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• Ball joints - Pickle Fork?
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 18:19:31 -0500
  ...I rented a pickle fork from autozone. The problem: I hammered away at the pickle fork and it succeeded in loosening the ball from...
• Re: Upper Ball Joint Removal (!#$%^&)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 23:42:37 EDT
  ...Tap the pickle fork into place until it has a purchase. Then, while levering the fork, rap the knuckle smartly with a hard-faced...
• Grand Forks ND listees ?
  Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:10:04 -0400
  ...This is about an hour north of Grand Forks. My camper needs a new propane tank. If a Grand Forks list member would be...
• Re: Upper Ball Joint Removal (!#$%^&)
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 21:17:27 -0700
  >You can tell what kind of a mechanic a man is just by looking at his pickle >fork. If it is burnished from being...
• clutch "fork"
  Historical mailing list - John Hurley
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 17:13:32 -0400
  ...clutch "fork" i just got a bentley and there is on part called a "fork" I have and 85 westy 4 speed and was...
• WBX 4 spd. Transaxle 1-2 Shift Rod Fork FLAPS Replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:04:01 -0700
  ...Has anyone found a plastic FLAPS type "off the shelf" part for the front shift rod fork tongue? I'm sure I can shape...
• clutch fork
  Historical mailing list - John Hurley
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 10:21:18 -0400
  ...clutch fork well i tried to search the archives with no luck so i'll ask here. I read a post recently about clutch...
• Re: Upper ball joint - WTF? GOT IT!
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:47:11 -0800
  ...They don't want the fork bending when they get one of the big cukes. I see the flames now. IV Q II. Happy...
• Re: Tricks to ball joint removal without Pickel fork?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 20:49:49 -0400
  ...You can buy a pickle fork from Autozone for pretty cheap. Just be sure to keep the two allen head bolts installed on the...
• Tricks to ball joint removal without Pickel fork?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 15:20:16 -0400
  I've got to pull two upper ball joints which are just spinning (have the bolts half out) and no Pickel fork. Any suggestions...
• panel removal tool (re:slider lock)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 18:01:59 -0400
  ...whitney has a cheapie tool made for panel removal - bent and forked/notched with plastic around the forks. don't have the catalog here...
• Re: question about 4-speed shift rod front "fork"
  Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
  Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:07:07 -0500
  You should have a nylon cover on each of the 2 fingers of the fork. I bought the rod from VW about a year...
• gas tanks FS...Re: Where to buy a replacement gas tank?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:02:09 EDT
  ...a forklift.. and yes folks, thats how junkyards move cars around..with forklifts. chris ************** Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits...
• Tie Rod Ends
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:04:07 -0800
  Steve, If they're anything like my 77 Rabbit's, you'll be better off with what they call a "Pickle Fork" than using...
• Re: warning regarding GoWesty alternator bracket kit - NVC
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:44:37 -0700
  ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_191 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTAdt-6ff3I Mechanics used a forklift to remove the...
• Re: f/ parks-stupidity
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Tue, 6 Jun 1995 15:33:45 -0400 (EDT)
  ...There was a lunar landscape set up and a fork lift sat in the middle of the scene, not in use. The display was...
• Re: speaking if clutch slave failure
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 01:51:16 -0500
  ...bearing surfaces on the release fork. I read this on this list in about 1999. Done it many times since. Don't waste your...
• Re: question about 4-speed shift rod front "fork"
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:04:40 -0400
  ...question about 4-speed shift rod front "fork" > > >> Is there supposed to be a plastic or nylon "finger" on each side of the >> fork...
• Re: warning regarding GoWesty alternator bracket kit
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:10:41 -0600
  ...Instead of following procedure, they were short cutting and using a fork lift to make it easier to make an engine change. In this...
• Re: question about 4-speed shift rod front "fork"
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:53:52 -0700
  ...question about 4-speed shift rod front "fork" > > > > > >> Is there supposed to be a plastic or nylon "finger" on each side of the > >> fork...
• Re: Clean Westy at junkyard, sad, happy day, long
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 10:12:39 EDT
  ...Then a > giant front end loader (fork lift) is used to gently, ha ha, cart the > victim several hundred yards to it's spot...
• Pickle fork size needed?
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:09:59 -0500
  ...I was wondering about the size of the pickle fork to remove the ball joints - anyone have the spec handy? TIA Cheers, -Ben _________________________________________________________________ Get...
• Re: Vanagon weight(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 8 Dec 2004 17:23:30 -0900
  ...park Loader behind car with forks positioned over car. Step three: attach cargo strap to first fork, run it down under the middle of...
• Re: Ball Joint Removal Tool
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 1 Apr 1990 16:40:30 -0400
  I use the pickle fork - what you do is stretch the rubber the opposite way before you slide it in, then when you bang...
• Re: engine and A/T installation
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Sun, 20 Aug 2000 21:30:09 -0500
  ...Was at a friend's shop and he had a forklift. Had the back of the van on tamps. Put the engine/tranny on...
• Re: Bike rack over luggage rack
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Sat, 5 Dec 1998 05:44:53 EST
  In a message dated 12/4/98 8:14:05 PM, wdavidson@JPS.NET wrote: <<Just remember, if the fork mount is not tightened...
• Re: Ball Joint Removal Tool
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Thomas
  Fri, 2 Sep 1994 13:02:13 -0500 (CDT)
  For removing tie rod ends and ball joints, I've only had luck with the long forked devices that you pound on with a...
• Re: Junkyards are to blame
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:33:31 EST
  ...orly blue '90 Carat, and bubba in the forklift rammed the drivers side with the forks, poking them thru the fiberglass rocker moulding, metal...
• Re: click,click,click
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 18:41:56 EDT
  ...the engine for the clutch job. > Does he speak with forked tongue? Forked? I don't know, but crooked tongue maybe. I just replaced...
• Re: Junkyards are to blame
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 23:11:25 -0800
  Bubba is too kind of a name for that forklift man.. Robert 1982 Westfalia ----Original Message Follows---- From: JordanVw@AOL.COM Reply-To: JordanVw...
• Re: Ball Joint Removal Tool
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 02 Sep 94 13:22:50 EDT
  Ok, so what is a "pickel fork" and where does one buy them. Do you just go to FLAPs and ask for a pickel...
• Re: Clean Westy at junkyard, sad, happy day, long
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 22:22:56 -0700
  ...gotta push it back into it's spot in the row? > no > problem, that's what forklift tines are for.. ram it right back...
• Re: Salt Lake Syncro/Vanagon Volks
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:23:15 -0700
  And Diamond Fork is right on Spanish Fork Canyon up 6 a little. Very nice hot pool up there that I haven't been...
• clutch fork shaft bushing question
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:29:13 -0400
  Hi all, I am replacing the clutch fork shaft and am replacing the bushings. I saw on Samba that someone used a tap to...
• Re: question about 4-speed shift rod front "fork"
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:31:22 -0400
  ...question about 4-speed shift rod front "fork" >> >> >>> Is there supposed to be a plastic or nylon "finger" on each side of the >>> fork...
• Re: sach's clutch kit
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 17 Oct 2021 05:03:56 -0400
  ...While you’re in there do the brass fork bushing and potentially a clutch fork (mine was worn square). Cheers, Chris. Wysłane z iPhone...
• Re: installing a LP tank on a van for use w/ a portable stove or heater?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 04:48:13 EDT
  ...someone said i should check w/a forklift co. they make quick release fittings for LP powered forklifts..... chris
• trans parts
  Historical mailing list - - Roy I. Mathers
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 18:49:06 -0800
  ...4 SHIFT FORK 1,2,3,4,SYNCRONIZER RINGS MAIN DRIVE BEARING 2 SHIFT FORK GUIDES FOR A 3,4 SHIFT FORK IF YOU...
• Transmission advice?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 20:43:12 -0400
  ...the clutch release fork need to be? How much wear is acceptable on the ends ("tines") of the release fork? Thanks, david David Beierl...
• Re: Considering scrapping my project van after forking out over $26 grand
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 12:42:53 -0700
  ...Considering scrapping my project van after forking out over $26 > grand
• return mechanism for throwout fork?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 18:14:03 -0500
  ...I put a new throwout bearing on the fork, and was looking to make sure everything looked right and it made me wonder if...
• Re: LP tank refurb? Was: LP tank service near San Francisco?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 03:02:31 EDT
  ...i have seen westys in junkyards lifted up by forklifts, with the forklift tines under the LP tank, and basically the whole weight of...
• upper ball joint hell
  Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
  Sun, 31 Oct 2004 17:14:04 -0500
  ...pounding with a hammer; pounding in a pickle fork; liquid wrench + pounding pickle fork; heat knuckle with propane + pound on pickle fork; pound on...
• question about 4-speed shift rod front "fork"
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:47:41 -0400
  Is there supposed to be a plastic or nylon "finger" on each side of the fork on the front of the shift rod? Looking...
• Re: upper ball joint replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 3 Dec 2009 07:45:53 -0800
  ...my usual method, either pickle fork or puller, is to apply the force with said tool, then give the bit that houses the bit...
• Re: Tricks to ball joint removal without Pickel fork?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 21:41:31 -0400
  ...You can buy a pickle fork from Autozone for pretty cheap. Just be sure to keep the two allen head bolts installed on the...
• RE: (long!) non-forking family trees.
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Fri, 12 Aug 1994 9:14:44 -0400 (EDT)
  ...nrubin@s1.csuhayward.edu (martha rubin) > Joel! (and all yer cousins) - > > Be very careful! Non-forking family trees can be the sign of > something...
• Re: key code help
  Historical mailing list - RTF_SSS
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:36:04 -0600
  ...On the end of the lock is a fork-shaped casting, the tailpiece. On one of these forks will be found a 4 digit...
• Re: 84 GL 4 speed transmission-reply
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Sat, 6 Feb 1999 00:43:25 EST
  lebarle@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << My 84 GL (100K miles) 4 speed transmission appears to have "dropped a fork". 1st and 2nd feel fine but...
• Re: Upper ball joint - WTF? GOT IT! Fryeday addition
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:12:07 -0600
  ...They don't want the fork >bending when they get one of the big cukes. > >I see the flames now. IV Q II. > > >Happy...
• Re: Clean Westy at junkyard, sad, happy day, long
  Historical mailing list - Dan Eggert
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 11:35:56 -0500
  ...My sliding door got trashed in the moving process too, big dents from where the fork lift slammed into it, but I found another...
• Re: Fw: Ski/Bike rack for an '87 GL
  Historical mailing list - james catterson
  Thu, 11 Sep 1997 04:52:17 -0700
  ...with the fork mount tray, grab the bike by the rear tire and the fork leg and you really don't have to lift...
• Re: tie rod end removal Q
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 11:07:57 EST
  ...If you see the end of your mechanic's pickle fork mushroomed from being pounded home, find a new mechanic. The fork should TAPPED...
• Re: Tricks to ball joint removal without Pickel fork?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 13:44:06 -0600
  ...got to pull two upper ball joints which are just spinning (have the > bolts half out) and no Pickel fork. > Any suggestions? > > Thanks! > -craig
• whitestar/bluestar
  Historical mailing list - William Burg
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:54:01 -0400
  ...cthread_fork(). Fork, thread, fork! echo '16i[q]sa[ln0=aln100%Pln100/snlbx]sbA0D3F204445524F42snlbxq'|dc
• Re: Tricks to ball joint removal without Pickel fork?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 20:54:42 -0500
  ...You can buy a pickle fork from Autozone for pretty cheap. Just > be sure to keep the two allen head bolts installed on the...
• Re: Ball joints and steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:26:34 -0800
  Pickle fork will do, but it mangles the rubber boots, but if you have new ones who cares. A puller is better, "borrow" this...
• Re: Interior Modifications, Bike carrier type (Request)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 3 Aug 2010 14:57:40 -0700
  You can bolt up a fork mount like Don did or you can just bolt that same fork mount to the middle of a...
• Re: Upper Ball Joint Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 22 May 2003 00:08:53 EDT
  I have tried the pickle fork method and do not really like banging to try to get the parts out. I could not get...
• Re: Vanagon weight(NVC) - Just Ship it !
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Thu, 9 Dec 2004 06:27:56 -0500
  ...park Loader behind car with forks positioned over car. Step three: attach cargo strap to first fork, run it down under the middle of...