used my handy carbide router tip from the Dremel tool to destroy the pilot bearing cage and eventually ist all came...
• Re: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:32:48 -0500
  Mark, I waited almost too long to have the bearings done on my '84. I had my local Tires Plus store do the work...
• Rear wheel bearing play
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:00:04 -0700
  How much play is acceptable for rear wheel bearings? Both of mine have a small amount of play, enough to feel with the wheel...
• Re: Pilot Bearing: easy to remove & install?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 23:18:04 -0600
  ...Take a rubber mallot and pop the extension with the socket into the pilot bearing. Hydraulic pressure will force the bearing out. Remarkably easy...
• Re: Curious Question (totallyNVC) Babbit bearings
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:10:46 -0500
  ...Curious Question (totallyNVC) Babbit bearings > Does anyone else remember babbitt metal, which was heated and poured > around journals before they had bearing shell inserts...
• Re: Rear wheel bearing noise?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 May 2010 11:02:43 -0400
  Two ways to try to detect bearing issues. Sway van side to side to see if noise is affected by side loading. Raise vehicle...
• Re: {front} wheel bearings on an '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Tue, 31 May 2016 12:47:27 -1000
  ...Would this cause the bearings to loosen? > > In all the years with my ’66 Westy and ’74 Thing, the wheel bearings never loosened off...
• Re: Part needed: Sliding door roller bearing
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Sun, 17 Oct 2010 09:21:23 -0400
  I would rather have the design for the SKF bearing and fender washers. Rather than the VW part requiring lots of money. I mean...
• Re: Wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 12:30:45 -0500
  Hello Rory, The R & R is pretty standard stuff here, everything clean, new race's seated squarely, repacked with a good quality wheel bearing...
• Re: Favorite wheel bearing grease?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:32:54 -0700
  ...Favorite wheel bearing grease? bottom line.........use at least 'high temp wheel bearing grease for disc brakes'. going up from there, use.............. the various...
• Re: Syncro wheel bearing play?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 12:22:39 -0700
  ...This heating causes the grease to melt and lube the bearing. >| Unless the bearing in noisy or rough sounding I would not touch it...
• Speedo cable/wheel bearing question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Elfelt
  Fri, 24 Sep 1999 03:17:03 -0400
  84 vanagon Speedo cable from bearing to box with my oxygen sensor reset switch seems to be broken at or inside the bearhing housing...
• Re: throw out bearing
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 04 Apr 1997 23:17:01
  ...The shop that has >the van now showed me the problem with the old clutch, the throw out >bearing did not match the pressure...
• Re: ADDENDUM to....OOOPs! Transmission Leaking after clutch kit installation
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 15:19:04 -0700
  ...new throwout (clutch release) bearing, throwout > bearing guide, flywheel main seal, flywheel "O" ring, new pilot > bearing, pilot bearing felt seal and washer, new...
• Re: question regarding clutch bearings and shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 17:28:30 -0400
  On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, David Most wrote: > Could a bad pilot or throwout bearing ("bad" meaning a gurgling noise was > regularly heard with...
• Re: Woes of season's first trip - long
  Historical mailing list - karl filc
  Mon, 3 May 2004 23:14:26 -0000
  The wheel was wobbling as it spun!!! He took the hub off and the right rear outer wheel bearing had DISINTEGRATED!!!! In pieces!! Outer...
• 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: question regarding clutch bearings and shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 23:36:02 +0000
  ...question regarding clutch bearings and shifting problems >Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 16:14:09 -0700 > >Yes. The main purpose of the bearing is...
• Re: inner bearings?
  Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
  Mon, 21 May 2001 11:38:10 -0700
  Jeff, I had a similar problem about a month ago, I got the inner bearing to replace it and found during disassembly that the...
• Re: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:42:24 -0500
  My experience with front wheel bearings is that if you jack up one side of the front end and then spin the tire, if...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing Seal Issue (Pic)
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:36:00 -0400
  ...As long as it's not touching the bearing, it should be fine. >The way I read Haynes and Bentley, it tells me the...
• Re: Front wheel bearing differences
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:55:56 -0700
  Early 1984, specifically at Vin 25-E-023 828 is when they went to the later bearing. Informationally yours, -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1...
• Re: Speaking of lubricant.....
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 06:08:08 EST
  ...The rollers have sealed ball bearing in them. That is where the lubrication is needed. The grease in the sealed ball bearings has dried...
• Transmission MainShaft Needle Bearing Noise
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:31:52 -0700
  ...My Long Enterprises CD calls this part "mainshaft needle bearing". Bentley calls it "needle bearing" and shows it on mainshaft. (35.20 and 35...
• 85-91 sliding door horizontal bearings
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 27 Jul 2015 07:14:31 -0700
  The two 22 mm OD bearings that sit in horizontal position under the sliding door cover . I just replaced a couple on friends van...
• Re: More Clutch - Pilot Bearing Nightmare
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:45:22 EDT
  ...there is a special pilot bearing removal tool of course. it's a slide hammer deal with expanding fingers that get in behind the...
• FS: NEW 2.1L (1st oversize Low Friction Coated) GERMAN Main Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:42:27 PST
  ...The bearings cost me $79.95 (Bus Depot price) and the coating cost me $30. I am selling these bearings for the $79.95...