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• Re: price diff. between 2wd and 4wd SA big brake kits?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:35:21 -0400
  Hi Chris, The reason is that the 2WD kit includes syncro type front hubs, so the front wheel connections go from the current 2WD...
• Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
  Fri, 6 Aug 1999 22:05:54 EST
  ...Does anyone know which hubcaps fit, and also where I can find some good quality hupcaps--preferably with the VW logo. I live in...
• Re: Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 01:50:45 -0500
  ...If that doesn't work, set the hub/drum assembly on the floor (studs up), put a wood block on the hub, and wack...
• Re: Mud Flaps, generic or otherwise? Sugestions
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:21:45 -0400
  > Not sure on mud flaps, but I know Beetle hub caps fit all but the > driver's side wheels. The drivers side dust cap...
• FS: Steel Wheels & Hub Caps
  Historical mailing list - KENYON FAIREY
  Mon, 24 Mar 1997 14:58:12 -0500 (EST)
  ...They come attached to original Michelin reinforced 185/70 R14 tires and Hub caps. Dealer list for the steel wheels (believe it or not...
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 09:24:23 -0100
  > I lost a hubcap for my 85 Westie, its the silver plastic one...anyone > know where I might find one and the approximate cost...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 31 May 2005 18:03:11 -0500
  I'm convinced that VW started offering the alloy wheels just about the time they switched from the chrome hubcaps to the ugly as...
• Bigger Brakes was: My thoughts after hearing some responses
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:15:40 EST
  ...The kit comes with new hubs (which are separate from the rotors) with studs in them like syncro front hubs. The hubs come with...
• Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 07:22:57 -0800
  Thinking about replacing my plastic hubcaps on 91GL and was thinking about the chrome domes from a beetle or old bus. Thoughts? Anyone have...
• Re: expected life of the brazil chrome hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 11:13:45 EST
  ...UCHICAGO.EDU writes: > Hi all, > how long do the Brazil chrome hubcaps last in the salt belt if well > cared for? > > 1 week. im...
• Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:31:50 -0700
  ...The hub portion of the > wheel bolts to the vehicle. Hub + rim = wheel. > Anyway, both the OP and the next P use the word...
• Re: syncro clutch or tranny?-reply
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 01:04:59 EDT
  ...It sounds like it might be the beginning stages of the cracking of the gear hubs. Normally only the 3rd/4th hub cracks but...
• restoring scraped-up hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 08:10:41 -0400
  Not exactly a high-tech topic, but for those of you who have scraped-up or blackened (from baked-on brake dust) hubcaps and...
• Re: Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 13:39:48 -0700
  ...My 84 has mis-matched, cheap-looking silver-gray plastic hubcaps. Turns out that they are stock. Three out of four, anyway. -- Mike "Rocket...
• Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:49:27 -0500
  ...I just prefer the little VW logo hub caps. I've seen photos of Vanagons with these VW logo hub caps before. Is there...
• Re: Removing rear brake drums?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 09:15:13 EST
  ...This is backed to the hub so you can't hurt anything. Hit back and forth side to side and up and down. This...
• Re: Wheel/hubcaps "look" options
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:37:34 -0500
  I like to say that as far as the VW logo chrome hubcaps that I bought some at a aircooled show. These where the...
• Re: CV article now available - I'm confused (long)
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 12:39:48 -0700
  ...Pretend your left hand is an outer > ball hub, and your right hand is an inner ball hub. Assume we're talking > about the...
• Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal..now how to pull drum
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:37:26 -0800
  >> So, anyone have any suggestions on how to get a drum off that's stuck to >> the hub/axle? "" Try to hit the edge...
• Re: wheel pattern, offset, sizes?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 02:40:49 EDT
  ...the hub hole. to fit over the vanagon hub. your local machine shop will do it for $10 a wheel usually. chris
• Re: Audi Turbo wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 23:35:26 EST
  In a message dated 3/7/02 11:11:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, cleveland_john1@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > Also,will the hub centers...
• Re: Cracked Slider Hub Pictures
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:02:34 -0800
  ...the list have heard of the cracked 3/4th gear > slider hub, but how many have actually seen the nasty little bugger? > > -- Loren Busch
• Re: Mud Flaps, generic or otherwise? Sugestions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:39:53 -0600
  On Oct 27, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote: > I have the first ones that Ron linked to(hubcaps). I like the...
• Re: [syncro.org] hubcaps, 15" SA steel wheels
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 12 May 2005 23:21:27 -0400
  ...I now have three hub > covers :)
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:22:02 -0500
  ...The only difference is how far out the hub protrudes. - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot.com (215) 234-VWVW _____________________________________________ Toll-Free...
• Re: 80 westy wheel covers
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 23:24:43 -0700
  ...Where are you located? I saw some at the Hubcap world (or City) near Gettsyburg PA. They boast like 1/2 million hub caps...
• Re: Rear hub tightness
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 19:13:05 -0500
  At 06:40 PM 11/12/2002, Dennis Haynes wrote: >hub has loosened enough to be noticeable, it is now trash and it will...
• putting long studs into a syncro's rear wheels (longish x-post)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:20:25 -0800
  ...no hub bendment. putting in the long studs had me perplexed, because there's not enough room behind the hub to put them in...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 18:31:59 -0700
  Playing with the spare set of hubs, housings, and stub axles in the mess I call my workshop, I notice the radial play of...
• Re: Hubcaps - chrome moonies
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:11:28 EST
  In a message dated 2/4/08 10:29:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, sandwichhead@YAHOO.COM writes: > Thinking about replacing my plastic hubcaps...
• Re: Momo wheel hub adapter for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:24:18 -0800
  ...It should be no problem to find a hub. David Marshall Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J...
• Re: Syncro-rear wheels
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 16:12:28 EDT
  ...I don't know what it'll take to get the studs outta the hub but I expect it's a lot of pounding...
• Re: Rear trailing arm/wheel hubs/bearing housing same for all years?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:09:29 -0800
  ...The bearing > housing is 251 501 253 and the hub is 251 501 619. Same for both > years. > > -- > John Meeks > > '91 Multivan, '85 GL...
• seeking hubcap..
  Historical mailing list - Forrest Minor
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 12:22:23 -0400
  To the point, I lost one of the four original small hubcaps on my '85 Weekender, and would like to get a replacement. Any...
• Re: moon caps, and who knows?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:21:28 -0600
  > Me too I guess... > > http://members.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/Hubcaps.JPG > > Sadly I heard a strange sound as I was backing out of the...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Tue, 31 May 2005 22:22:40 -0500
  >>This suggests that the flat gray hubcaps were added in 1985. >>>I think, the original early ones came with that chrome caps that only...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 16:20:52 -0700
  ...Correct hub caps On 5/31/2005 5:05 PM mark drillock wrote: > If you look at page 73 of the 1984 Vanagon Owner...
• Re: Porshe Alloy Wheels on a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 05:02:16 EST
  ...Rears are redrilled 914 hubs. Rear rotors are stock 911. The problem with the redrill job for Vanagons is necessity of using of non...
• Re: Brake Drums?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 31 Jan 2004 13:00:02 EST
  ...The time spent to remove the hub/drum in this predictable manner makes up for all the time wasted, and risk, trying to remove...
• Re: 1987 vanagon rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 15:33:01 -0600
  ...Sean, No need to remove the rear hub to do the brakes, just the drum. It's a little tighter working space, but a...
• Re: Tow Loops [back to thread subject]
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:56:29 -0400
  ...The two control arms (upper and lower) mount the steering and hub assembly by way of the upper and lower ball joints; their purpose...
• Re: 90 Vanagon trans 3rd gear grinding-reply
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Sun, 30 Aug 1998 21:01:51 EDT
  ...What happens there is that the orginal VW factory design is prone to stress cracks and will allow the hub to flex back and...
• Re: Chrome hub caps won't fit on ONE wheel?!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Edson
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:19:59 -0700
  ...Chrome hub caps won't fit on ONE wheel?! > > Hey y'all, I tried to swipe my brother in law's 70's bus...
• Re: <.F> Westy Appearance Package aka help for the sedate
  Historical mailing list - Greg Morrison
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 18:46:57 EDT
  In a message dated 6/16/00 1:21:38 PM, rlynch@infosat.com wrote: <<'The discerning owner could discard their own hubcaps ' I...
• FS: 4 VW Chrome hubcaps (1971-1979 generation)
  Historical mailing list - Christian Pelletier
  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 22:19:32 -0800
  I did a cleanup in my storage tonight and I found 4 older style VW chrome hubcaps. These are the ones that were on...
• Re: Anyone ever painted their hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Sat, 31 Jul 2004 07:49:18 -0400
  ...TEMiller BajaLeo wrote: >I have the original silver/grey disc hubcaps on my '84 and they are kinda scuffed up. Anyone have any luck...
• Re: [WetWesties] Looking for hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:42:31 -0500
  Try these simple cheap hubcaps. You'll need to cut a hole in the front caps so your grease caps can come through but...
• Re: The rust that almost ate my hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:52:53 -0700
  ...The rust that almost ate my hubcaps > So I have steel wheels on my on the Brick. When I bought the Vanagon It > did...
• Re: Trailing arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 7 Jun 2012 16:39:04 -0400
  That is what this no hub coupling is like. You can take a drive down to Home Depot and buy one off of the...
• Re: what color?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Jul 94 12:30:27 PDT
  I wasn't gonna reply to this, 'cuz who cares what color my bus is, but since we now have the hubcaps issue ;-) 74...
• Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 31 May 2005 13:17:08 -0700
  I saw a 1982 Vanagon brochure and it pictured the vehicle with the chrome domelike "VW" hub caps a la my 71 baywindow. A...
• Re: Rear Brake Drum Removal Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:14:07 -0400
  ...But couldn't you actually prevent them from getting stuck on the hub by making the hub more round/smaller (just a wee bit...
• Re: Brake drums warped - machining?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:37:00 -0700
  ...A bad rear bearing can cause the >> hub to wobble and make it feel like a warped drum. With the rear wheels off >> the...
• Re: Grease leaking/spreading out of hub cover.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:40:06 -0700
  ...Grease leaking/spreading out of hub cover. Hey everyone, I replaced my bearing and re-did the breaks in my 84 westy this spring...
• Re: manual trans 3/4 slider hub crack problem...was:Re: Daryl the tranny man
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 14:48:54 -0800
  Chris, Perhaps daryl will correct me but I was told that the hub was improved in the later trannys. I have 180k on my...
• Re: What to do about hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Dr. D.W. Carment
  Wed, 13 Jul 1994 22:32:09 -0400 (EDT)
  I stuck a dixie cup on the one wheel missing a hubcap, painted it silver and no one noticed.... On Sun, 10 Jul 1994...
• Looking for hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Callaghan Jr.
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 06:56:39 -0700
  Hi everybody, I am looking for a set of late bay hubcaps fro my 82 Westy. I like the simple design & the price compared...
• Re: Wheel Out of Round
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 12:40:14 -0500
  Have your wheel guy come and check the roundness of the hub and/or rotor. Maybe there is a problem with a bearing or...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 31 May 2005 16:12:32 -0600
  ...83 had the big plastic hubcaps. Can't remember if this was an upgrade option or not? Tom
• Re: Correct hub caps. 82-84 vanagon hubcaps
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Jun 2005 03:52:12 EDT
  In a message dated 6/1/05 1:53:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO writes: > > the 82-84 vanagons had...