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Re: CV axle help for early m/t Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Jack R
Thu, 5 Dec 2019 21:06:18 -0500
...where the CV boot rests, and almost no flange near the splines. When I put on the CV and spring clip, there was a...
Re: Determine if new pilot bearing needs replacement?
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Wed, 4 Oct 2017 19:02:06 -0700
...During install attempt, I turned the crank to help line up input shaft and clutch disk splines. The flywheel DID rub off some tranny...
Re: CV bolt rounded -- what to do?
Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
Mon, 1 Jan 2024 12:17:17 -0800
...I used is triple square, it has about 12 splines? Torx has around 6 splines, if I'm correct.) That worked! Came out so...
Re: awk! -- speakers sound great but....
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 9 Oct 2001 11:05:37 -0700
If you do washers, the teeth won't grip the splines very well and after a while you'll be sure to strip the...
Re: Wiper blade recommendation? Now Length?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:24:28 -0500
...What I really think is that the shaft and the splines in the blade axle just got old after 21 years. mcneely ---- Alistair Bell...
Re: How to install Wiper Shaft
Historical mailing list - neil
Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:39:19 -0800
...shafts external to > the van? > > If so, first thoroughly clean the splines of the shafts sticking out of > the van to get any of...
Re: Mechanic had to pull transmission again, what would you do?
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Thu, 6 Jul 2006 14:29:17 -0700
...it while my step-dad tried to guide it onto some splines on the flywheel, or vice versa (this was twenty years ago). I...
Re: I can't wait!
Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
Fri, 20 Aug 2004 06:35:13 -0400
...we find out the real truth about pulling those faded plastic splines out of our rubber window seals ... I cand find the timeddd to...
Re: 2WD to Syncro tranny
Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:47:18 -0800
...In my case I removed the nose cone, trimmed the front output shaft a bit (back to the splines), and fabbed up a replacement...
Re: Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
Tue, 5 Jan 2016 14:11:24 -0800
...We were rotating the whole tranny back and forth trying to get the splines to line up. On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12...
Re: Steering wheel removal
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:08:14 -0500
...It's fit around splines on the steering shaft. Use a 2 arm puller or give it a whack from the backside with a...
Re: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
Historical mailing list - Fillmore West
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:59:53 -0600
...Now, more to the problem, replacing the bearings >> without checking the spacer, hub, splines and nut for wear can also lead >> to >> more problems...
Re: syncro - front cv joint r&r
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:47:34 -0700
...if the splines are not stuck or rusted. and I think you have to undo at least a tie rod end .... and maybe even...
Re: No gears (resolved)
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:11:41 -0700
...on old air-cooled VW's that was common when the splines in a rear drum >>> stripped out ... >>> the axle would just spin in...
Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints. - Figured Out
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:25:33 -0600
...manual and automatic. > >But the damn thing I have has fewer splines and won't take > >the new CV. > >Maybe I've got a...
Re: Rear wheel studs
Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
Thu, 13 Mar 2014 06:57:08 -0500
...From >> the pics, it's the same ones most list vendors are offering now. >> >> The splines section on these studs are ever so slightly...
Re: Discovered my clutch failure reason.
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 24 May 2021 14:13:54 -0700
...So it had slipped on the splines. Hence the no clutch action. > > Seems, of course, the arms are now hard to find. > > Anyone have...
Re: Need help adjusting gear shift linkage
Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
Tue, 5 Jun 2018 22:20:06 -0500
...I’m wondering if the problem has to do with the length of the shift rod, based on the exposed splines I’m seeing...
Re: Source for reliable axle assemblies
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 9 Jan 2015 18:24:35 -0500
...One of the problems with the aftermarket shaft assemblies is that at times the shaft splines are not the same as the original. So...
Audi 5000 CV Joints in a Syncro - some information to digest!
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sat, 29 Jan 2000 20:42:36 -0800
...The Audi axle is 30mm and the splines are a little more course than the Vangon ones. Every 108mm CV joint they had, had...
Re: Help removing clutch lever
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Sat, 9 Apr 2005 18:39:26 -0700
...So I then cut the shaft just inside of the lever, so I could slide the lever off the splines just before they taper...
Re: here's a stumper...(question)
Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
Wed, 17 May 2000 16:14:17 -0500
...In the end the problem turned out to be that the splines on both the pivot shaft(Throw out) and the little arm with...
Re: Rear wheel bearings - adjust or replace?
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:10:37 EST
...Now, more to the problem, replacing the bearings without checking the spacer, hub, splines and nut for wear can also lead to more problems...
Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 6 Apr 2016 16:39:13 -0500
...I shortened up the shift rod by moving the >> front >> shift rod further into the splines in the rear shift rod, but that didn...
Re: re. clutch lever play
Historical mailing list - neil
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:49:03 -0800
...Bushings get worn, which creates play, but lever is on tight, with several splines holding it in position on release shaft. Combine that with...
Re: Regarding the input shaft of transmission
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:37:47 -0800
...and being in the clutch disc splines ...it holds it well enough to transfer drive to the 'real' mainshaft of the trans without a...
Re: Any vans for sale.
Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
Thu, 23 Oct 2014 02:10:33 -0400
...The differential crown pinion has some deep gashing on (about) six of the splines, each gash is (more or less) 3/8" - not terribly...
Re: Question and parts request.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:28:43 -0700
...It is likely that the stub axle and flange splines got worn some during the period it had to be running with the nut...
CV Joint repacking- axle removal.
Historical mailing list
Wed, 22 May 1996 13:23:16 -0700
Bus/Bug/Ghia/etc Rear CV joints and front inners for syncros are cylinders with flat ends- no splines to worry about- the six...
Re: Porsche wheels advice needed
Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:28:45 -0600
...The steel was not even thick enough to catch all the splines on the studs once they were pressed in. If you want to...
Euro-Trans: FIX 91 Volkswagen Vanagon , Mechanical, input shaft
Historical mailing list - "Richard Meissenheimer (by way of Derek Drew )"
Wed, 12 Jan 2000 09:26:54 -0500
...to screw the two halves of the input shaft together then 'unscrew until the splines. . . are in line'. The question I now have is...
Re: [Syncro] Heavy Duty Rear Axels/CVs (108mm), Factory
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Wed, 3 Jan 2001 22:08:44 -0500
...Just this past week I was driving into Rochester, NY, from Virginia and lost all power due to the bolts/splines breaking that connect...
Re: HOW TO make other vw model steering wheels fit the VANAGON (GTI, Scirocco...
Historical mailing list
Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:19:24 EDT
...if you look at the back of the vanagon steering wheel, the hole is larger BEFORE the splined part, but the splines are the...
Re: shifting anomaly...
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Sun, 4 Oct 2015 14:39:32 -1000
...lever on the side of the trans is solidly on the splines...sure ...then you can start thinking 'internal' . 5. you've tried it...
Re: Half shaft removal
Historical mailing list - Mike
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:56:57 -0400
...of force sideways on the flange > though - kinda rough on the splines. > > as for heat, like with a torch ....if you needed to replace...
Re: mushy brake pedal
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 27 May 1999 12:42:30 -0400
...Have it looser and risk ruining the splines on your hub. After you remove the little m6 bolt(s?) the drums *should* fall off...
Drive Flange Seals - Repair
Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:43:42 -0600
...I then used thoses same two screw drivers to wriggle the drive flange off of the splines. I then used a screw driver as...
Re: some sort of clunking
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 9 May 2011 08:21:27 -0500
...The loose nut will cause the hub > splines and bore to wear ruining it. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
Re: Pulsating Brake Pedal (Need Solution)
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:28:56 -0400
...The axle nut is not torqued correctly That can wreck your splines, but I don't believe it would cause this. > 6. Brake pads...
[Fwd: ]Trip Report
Historical mailing list - Bob Calkins
Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:27:38 -0700
...cond......Then it happed, in Longview Washington, I sheard off the splines on my Right Rear Brake drum......sheeesh, and you just know what...
Re: Wiper arms.
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Wed, 3 May 2000 16:01:11 -0400
...Replace wipers, aligning with previous splines. 2) With the wiper motor OFF, using a 20" piece of .75mm ID plastic oil-pressure gauge hose...
Crankshaft end float.
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 21 May 2002 16:41:22 -0500
...If you bang hard against the splines in the disk or let the tranny hang heavy on the disk it can cause the clutch...
Re: awk! -- speakers sound great but....
Historical mailing list - David Jaffe
Tue, 9 Oct 2001 16:11:51 -0700
...haul on it extremely hard or you risk partially stripping the splines on the handle side. Even then you could still use it by...
Re: Wiper blade recommendation? Now Length?
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:36:30 -0700
...What I really think is that the shaft and the splines in the blade axle just got old after 21 years. > > mcneely > > ---- Alistair Bell...
Re: Determine if new pilot bearing needs replacement?
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Wed, 4 Oct 2017 20:08:21 -0700
...It looks undersized > compared to the space between the bearing surface and the splines. If you > did grind there the shaft is garbage. Not...
Re: 1.9 manual 4 speed linkage question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:19:14 -0700
...in both cases I had to loosen the clamp where the splines are just aft of the fuel tank, and rotate one rod relative...
Re: CV bolt rounded -- what to do?
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Mon, 1 Jan 2024 15:43:33 -0500
...I used is triple square, it has about 12 splines? Torx has around 6 splines, if I'm correct.) That worked! Came out so...
Re: loose rear axle nut
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:21:01 -0800
...the nut can bottom out on the splines of the stub axle.. rather than really tightening any internal bits on the stub axle ...spacer...
Re: Mechanics -- Toronto-Montreal Corridor (Halifax extension)
Historical mailing list - G-Reg
Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:18:11 -0400
...traffic on this listserv, I'm >> AWAKE!!! >> Busted CV's, stripped splines, flaming gas hoses...) >> >> humbled, >> gab >> > > Paul Peranteau > John Benjamins Publishing Company > Ph...
1976/2.0L, FI VW Riviera Conversion Camper
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:09:08 -0600
...Drove and shifted fine otherwise. --Had 1st gear rebuilt, all other gears and splines looked great!!! --New clutch disc, was told that t.o...
Re: Rear Shocks, Syncro vs. 2wd-Feeling defensive here!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:01:09 -0500
...We put the van on a lift and let the wheels go to full droop and could see that the splines on the axle...
windshield wiper repair
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:45:04 -0500
...Now I realize that the conical pressable piece that the stud and splines of the shaft fit into has stripped. Evidently this requires a...
Shift Lever to Transmission Attachement Question
Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:29:21 -0600
...at 90 degrees pointing to the ground in neutral (there are splines to orient it). I "found" neutral on it by loosely putting the...
Re: Stripped threads in cylinder head, to fix?, now?, how?
Historical mailing list - Mladen, Zoran
Wed, 10 Jan 2001 12:57:49 -0700
...Gently hammer the splines in. Let it sit until tomorrow so the Loc-tite cures. Reassemble. If you can't get a straight shot...
Re: Adjustable arm rest repair
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Fri, 15 Apr 2016 22:16:34 -0700
...It’s on splines so you need to pull it off, easier said than done, but it will come off. Now to repair your...
Re: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:15:27 -0700
...So I don't feel the splines on |the axle are damaged. The question in my mind is is it possible the axle is...
Re: windshield wiper repair just musing this time
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:58:24 -0700
...fuse or reset arm on shaft (cleaning out pot metal from splines)? alistair On 2012-08-19, at 12:00 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote...
Re: center window install help.
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Mon, 8 Sep 2003 22:42:17 EDT
...I've seen the splines installed before and after, but without an installation tool it is easier to install them beforehand. George
I'm back!!! (long)
Historical mailing list - Still in litigation
Sat, 8 Feb 1997 19:43:20 -0800 (PST)
...Over the summer was my fun however when the fingers that hold the throwout bearing in place on the tranny splines decided to break...
Re: Upper steering column grease recommendation and what else to do while replacing ignition switch
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:59:31 -0800
...yes, the steering wheels just slip right off the splines. Never saw one that didn'ton a vanagon. Nice to read that someone is...