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• Re: Drumb Question looking for a Drumb Answer
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 06:41:05 -0700
  ...the drum sits on the hub and > that is what it siezes onto. i am looking for a way to keep it from > corroding...
• Removing Rear Brake Drum/Hub
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 15 Apr 2017 20:05:18 -0600
  ...How hard might it be expected to move? The Bentley says to take the hub and the drum off together and shows a nice...
• Front Hub Bearing Removal 2
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
  Sat, 3 Apr 1999 19:46:59 -0800
  Well, I just moved my van from the street and broke the hub right off. It just broke off just before the dust cap...
• Re: broken 3/4 hub
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 23:42:08 -0500
  FWIW, that's the slider hub out of our '87 that's the subject of the breakdown in one of the last LiMBO Transporter...
• Re: expected life of the brazil chrome hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 08:23:11 -0800
  ...2 weeks? Mike Wesley Pegden wrote: > Hi all, > how long do the Brazil chrome hubcaps last in the salt belt if well > cared for...
• Re: Chrome hub caps won't fit on ONE wheel?!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:34:35 -0400
  Vanagon have ever so slightly deeped hub caps, than the original bugs. ERic Rusty Zarse wrote: >Hey y'all, I tried to swipe my...
• Re: Name these Parts - TwoFer. (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 9 Jun 2007 08:34:20 +0000
  '34 Ford V8 hubcap http://www.speedwaymotors.com/p/3085,332_1934-V8-Hubcap.html -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> > Ford...
• Re: Jaguar vs. Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 13:50:55 -0700
  ...Passat brakes on Vanagon > > So your concern are the threads going into the machined hub. > > Newer VW vehicles use front hubs and hub-centric...
• $hubcaps, rims, tires gotta go$
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Sullivan
  Fri, 24 Jul 1998 09:26:22 +0000
  ...4 stock hubcaps 5 steel rims 2 Michelin MXL 205/70r14 tires (actually 4 on the rims, but 2 are unuseable) tgif, Kevin
• Re: Automatic Transmission Mystery Solved
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:53:53 -0700
  ...The part number of the hub is stamped VERY prominently on its face. After seeing the obviously too-long hub with the too-big...
• Re: Gas Brand Preferences?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 5 Feb 2012 15:38:55 -0800
  Do not confuse a local pipeline hub / distribution center with a refinery. A refinery has all the complex chemical mojo happening, while pipeline hubs...
• Re: Wheel/hubcaps "look" options
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:56:30 -0600
  ...mcneely ---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > I pulled the silver-painted OEM plastic hubcaps off my '84 van and just > painted...
• Re: Time to change rear drive axle??
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 21 May 2008 17:19:01 -0400
  ...If the hub is swapped with a used one, or a new bearing is pressed into the old hub, the job is mostly the...
• Re: Eccentric hub?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 7 May 2014 20:52:39 -1000
  ...Eccentric hub? >> >> Some years ago my brakes started wobbling. Nothing serious, but at >> speeds above 50 it is very noticeable and possibly hazardous. So...
• hub cap w/speedo connector question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 06 Jul 1995 14:35:23 -0500 (EST)
  Hey? Is the hub cap on the drivers side, which connects the speedometer, the same in the bugs as in the Vanagons? I got...
• Re: Momo hub for Vanagon / PN: 8012
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:10:43 -0800
  ...Momo hub for Vanagon / PN: 8012 > > Please pmail with price and condition. > > Thanks, > > -- > BenT > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach...
• Re: let's keep Joel busy! :)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 11 Jul 94 9:59:56 PDT
  > > > If Joel gets tired of tracking the colors of our vans, how about > the type of hubcaps we all have?!? :) Let's see, my...
• FS four Vanagon chrome hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:04:25 -0400
  From my old 1980 westy four chrome hubcaps in good condition (but 25 years old so they have some minor surface rust dots - pin...
• Re: moon caps, and who knows?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:14:36 -0800
  ...If you get the cheap Chinese hub caps, there is a very good possibility that you'll get passed by a hub cap whilst...
• Re: hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Pierce, John D
  Mon, 24 Aug 1998 22:27:14 -0400
  ...hub caps > > >4 for $100.00!!!! beats the dealers price of $65.00 each (no vaseline > >included mind you!) now these aren't new...
• Re: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:21:29 EDT
  ...The hub width, I do not know as I have not had the opportunity to have a new hub pass before me for measurement...
• Noisy rearend
  Historical mailing list - ANDREW WILLIAMS
  Tue, 5 Dec 2000 21:36:50 +0100
  ...to my surprise when I went to use the hub puller I found the hub came straight off with almost no effort.I dont...
• Re: Front Berings, Shocks and Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 10 May 2000 09:18:21 -0400
  ...Bentley specifies to take the hub off because it gives better access to the brake components without the hub in the way. But it...
• Aluminum Wheel Hub Cap & Speedo Questions...
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Tue, 28 Nov 2000 16:46:00 EST
  ...Anyone care to give up or sell a silver plastic hub cap for the Weekender aluminum star wheel. I lost mine two weeks ago...
• anyone have a spare hubcap??
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jones
  Mon, 4 Dec 2000 23:30:48 EST
  Hi all- I lost a hubcap sometime last week and I cant find it! Does anyone have a spare that they might want to...
• Syncro height question
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 3 May 2002 17:07:16 -0500
  I just measured my '85 Westy's hub to bottom of fenderwell distance. I measured from centered of each hub vertically to lower edge...
• FS: vanagon/bus chrome moon style hubcaps - old school style
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Nov 2005 09:32:58 EST
  i have set of four chrome moon style vanagon/bus hubcaps.. these are OEM "old school" style with the vw logo embossed in the...
• 1985 Vanagon - rear wheel bearing hub, installing zerk fittings or similar?
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sun, 27 Aug 2006 05:10:28 -0400
  Has anyone ever "drilled and installed" zerk greese fitting into the rear wheel bearing hub on a vanagon? I need to know if this...
• Re: Shocks and brake job, one question
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:17:08 -0700
  ...Don't need to deal with the 42mm hub nut. The brake drums come off with just a couple of 11mm bolts. Those bolts...
• Re: Hub caps
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 15 May 1998 10:23:27 -0100
  >I found an 82 or 83 westy camper at a wrecking yard with a set of 4 nice >chrome hubcaps. he wanted 15.00...
• Re: expected life of the brazil chrome hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 08:22:23 -0800
  If the chrome hubcaps I put on my 71 baywindow are the Brazilian kind, then 1 week sounds about right. Coastal SoCal funky marine...
• Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:03:05 -0700
  Yup, I had my first Syncro set up with the moon hub caps and I got lots of compliments for the 'classy look.' Miguel...
• EuroVan: Audi 5000 Turbo wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 14:23:29 -0500
  ...Has anyone here run a set of these wheels on a EuroVan? The steel EV wheels appear to be hub centric, the hub on...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 31 May 2005 14:34:19 -0700
  ...Correct hub caps >I saw a 1982 Vanagon brochure and it pictured the vehicle with the > chrome domelike "VW" hub caps a la my...
• looking for hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - The Henrys
  Fri, 2 Jul 1999 18:33:16 +0000
  ...I could really use a couple of hub caps, do not have to be perfect, just cheap, er, inexpensive. I'm in NC, but...
• Re: Correct hub caps. 82-84 vanagon hubcaps
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 01:21:46 EDT
  In a message dated 5/31/05 4:27:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM writes: > What's correct for...
• Re: Question and parts request.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:25:49 -0400
  ...The hub width, I do not know as I have not had the opportunity to have a new hub pass before me for measurement...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:50:51 -0500
  ...Silly question about hub caps How the woman who sold Joe the earlier style of hubcap got on them the front, I'll never...
• Hub caps
  Historical mailing list - ghamburg
  Thu, 14 May 1998 20:10:07 -0700
  I found an 82 or 83 westy camper at a wrecking yard with a set of 4 nice chrome hubcaps. he wanted 15.00...
• Re: which Audi wheels fit Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 17 Oct 1998 13:45:33 EDT
  ...they are the same bolt pattern, and require just minimal machining of center hub hole to clear bus/vanagon hub. chris
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 31 May 2005 17:05:39 -0700
  ...It gives 2 procedures, one for each type of hub cap, chrome and basket weave. There is an illustration of both types. Mark Michael...
• Re: Speedometer cable -- where does square start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 4 Nov 2007 15:01:08 -0800
  Hi ~ The cable is driven by the square hole in the bearing cap, the first thing you see after removing a hub cap. Perhaps...
• Re: gear reduction hubs
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Fri, 6 Oct 2000 12:31:58 -0500
  yeah, early busses, late 50's early 60's, had gear reduction hubs. This raised the ground clearance as the configuration was one gear...
• Re: Jaguar vs. Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 14:03:08 -0700
  ...Passat brakes on Vanagon > > So your concern are the threads going into the machined hub. > > Newer VW vehicles use front hubs and hub-centric...
• Re: '84 Hub cap problem
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 8 Jul 2010 07:40:33 -0400
  ...Why dent the hubcap? How about denting in the bearing dust cap in an effort to "seat it in" right? I think mine was...
• Re: Syncro rear hub removal, spindle nut size
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 16:15:12 -0400
  ...The hub is 500nm/360 lb-ft. :) d David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net
• Re: Interesting Westy Transportation Notes (little Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 19:25:33 -0500
  Katy, Why not take a really cheap flight from a spoke or hub airport to another hub/spoke airport and drive it back yourself...
• Re: 90 Vanagon Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 15:27:05 EST
  ...Anyone > know where I can get a cheap used replacement? It was an original > factory hubcap for a '90 GL Westy. Thanks in advance...
• Re: Which Cromie type Hub Caps fit the Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 21:56:09 EST
  ...JordanVw@AOL.COM writes: > > 71-79 bus uses the same chrome hubcaps as the vanagon...same as the 68 up > bug > for that matter...
• Re: Mud Flaps, generic or otherwise? Sugestions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:08:24 -0400
  ...I have the original round (moon) hubcaps. No dimples, no holes. What is this about? David McNeely On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11...
• Re: Hubcaps! Hubcaps! Who's got the Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Jul 94 11:08:06 EDT
  ...there seem to be > springing up some junkyards dedicated ONLY to hubcaps and wheelcovers. you > might have to actually go look, however, as the...
• Re: Vanagon Doctor, Wheel squeal
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:37:02 -0800
  ...If this is what you have make sure to check the hub carefully, on mine the shop thought it was ok until they had...
• Re: Scary moment today in the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Sun, 1 Oct 2000 00:47:11 -0700
  I once drove another type of water-cooled VW until the noisy bearing almost wore out the hub. I still need to replace the...
• What good are wheel locks?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:04:43 -0800
  Someone can just pop off the grease cap on the front hub and take off the nut and then the wheel, hub, and disc...
• Re: set 4 of hubcaps on ebay...
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:26:58 -0800
  ...set 4 of hubcaps on ebay... I'm selling them, less that 24 hrs to go and the auction is at $1. http://tinyurl...
• I just went through this myself. I went to a local Hub Cap Annie store and
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Jul 94 10:44:41 EDT
  ...I went to a local Hub Cap Annie store and the guy gave my $30 off the $60 purchase price of a full set...
• Painted Hubcaps $24.95/set of 4
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 18:26:36 -0400
  I just obtained some painted VW hubcaps, which are stock on cargo vans in Europe. These are genuine Volkswagen, and are _much_ heavier duty...
• Re: anyone have a spare hubcap??
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Tue, 5 Dec 2000 22:05:52 -0500
  ...anyone have a spare hubcap?? > Hi all- I lost a hubcap sometime last week and I cant find it! Does anyone > have a spare...
• Re: Need a hubcap, what's the going price?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:52:10 -0500
  ...The old bug had the exact same hub cap except a 1/4" thinner. They will work except , IIRC, the front right wheel where...
• Brakes - Adj & 12mm Rotor
  Historical mailing list - Dino Kubik
  Thu, 05 Dec 1996 13:51:07 -0500
  ...When listening for shoe-to- hub contact, should you rotate the hub using the lugs or by pushing on the top of the hub...