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• Luggage Rack Removal ?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Mon, 6 May 2002 09:47:08 -0330
  ...I have a luggage rack seal on order, and understand that it can be applied without removing the luggage rack. However, I'd like...
• Re: Front end mounted Bike rack
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:11:04 -0400
  ...http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/front/front.htm Chris On 9/26/05, Gary Liess <joyluck@sonic.net> wrote: > I'm looking...
• pop top seal replacements
  Historical mailing list - Bryan
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 13:51:08 -0700
  The seal around the pop top and between the front rack appears to be one piece, with a separate seal for the front rack...
• How you can fit a Yakima rack on standard Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:26:20 -0700
  ...information on his rear Gary Lee hatch rack is here: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/vanagonrack.htm
• Re: Bike rack over rear window? Yakima Roof racks.
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 08:22:54 -0800
  At 01:27 AM 2/17/97 -0600, you wrote: >Also, it came with a Yakima bike rack that has the support braces resting...
• Re: Luggage Rack Noise on 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 11:48:17 PDT
  Michael, Try loosening the four screws that secure the front and sides of the luggage rack and have a medium sized friend sit up...
• Re: ps rack install tips?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:09:34 EDT
  In a message dated 10/20/05 3:38:54 PM, dkahler@GMAIL.COM writes: << i will be receiving my rebuilt power steering rack...
• Re: Hatch bike racks question
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Kupcinski
  Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:19:02 -0500
  I just bought my hatch rack from Gary this spring. It was expensive, and the shipping was expensive, but dang if it isn't...
• Re: Thule Roof Racks with 3 bars
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:50:45 -0600
  Something to consider:When I wanted to mount a bike rack system on my rear hatch, I went to a rack-specific store. I...
• Re: Vanagon roof racks
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Mon, 24 May 1999 17:23:32 -0700
  I made my own roof racks using some Quick 'N Easy gutter brackets that I bought at a boat store. They are very convenient...
• Paulchen racks
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Wed, 23 Apr 97 21:04:35 -0400
  >I just have to mention that Paulchen racks are still available, and fit >beautifully onto the rear hatch. >http://www.vanagon.com/beethoven/paulchen...
• Roof racks
  Historical mailing list - Michael Kimball
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:57:18 -0700
  suggestions re: roof racks for Westy (for surf boards etc)
• Re: Rebuilding manual steering rack?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Sat, 5 Apr 2008 11:27:04 -0400
  ...There are no rebuild parts available or listed in the ETKA for the manual rack. Not sure if a new manual rack is available...
• Re: Yakima Rack Pictures (wrapped text)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 6 May 2002 13:54:22 -0700
  ...Thule sells a rack that will mount on the bus' gutters and is high enough to go OVER the pop-top. For those with...
• Returning Power steering Rack (core)
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sat, 27 Jun 1998 21:47:16 -0400
  ...My rack is ready to go back as a core. Where should I send it? To you? or the manufacture? You need to tell...
• Homemade bike rack for '85 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Susie Kinyanjui
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 13:25:58 -0600
  Thanks for everyone's suggestions about the bike rack. Problem is, I'm only 5'4"and have had problems with previous racks because...
• Re: Stiffer steering with new P/S rack?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 7 Jun 2011 14:44:08 -0400
  David, I recently had a defective rack that I had to replace for a customer because it was not working correctly. It was stiffer...
• PS Rack (again)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:30:09 -0500
  Sorry - Iknow many of you have already responded to my questions about a PS rack - and have had some great deals offered to me...
• Re: any use for a worn out manual steering rack?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:57:56 +1300
  >Can manual steering racks be rebuilt? I still have the old one, debating >if it should go to the land fill or not. The...
• power steering rack leaking, "how to"
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:25:05 -0600
  The steering rack in my van is leaking oil. Replacing the rack with a rebuilt unit seems like the way to go. Bentley seems...
• Re: "Wolf" bras, roof racks, bike racks, cupholders...
  Historical mailing list - Philip Menchions
  Sun, 28 Jun 1998 16:47:23 -0230
  ...What brand of "Wolf" bra works best? > > 2) Roof racks and bike racks > > I'm think that I've figured out how to mount...
• Re: Steering rack do it yourself rebuilding?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 25 Jul 2005 05:23:59 -0400
  It sounds like maybe your tie rod is worn out where it pivots at the rack. This can easily be replaced. I have new...
• Re: Bike rack over luggage rack
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 4 Dec 1998 07:53:08 -0800
  I looked at the picture of the bike rack. I'm pretty sure it is a Yakima rack. It looks like the attachment points...
• Paulchen bike rack info needed
  Historical mailing list - email99
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:54:13 -0400
  About 15 years ago I purchased a Paulchen rear hatch rack but I didn't buy the bike mounting adapter brackets. Does anyone have...
• Re: Bike Racks
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Fri, 03 May 1996 13:24:28 -0700
  I just got a Paulchen rack, and I want to encourage folks to get one of these if they can possibly afford it. It...
• Power Steering Puddle
  Historical mailing list - Jim Maginel
  Fri, 07 Mar 1997 12:27:46 -0600
  ...I understand that replacement racks are expensive, and am hoping that there is a failed seal or such that might be replaced as an...
• Removable Bike Rack?
  Historical mailing list - Rissman
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 16:56:59 -0700
  ...Removable Bike Rack? > Greetings: > > Is there a removable bike rack available for a Westy? If so, does anyone > have source/price info? > > I tried...
• Re: Power Steering Woes (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:40:03 -0800
  The power steering racks are not difficult to rebuild, however, you will need to buy or build some special tools to do the job...
• Re: Buzzing luggage rack on westy need advice
  Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
  Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:38:54 -0800
  ...Buzzing luggage rack on westy need advice > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Anybody know a surefire way to keep the luggage rack from "buzzing"? =
• Re: installing a rebuilt power steering rack, anything to keep in mind?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:39:43 -0500
  Are you getting the rubber bushings that mount the rack too? If not better look into that. When steering racks leak fluid onto these...
• Re: Power steering rack to standard rack
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:23:17 -0500
  ...My power steering rack started going bad >about this time last year, dropping the reservoir level from max to min in a >couple days...
• Re: Power steering hose that leads to rack is leaking -- easy fix?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 22 Sep 2019 21:15:12 -0400
  > > The fluid leak is coming from the boot on the > passenger's side of the rack. Does this mean new/rebuilt rack or are...
• Re: Vanagon roof racks
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 11:42:34 -0500
  Speaking of Vanagon roof racks, my father-in-law recently was given a brand new VWoA roof rack for his 88. Seems really solid...
• Removable Bike Rack?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Paquette
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 15:33:12 -0700
  ...Is there a removable bike rack available for a Westy? If so, does anyone have source/price info? I tried searching the archives, as...
• Re: Luggage Rack Cargo Net?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:00:40 -0700
  ...Net for luggage rack Damnit, I ran into one on a Website designed and made specifically for the Vanagon Westy luggage rack just a...
• Re: Roof Rack width survey
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:00:42 -0800
  Visit http://picasaweb.google.com/anasasi at the bottom is my rack solution. Be careful how you space the wide body mounts. You may...
• installing new luggage rack seals
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:10:51 -0400
  I'm about to install the new seal on my luggage rack, and was just wondering if there's anything I should know aside...
• Luggage Rack Seal
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Tue, 2 May 2000 02:39:34 -0700
  Listees, I've obtained from a List Vendor, a replacement seal for the luggage rack. The seal is unlike the OEM item in that...
• Gary Lee Custom Hatchback Racks....How do you like yours?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Fri, 3 May 2002 07:39:01 -0700
  So far I am very impressed with the racks that Gary's website offers. What looks to me like very well made(TIG welded...
• Homemade bike rack for '85 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Susie Kinyanjui
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:20:34 -0600
  Has anyone ever made a bike rack (for 2 bikes) for their Vanagon/Westy? We've had a lot of trouble finding one as...
• Re: Is the pop top really worth it? I hear they are noisey
  Historical mailing list - Mr. Polak
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 07:41:05 -0600
  David Brodbeck said: > I climbed up into the rack > and sat on it while I loosened and retightened the front screws. The > whole front...
• TracRac TracVan Roof Racks
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 16:36:19 -0800
  ...Some old painters tape is still on the gutters from the Thule Professional Racks I once owned. And this tells a story. Those racks...
• Re: Another newbie
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:02:03 EST
  ...firstoff, there is no "drain" for the luggage rack. water simply drains thru the holes, and the rack is spaced off the roof metal...
• Re: Homemade bike rack for '85 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 4 Dec 2003 05:58:46 EST
  ...Has anyone found/made a rack that works for the front of their van? No need ! There are plenty of rear hatch bike racks...
• Re: Taking Orders for Paulchen Racks.
  Historical mailing list - Todd Lund
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 08:57:42 -0800
  Has anyone bought a Trotter Bike Racks from Italy that is on Steve's site? They look very simular to the Paulchen but a...
• Re: Fw: Roof Racks on Raingutters
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 12:50:41 -0700
  ...I've carried two canoes on my Yakima rack attached to the rain gutters many times. All you have to do is get two...
• Re: Bicycle rack mounted on rear windshield
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 01:26:15 +0000
  Hi Shawn, I've got one of those Yakima "Mighty Joe" hatch racks w/straps which carries three bikes, and it has big rubber...
• Re: removing luggage rack?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 16:02:47 PDT
  ...Just pop the top and you will see the four nuts on the rear edge of the luggage rack. When you remove the rack...
• Suggestions for missing steering rack cap/seal
  Historical mailing list - Conrad Klahn
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 22:45:00 -0500
  Hi All, I bought a rebuilt rack from Bus Depot and it didn't come with a cover (on the end that goes to...
• Power Steering Rack Leak
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 11:22:17 -0500
  On ol'Red - the power steering rack is leaking right at the center where all the plumbing hooks up. Can't find the exact...
• Re: Roof Rack on Portland Craigslist
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 5 Jun 2010 09:59:02 -0500
  I would like a full-coverage rack, also. Would like to add either the Yak Land Shark saddles(added those last weekend to my...
• Re: bicycle racks
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Jun 1995 11:46:40 -0700
  We have a rack from Performance Bicycles that attaches to the trailer hitch. No we don't tow anything with it...it just came...
• roof racks
  Historical mailing list - mark
  Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:11:31 -0800
  Are yakima and thule the only roof racks for vanagons? I understand that between thule and yakima, only thule has a roof rack that...
• Yakima roof rack fit
  Historical mailing list - Mark Pry
  Sun, 20 May 2007 20:58:39 -0700
  ...Does the Yakima 1A rack tower fit on a GL (not a Westie)? REI's roof rack configurator is telling me I need the...
• Re: steering rack bushings
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 06:28:59 -0500
  ...steering rack bushings > > > > > > > > > > Hi Volks > > > > > > > > My manual steering '84 needs new steering rack bushings. VW doesn't > >sell > > > > them, only new racks for $450...
• Re: Bike Racks
  Historical mailing list - Neuenschwander, Wes
  Fri, 19 Apr 96 11:51:12 -0700
  > Below is a summary of the information re bike racks that I received from > various interested and > helpful listees. Some of you who responded...
• Re: Bike Rack--Thule Speedway 2
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:00:42 -0900
  Bob, Is your old rack still available? I tried to pmail you but your ISP does not like mine. Mark in AK ----- Original Message...
• Re: Luggage Rack underside -- washers and felt pads
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:47:48 -0400
  ...I removed the luggage rack to replace the footman loops and glue stainless steel screen underneath the drain holes. After taking time to clean...
• Re: luggage rack drainage? water goes where?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 22:26:54 -0400
  At 22:12 9/20/99 , you wrote: > Just explored the van's roof & noticed the (presumed) drainage holes in the >luggage rack. Bentley...
• Re: Front mounted bike rack
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:11:11 -0500
  Here's a link to a front mounted bike rack: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/front/front.htm Don in Reidsville, NC...