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• Re: WTB: Syncro Axles and Driveshaft
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 13:43:29 -0400
  Rennie Wible wrote: > Just as the subject goes. . . > > A customer just got a syncro without the driveshaft and front axles. > Any help locating these...
• Re: 88 WBX Towing Questions
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 09:58:09 -0500
  <snip> Of course, uncoupling the axles at the final drive would get around that problem. <snip> I just reread my post .... If you disconnect...
• Re: CV joint theory: long
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 20:49:00 -0800
  ...But if one wheel >wants to go faster (such as when turning), the spider gears turn on their >own axles, allowing each drive axle...
• Re: hello and a new memeber.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 2 Aug 2004 18:58:06 -0500
  ...I have ground off the big nuts at wrecking yards and pulled the stub axle and drive axle with both CVs still on the...
• Call for .. Actual Vehicle Weight info
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:04:20 -0700
  ...First Vehicle Actual Weight Info Vanagon Syncro AdventureWagen Dates 1/2004 & 4/2004 Actual steer axle 2680/ 2780 Actual drive axle 2540 / 2640 Actual...
• Rear Wheel Bearings again.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Warner
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:58:20 GMT
  ...This all seems a bit unlikely since the bolts holding the axle shaft to the drive shaft are enclosed inside the trailing arm housing...
• Re: CV joint theory: long
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:45:02 -0600
  ...But if one wheel >> wants to go faster (such as when turning), the spider gears turn on >> their >> own axles, allowing each drive axle...
• Re: Input shaft question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:30:10 -0500
  <<I've got to replace the seal for the stub axle to the trans.>> Simple. Remove the axle's. Pop off the drive flanges...
• Re: Leaking Axle Seals 1989 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:59:58 -0800
  ...it to change the Differential / Axle seals re 1989 Westy?� Mine seap slowly but after a long drive the oil mist gets all over...
• Re: hello and a new memeber.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 2 Aug 2004 14:59:09 -0400
  I was unable to remove the drive axle while still attached to the stub axle if that is what you are implying. Ken Lewis...
• drive axle lengths
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Fri, 2 May 2003 18:09:48 -0400
  ...I got the axles from the manual trans van, but over the course of 3 years storing the auto and manual trans axles, I...
• Re: Rear axle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 20:56:05 -0600
  ...it is to get the brake drums off the rear you don't have to remove the axles nuts! John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
• Re: Call for .. Actual Vehicle Weight info
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sun, 20 Mar 2005 13:32:32 -0600
  ...unknown >Actual drive axle .. unknown >Actual gross weight 5901 /5500 >all fluids full: gas, propane, water >driver in front >holding tank empty > > >Larry Chase...
• Re: One more time - Auto Tranny trans-axle shaft.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 22 May 2014 14:05:39 -0700
  ...Don't know about the later auto axles. Mark JRodgers wrote: > ...... > Is the AUTO-TRANNY trans-axle long drive shaft the same length as...
• Re: CV joint boots
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:25:01 -0700
  Looking at the GW image of an EMPI complete axle: https://www.gowesty.com/product/axle-cv-driveshaft/3737/drive-axle-rear-m-t...
• Query: Type 2 Transmission Interchangability
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Jul 1996 19:36:06 -0700
  ...I found a 1966 transmission complete with axle tubes and final drive gears. I want to use the '66 transmission with my old axle...
• Re: Towing an Automatic Vanagon. Cutting the drive axles?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:08:27 -0700
  ...So, you must disconnect the road wheels from the trans/center drive. But, if all you do is cut the axles, the stubs that...
• Re: CV joint theory: long
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 21:56:11 -0600
  ...But if one wheel wants to go faster (such as when turning), the spider gears turn on their own axles, allowing each drive axle...
• Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 15 May 2002 23:37:56 -0500
  ...Note that the right axle (passengers axle) is now on the drivers side of the van, and the left (drivers axle) is on the...
• Re: Transmission question AND front axle solution opportunity
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:12:05 -0400
  ...For the front axle are we talking a shaft to a wheel or the center drive shaft? Center drive shaft likely has vibration problems...
• Towing an Automatic Vanagon. Cutting the drive axles?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:54:52 -0400
  ...What if i just cut off the drive axles? I don't need them.... If the front wheels were up, the problem at hand...
• What is life expectancy of axles?
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Lepage
  Tue, 27 May 2008 18:54:28 -0400
  How many miles can the average driver put on before having problems with the axles? My friend said he has a tiny bit of...
• Re: Loosening Axle (rear)
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:23:51 +0000
  ...Since the drive was busted, I welded the 36(?)mm socket to the broken drive, and voila! a tool now dedicated to removing axle...
• Re: drive axle lengths
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 2 May 2003 18:54:49 -0400
  Manual transaxle, axles are the same length, even in the syncro. Eric Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS Syncro Pittsburgh, PA USA...
• Re: Rebuilt cv drive shaft
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 13:28:01 EDT
  The difference I pointed out was the work involved in removing and replacing the CV joint on the axle, as opposed to just slapping...
• Re: Towing an Automatic Vanagon. Cutting the drive axles?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:16:47 -0400
  ...So, you must disconnect > the road wheels from the trans/center drive. But, if all you do is cut the > axles, the stubs that...
• Re: Suspected transmission noise
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:03:37 -0600
  ...able to get an axle that is to long to fit properly during the installation. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Greenamyer, William L wrote...
• Re: 930 drive axles
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 09:24:13 -0600
  ...930 drive axles You do know when you put those on your transmission you just end up breaking something more expensive inside . I've...
• Re: Towing an Automatic Vanagon. Cutting the drive axles?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:35:32 -0700
  ...So, you must disconnect > the road wheels from the trans/center drive. But, if all you do is cut the > axles, the stubs that...
• Re: What would make you disconnect your front axle on your Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:30:55 -0700
  ...I assume you mean remove the Driveshaft. you can't remove the two front axles.. the bearings in the hubs depend on the stub...
• '84 auto tranny axle lengths?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Timothy
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:09:57 EDT
  Only AFTER having installed my drive axles on my '84 auto trans Gl, I read the thread referring to different length axle shafts. Guess...
• Re: Synchro to 2wd
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 06:43:57 -0700
  ...axles in the front hubs gives proper support to the front wheel bearing but you loose the speedometer function if the center driveshaft is...
• Leaking Axle Seals 1989 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bill Prats
  Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:06:26 -0800
  How hard is it to change the Differential / Axle seals re 1989 Westy? Mine seap slowly but after a long drive the oil mist...
• WTB: Syncro Axles and Driveshaft
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 08:52:42 -0700
  ...A customer just got a syncro without the driveshaft and front axles. Any help locating these would help. TIA Rennie VolksDragon@earthlink.net Los...
• Re: Towing an Automatic Vanagon. Cutting the drive axles?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:33:05 -0400
  The "Magic" numbers for towing an automatic with the rear wheels down and axles connected are, maximum distance of 30 miles AND at a...
• Rear axle nut socket
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:13:01 -0400
  Hi; Has anyone been able to find a rear axle nut socket (I think it's 46mm?) in a 1/2 in drive size...
• Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 16 May 2002 01:00:35 -0700
  ...Note that the right axle (passengers axle) is now on the > drivers side of the van, and the left (drivers axle) is on the...
• Re: CV joint boots
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:06:21 +0000
  ...Looking at the GW image of an EMPI complete axle: https://www.gowesty.com/product/axle-cv-driveshaft/3737/drive-axle-rear-m-t...
• Re: CV joint boots
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:04:01 -0700
  ...EMPI complete axle: > > https://www.gowesty.com/product/axle-cv-driveshaft/3737/drive-axle-rear-m-t- > > This type of axle ships dry? i...
• Re: vanagon emissions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 14:32:28 -0500
  ...Removing, regreasing, and installing the axle took about 2 hours. This is lying on my back in the driveway - a shop with a pit...
• needs help in Tok Alaska
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:20:23 -0700
  ...At this point he just wants to remove the axle and drive on to Haines for the ferry with only one rear axle. Mark
• Re: 930 drive axles
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 14:05:17 -0400
  ...930 drive axles On Aug 16, 2013, at 6:56 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: You are so right. I'll take...
• Re: drive axle lengths
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sat, 3 May 2003 21:29:10 -0700
  Hey there, The axle shafts between the manual and auto: one side is the same between the two and the other side is different...
• Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
  Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
  Thu, 16 May 2002 09:45:06 -0700
  ...Note that the right axle (passengers axle) is now on the >>drivers side of the van, and the left (drivers axle) is on the...
• Re: CV axle help for early m/t Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Fri, 6 Dec 2019 10:08:05 -0500
  ...Thank you, good to know this is normal. > You may want to consider the 944 CV joints. > http://www.t3technique.com/suspension-and-drivetrain...
• Re: 930 drive axles
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 08:56:45 -0400
  ...930 drive axles You do know when you put those on your transmission you just end up breaking something more expensive inside . I've...
• Re: Need front axle !
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 21:02:19 -0500
  ...drive a syncro. hah hah. The ultra-low budget minded person with too much time on their hands would take the front axles out...
• CV drive axle, 89 auto
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:01:19 -0800
  ...CV's are really starting to make some noise, and for the price of the whole drive axle, I thought it would be easier...
• Re: CV joint boots
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Mon, 16 Aug 2021 05:46:35 -0400
  ...This companies products > are often used by the front axle-reman drive shaft industry. There are > different designs for the 100mm 6 bolt flange...
• Removing axle question
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:34:14 -0800
  ...rear axle out ('85 Vanagon), must I remove the entire wheel bearing housing, including the brake mounting plate, or can it be driven out...
• Re: CV axle help for early m/t Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 6 Dec 2019 20:02:42 -0800
  ...CV axle help for early m/t Vanagon? > Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 07:37:24 -0800 > > > Just so you are aware the CV...
• CV Joint repacking- axle removal.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 1996 13:23:16 -0700
  ...Both the final drive and the axle stub have little lips that go up around the away-from-the-axle side of the CV...
• Re: Towing an Automatic Vanagon. Cutting the drive axles?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:13:14 -0700
  ...What if i just cut off the drive axles? > I don't need them.... > If the front wheels were up, the problem at hand...
• Re: Input shaft question
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 17 Jul 2005 19:47:24 -0400
  ...the seal for the stub axle to the trans.>> >Simple. >Remove the axle's. >Pop off the drive flanges ( after you remove the retaining...
• Re: Synchro to 2wd
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 01:44:50 -0400
  You can remove the driveshaft, no problem. It's not realistically possible to remove the front axles since the outboard CV joints form the...
• Re: One more time - Auto Tranny trans-axle shaft.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 22 May 2014 11:03:36 -0700
  ...Mark JRodgers wrote: > the basic question has > yet to be answered. > > Is the AUTO-TRANNY trans-axle long drive shaft the same length as...
• Re: Syncro drove! For the first time in 13 years!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 14 May 2011 20:22:32 -0400
  ...power! > The rear drive axles are out to be rebuilt, and it drove forwards and > backwards in Front wheel drive mode only, proving the...
• Re: Rear axle nut socket
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 10:00:48 -0700
  ...able to find a rear axle nut socket >(I think it's 46mm?) in a 1/2 in drive size? >If so where? >Thanks...
• Re: '84 auto tranny axle lengths?
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:59:24 -0700
  Tim Timothy wrote: > Only AFTER having installed my drive axles on my '84 auto trans Gl, I > read > the thread referring to different length...
• About CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
  Fri, 22 Nov 1996 00:18:18 +0100
  ...constant velocity, this is very nessecary to avoid vibrations in the axle. Like old rear wheel driven vehicles. Peter Larsson 94 EV Crewcab Syncro